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the_o speech_n and_o answer_n of_o the_o seclude_a lord_n and_o commons_o to_o the_o kingdom_n and_o people_n 9_o be_v not_o this_o the_o true_a stile_n and_o character_n of_o all_o thâ—se_o since_o forcible_o seclude_v the_o lord_n and_o their_o fellow_n member_n 10_o the_o seclude_a lord_n and_o commons_o now_o tâ—ust_v so_o too_o 11_o most_o county_n now_o begin_v to_o do_v it_o for_o their_o seclude_a member_n restitution_n or_o a_o new_a free_a parliament_n without_o limitation_n *_o now_o sit_v as_o a_o commoner_n 1_o that_o on_o dec._n 6_o 7._o 1648_o and_o since_o that_o till_o now_o have_v be_v worse_o long_o and_o more_o unparalleled_a 2_o and_o do_v it_o not_o gainsay_v the_o army_n and_o officer_n profession_n commission_n protestation_n declaration_n and_o other_o obligation_n to_o protect_v the_o parl._n and_o seclude_v lord_n and_o commons_o 3_o the_o force_n since_o on_o the_o house_n have_v effect_v it_o 4_o do_v not_o the_o officer_n and_o member_n deserve_v to_o be_v 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army_n and_o sit_v member_n own_o vote_n jan._n 4._o 1648_o *_o they_o go_v not_o to_o they_o till_o thus_o â—â—â—ited_v 6_o and_o ought_v not_o the_o army_n and_o english_a nation_n thus_o to_o engage_v much_o more_o to_o the_o now_o seclude_v lord_n and_o member_n 7_o it_o be_v usual_a and_o legal_a in_o the_o speaker_n absence_n or_o sickness_n 8_o and_o aâ—e_n you_o not_o and_o the_o kingdom_n too_o now_o much_o more_o convict_v of_o this_o truth_n 9_o and_o be_v not_o all_o since_o dec._n 6._o 1648._o till_o now_o much_o more_o null_a and_o void_a for_o the_o same_o reason_n *_o be_v not_o you_o of_o dec._n 27._o and_o jan._n 5._o 1659._o far_o more_o unparalleled_a to_o the_o parliament_n and_o all_o the_o freeborn_a subject_n 10_o much_o more_o than_o now_o the_o exclude_a member_n 11_o and_o ought_v not_o the_o army_n and_o â—_z monk_n nâ—w_o to_o do_v the_o like_a 12_o be_v not_o the_o sit_a secluder_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o majority_n of_o the_o commons_o far_o great_a delinquent_n deserve_v great_a punishment_n 13_o remember_v and_o fulfil_v these_o promise_n now_o at_o least_o to_o the_o parliament_n king_n and_o kingdom_n which_o cross_n your_o engagement_n abjuration_n of_o king_n and_o kingship_n to_o set_v up_o a_o utopian_a commonwealth_n *_o ne_z dham_n interest_n will_v not_o but_o lie_v *_o and_o more_o since_o their_o seclude_v and_o secure_v dec._n 6._o and_o 7._o 1648._o *_o therefore_o all_o since_o dec._n 6._o till_o now_o be_v void_a by_o the_o selfsame_a reason_n *_o see_v my_o pâ—ea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 371_o to_o 419._o *_o par_fw-fr in_fw-la paâ—em_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la imperium_fw-la vel_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la bracton_n l._n 5._o c._n 15._o f._n 412._o object_n answ_n *_o exact_a collection_n p._n 5_o 6._o ¶_o 61