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which_o most_o convenient_a iâ—_n for_o to_o set_v a_o king_n in_o even_o both_o in_o this_o world_n and_o eke_o in_o heaven_n 〈…〉_o ne_o tangat_fw-la regis_fw-la corda_fw-la 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la spoliis_fw-la excoriatur_fw-la humus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d colit_fw-la largum_fw-la nolutans_fw-la per_fw-la saecula_fw-la regem_fw-la dona_n tamen_fw-la licius_fw-la sunt_fw-la moderanda_fw-la modis_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la iractat_fw-la de_fw-la regie_n magestatis_fw-la secunda_fw-la policia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aristoteles_n largitatem_fw-la vocat_fw-la cvius_fw-la virtute_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—â—lum_fw-la propulsata_fw-la anaricia_fw-la regis_fw-la nomen_fw-la maâ—â—â—â—cum_fw-la extollatur_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la svi_fw-la subdicionum_fw-la diviâ—â—â—m_fw-la â—â—â—undantia_fw-la â—ocundiores_fw-la efficiuntur_fw-la ¶_o next_o after_o truth_n the_o second_o in_o polycye_n as_o it_o be_v
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