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natura_fw-la et_fw-la temporis_fw-la ratione_fw-la prius_fw-la sueâ—_z into_fw-la subditi_fw-la princ_n pes_fw-la veâ—o_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la usurpârint_fw-la non_fw-la naturà _fw-la ut_fw-la patâ—es_n sed_fw-la suffragio_fw-la subditorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la constituti_fw-la sâ—nt_fw-la iâ—de_fw-la illud_fw-la domini_fw-la apud_fw-la daniel_n 4._o 32._o scias_fw-la quod_fw-la dominetur_fw-la altissimus_fw-la in_fw-la regno_fw-la homin_v they_o and_o cui_fw-la volueâ—it_fw-la dabiâ—_z illud_fw-la ex_fw-la quâ—_z sequitur_fw-la non_fw-la regum_fw-la causâ_fw-la subditos_fw-la nasci_fw-la sed_fw-la reges_fw-la commodis_fw-la subditorun_fw-la inserviâ—e_fw-la debere_fw-la bucan._n institut_fw-la theolog._n tractat._n de_fw-la magistratu_fw-la thomas_n 1_o part_n 1_o samma_fw-la theolog._n quest_n 9_o art_n 3_o and_o 4._o n_o the_o author_n of_o the_o people_n plea_n *_o aristotle_n *_o tertullian_n *_o treatise_n 26._o p_o master_n lambard_n eirenarch_n cap._n 2._o 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