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if_o the_o empress_n say_v semedo_n the_o lawful_a wife_n of_o the_o emperor_n have_v a_o son_n in_o what_o time_n soever_o he_o be_v bear_v he_o take_v place_n before_o all_o those_o that_o be_v beget_v by_o his_o concubine_n though_o bear_v before_o he_o but_o if_o the_o empress_n have_v no_o son_n than_o the_o first-born_a or_o elder_a of_o a_o concubine_n who_o ever_o she_o be_v be_v always_o elect_v but_o ancient_o from_o anno_fw-la 2992._o to_o anno_fw-la 2207._o before_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o saviour_n the_o nine_o first_o emperor_n be_v elective_a and_o choose_v by_o the_o most_o voice_n and_o take_v not_o by_o succession_n but_o after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o nine_o emperor_n thou_o his_o son_n khi_n the_o founder_n of_o the_o family_n of_o hia_n be_v for_o his_o goodness_n and_o great_a desert_n by_o general_a suffrage_n confirm_v emperor_n in_o his_o father_n stead_n so_o that_o the_o custom_n of_o election_n be_v
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