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through_o doubt_n of_o the_o event_n or_o sense_n of_o the_o dishonesty_n and_o crime_n of_o the_o action_n whereas_o the_o king_n be_v all_o along_o willing_a to_o receive_v the_o proffer_n of_o the_o commons_o but_o declare_v that_o he_o think_v the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o nobility_n necessary_a that_o the_o consent_n may_v be_v universal_a he_o be_v very_o particular_a as_o to_o the_o sum_n of_o money_n that_o be_v give_v p._n 74._o hannibal_n sestle_v have_v two_o hundred_o thousand_o crown_n swan_n the_o bishop_n have_v 30000_o and_o be_v make_v archbishop_n the_o precedent_n nauson_n have_v 20000._o one_o may_v think_v he_o speak_v with_o the_o person_n that_o pay_v the_o bill_n this_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o secret_a history_n which_o may_v perhaps_o be_v reveal_v to_o foreigner_n but_o the_o dane_n know_v nothing_o of_o it_o and_o it_o seem_v to_o carry_v the_o less_o probability_n because_o swan_n have_v a_o archbishopric_n and_o ten_o thousand_o crown_n more_o than_o 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