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8._o stephanus_n junius_n brutus_n his_o vindiciae_fw-la contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la throughout_o especial_o p._n 91._o to_o 110._o the_o treatise_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la magistratus_fw-la in_o subditos_fw-la throughout_o justus_n eccardus_n de_fw-fr lege_fw-la regius_fw-la henricus_fw-la ranzovius_n commentarii_fw-la bellici_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 3._o and_o elsewhere_o georgius_n obrechtus_fw-la a_o eminent_a civil_a lawyer_n disputationes_fw-la juridicae_n de_fw-fr principiis_fw-la belli_n sect_n 115._o to_o 200._o where_o he_o thus_o resolve_v 129._o the_o inferior_a magistrate_n as_o in_o germany_n the_o elector_n prince_n earl_n imperial_a city_n in_o france_n the_o peer_n of_o france_n in_o poland_n the_o vayvode_n or_o palatine_n and_o in_o other_o kingdom_n the_o noble_n senators_z and_o delegate_n of_o the_o estate_n as_o they_o be_v several_o inferior_a to_o the_o emperor_n or_o king_n ita_fw-la vniver_v superiores_fw-la existunt_fw-la so_o collective_o they_o be_v superior_a to_o they_o as_o a_o general_n council_n be_v above_o the_o pope_n the_o chapter_n above_o the_o bishop_n the_o university_n above_o the_o chancellor_n the_o prince_n say_v diâ—tus_fw-la pliny_n the_o second_o even_o the_o great_a be_v oblige_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n by_o a_o oath_n as_o its_o servant_n ac_fw-la ipsa_fw-la republica_n seu_fw-la regno_fw-la minor_n est_fw-la and_o be_v less_o than_o the_o republic_n or_o kingdom_n itself_o by_o franciscus_n hotomanus_n a_o learned_a french_a lawyer_n in_o his_o franco-gallia_n c._n 6_o 7._o 10_o 11._o 14_o 15_o 16_o 18_o 20._o aquinas_n de_fw-fr regimine_fw-la principum_fw-la c._n 6._o by_o hemingius_n arnisaeus_n de_fw-fr auctoritate_fw-la principum_fw-la in_o populum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la majestatis_fw-la sebastianus_n foxius_n de_fw-fr regni_fw-la regisque_fw-la institutione_n vasquius_fw-la controver_n illustrium_fw-la passim_fw-la cavarnuius_fw-la contr._n illustr_n t._n 2._o 505._o n._n 1._o 399._o n._n 6._o haenon_n disp_n polit._n p._n 179._o etc._n etc._n alhusius_fw-la polit_n c._n 4._o p._n 146._o to_o 154._o with_o john_n calvin_n instit_n l._n 4._o c._n 20._o sect_n 31._o and_o grotius_n divers_a other_o forecited_a hear_v 111._o junius_n brutus_n instead_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o this_o particular_a be_v a_o frenchman_n by_o birth_n and_o write_v his_o mind_n herein_o both_o free_o accute_o and_o ingenious_o in_o these_o word_n now_o very_o since_o king_n be_v constitute_v by_o the_o people_n it_o seem_v necessary_o to_o follow_v populum_fw-la universum_fw-la rege_fw-la potiorem_fw-la esse_fw-la that_o all_o the_o people_n be_v better_o and_o great_a than_o the_o king_n for_o such_o be_v the_o force_n of_o the_o word_n that_o whoever_o be_v constitute_v by_o another_o be_v repute_v less_o than_o he_o he_o who_o receive_v authority_n from_o another_o be_v inferior_a to_o his_o author_n 4._o potipher_v the_o egyptian_a appoint_v joseph_n over_o his_o family_n 48._o 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