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mands of the king, or oppofe his princely power, either m word or deed;
6. Their houfes fhall betaken from them, then- lands and their flocks fliall become a prey to the fervants of the king; and they Ihail be accounted as aliens and enemies to his royal houfe, and be deprived from beholding the finiles of his benign countenance.
7. Furthermore, if there are any yet re- maining in thefe Provinces, who have com- mitted grievous fms againfl: the perfon or laws of this great king5whofe power is unbounded, and whofe mercy is great towards the difobe* dient;
8. Let them inilantly come into our pre- fence and confefs their crimes, and the royal fceptre {liali be extended towards them, and their rebellion iliali be blotted out of the king's book,
9. And they fliali be, called theking's friends^^
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