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tribuere_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la bâ—nificia_fw-la debes_fw-la non_fw-la sua_fw-la eripere_fw-la sic_fw-la homoâ—es_fw-la id_fw-la quâ—d_fw-la es_fw-la semper_fw-la esse_fw-la te_fw-la cogita_fw-la stultum_fw-la est_fw-la eorum_fw-la memintsse_fw-la propter_fw-la quae_fw-la tui_fw-la oblivisceris_fw-la let_v it_o be_v all_o heroic_a english_a freeman_n to_o our_o pretend_a conqueror_n who_o may_v do_v well_o to_o remember_v that_o hermolaus_n and_o other_o officer_n and_o soldier_n of_o alexander_n own_o guard_n conspire_v his_o destruction_n after_o all_o his_o persian_a conquest_n for_o this_o very_a reason_n which_o they_o justify_v to_o his_o face_n 8._o quia_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la ingenuis_fw-la imperare_fw-la caepisti_fw-la sed_fw-la quati_fw-la in_o mancipia_fw-la dominaris_fw-la because_o he_o have_v begin_v not_o to_o reign_v over_o they_o as_o freemen_n but_o to_o domineer_v over_o they_o like_o slave_n and_o because_o revelaetion_n in_o this_o age_n may_v be_v more_o 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request_v a_o aid_n from_o the_o people_n and_o commons_o of_o their_o realm_n not_o imperious_o impose_v it_o when_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n yet_o let_v they_o beware_v quod_fw-la necessitas_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la veniat_fw-la in_o consuetudinem_fw-la &_o legem_fw-la that_o the_o necessity_n come_v not_o into_o a_o custom_n and_o law_n 80._o for_o that_o king_n or_o ruler_n who_o lay_v not_o aside_o his_o unjust_a exaction_n and_o fraudulent_a invention_n to_o raise_v money_n and_o oppress_v his_o people_n make_v his_o reign_n and_o kingdom_n mere_a robbery_n and_o rapine_n as_o most_o then_o do_v and_o nâ—w_o too_o let_v he_o know_v for_o certain_a he_o shall_v not_o prosper_v in_o his_o do_n but_o shall_v lead_v and_o end_v his_o life_n in_o grief_n dismiss_v his_o kingdom_n in_o tribulation_n his_o son_n and_o posterity_n shall_v be_v in_o such_o hatred_n reproach_n and_o confusion_n that_o all_o man_n shall_v wonder_v thereat_o &_o his_o soul_n shall_v be_v torment_v by_o 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