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( 4 ) in matters of faith, and the protection of government; conequently we aure, to all peruaons and religions, freedom and liberty according to the laws of the country, and in all dominions of the republic.

ARTICLE II.

Nobility, or the Equerian Order.

Revering the memory of our anceors with gratitude, as the fir founders of our liberties, it is but ju to acknowledge, in a mo olemn manner, that all the preeminence and prerogatives of liberty, both in public and private life, ould be inured to this order; epecially laws, atutes, and privileges, granted to this order by Caimir the Great, Lewis of Hungary, Ladilaus Jagellon, and his brother toldus,