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of those parts when they came hither, or &quot; vice 

 &quot; versa,&quot; for the restraining of the abuses and misde 

 meanors of our subjects when they went thither. 



Wherefore I am now at an end. For us to speak 

 of the mischiefs, I hold it not fit for this place, lest 

 we should seem to bend the laws to policy, and not 

 to take them in their true and natural sense. It is 

 enough that every man knows, that it is true of these 

 two kingdoms, which a good father said of the 

 churches of Christ : &quot; si inseparables insuperabiles.&quot; 

 Some things I may have forgot, and some things, 

 perhaps, I may forget willingly ; for I will not press 

 any opinion or declaration of late time which may 

 prejudice the liberty of this debate ; but &quot; ex dictis, 

 &quot; et ex non dictis,&quot; upon the whole matter I pray 

 judgment for the plaintiff. 



