They agree to be junior partners of absolute rule and they weren't the only ones.

贵族们同意支持绝对主义以分得利益,但他们也不是绝对主义唯一的支持者

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We agree to be junior partners in absolute rule in exchange for recognizing your supreme authority over us in exchange for the protection that you will afford us."

我们愿意臣服在您的绝对权威之下,我们将视您为无上的权力,作为交换你必须向我们提供保护"

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