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508._o 613._o 628._o 654._o 655._o 703._o 705._o 711._o 724._o 725._o 726._o 728._o 729._o 730._o the_o house_n of_o peer_n be_v mere_a usurper_n and_o inchroacher_n and_o be_v never_o entrust_v by_o the_o people_n who_o under_o god_n the_o fountain_n and_o wellspring_n of_o all_o just_a power_n as_o well_o legislative_a as_o other_o with_o any_o legislative_a power_n who_o mere_o sit_v by_o the_o king_n prerogative_n which_o be_v a_o mere_a babble_n and_o shadow_n and_o in_o truth_n in_o substance_n be_v nothing_o at_o all_o there_o be_v no_o law-making-power_n in_o himself_o but_o mere_o and_o only_o at_o the_o most_o a_o law-executing-power_n who_o by_o his_o coronation_n oath_n that_o he_o have_v take_v or_o aught_o to_o have_v take_v be_v bind_v to_o pass_v and_o assent_v to_o all_o such_o law_n as_o his_o people_n or_o commons_o shall_v choose_v as_o be_v large_o by_o the_o forecited_a declaration_n of_o the_o parliament_n prove_v now_o if_o he_o have_v not_o a_o legislative_a 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