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they_o import_v a_o flat_a break_n of_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n they_o think_v themselves_o tie_v in_o obedience_n siquiâ—_fw-la lussa_fw-la sequi_fw-la tam_fw-la velle_fw-la mihi_fw-la quam_fw-la posse_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la civis_fw-la meus_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la quem_fw-la tua_fw-la classica_fw-la caesar_n audiero_n papa_n habet_fw-la â—oeleste_v arbitrium_fw-la de_fw-fr iudicio_fw-la summi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la alicui_fw-la disputare_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la what_o word_n for_o this_o that_o which_o nicholas_n the_o three_o allege_v de_fw-fr electione_n cap._n fundamenta_fw-la in_o sexto_fw-la &_o leo_n distinct_a 19_o their_o sound_n go_v into_o all_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n and_o why_o this_o make_v rather_o against_o they_o then_o for_o they_o for_o it_o be_v say_v their_o sound_n as_o of_o many_o not_o his_o sound_n as_o of_o one_o that_o be_v peter_n but_o yet_o principal_o of_o peter_n that_o from_o he_o as_o from_o a_o certain_a head_n he_o 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