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name_n of_o king_n and_o parliament_n and_o all_o such_o as_o have_v act_v therein_o or_o adhere_v thereunto_o be_v guilty_a of_o treason_n p._n 100_o chap._n x._o that_o the_o subject_n of_o this_o nation_n be_v not_o only_o command_v from_o do_v violence_n to_o the_o king_n person_n or_o prejudice_n to_o his_o authority_n but_o be_v oblige_v with_o their_o life_n and_o fortune_n to_o assist_v and_o preserve_v his_o person_n and_o just_a right_n from_o the_o fury_n of_o his_o enemy_n both_o foreign_a and_o domestic_a p._n 112._o chap._n xi_o that_o those_o person_n at_o westminster_n who_o call_v themselves_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n be_v not_o the_o two_o house_n nor_o member_n of_o the_o parliament_n p._n 113._o chap._n xii_o result_v upon_o the_o premise_n that_o the_o people_n of_o england_n under_o the_o government_n of_o the_o king_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v a_o free_a subject_n p._n 125._o chap._n xiii_o that_o the_o people_n of_o england_n 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