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impose_v but_o upon_o necessity_n and_o for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o people_n 25._o ed._n 1._o cook_n just_a but_o for_o the_o keep_n up_o a_o army_n when_o the_o war_n be_v do_v be_v the_o bain_n of_o the_o people_n and_o that_o more_o tax_n have_v be_v raise_v in_o eight_o year_n than_o in_o all_o the_o king_n reign_v since_o the_o conquest_n a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o pound_n be_v advance_v for_o oliver_n expedition_n into_o ireland_n who_o be_v to_o be_v accountable_a only_o of_o part_n of_o it_o the_o rest_n to_o be_v dispose_v at_o his_o discretion_n for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o now_o this_o junto_n begin_v to_o think_v of_o adjourn_v themselves_o according_a to_o oliver_n desire_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n thing_n to_o be_v leave_v to_o his_o two_o cabal_n or_o counsel_n that_o of_o state_n and_o that_o of_o war_n but_o this_o be_v a_o bitter_a pill_n and_o they_o know_v not_o how_o to_o leave_v their_o old_a seat_n where_o most_o of_o 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