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illegal_a the_o charter_n be_v restore_v but_o still_o subject_a to_o new_a warranto_n and_o as_o for_o the_o promise_a parliament_n thou_o it_o be_v after_o grant_v yet_o so_o dreadful_a it_o be_v that_o the_o abandon_v the_o throne_n be_v more_o eligible_a than_o the_o sight_n of_o that_o assembly_n so_o all_o this_o cant_n produce_v no_o good_a effect_n on_o the_o exasperate_v mind_n of_o mâ—n_z how_o the_o bishop_n be_v use_v on_o thâ—s_n score_n be_v set_v down_o in_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n place_n these_o gentleman_n who_o now_o pretend_v to_o such_o extraordinary_a loyalty_n shall_v do_v well_o to_o consider_v this_o ☜_o ☜_o it_o be_v say_v prince_n george_n come_v back_o with_o the_o king_n to_o andover_n and_o go_v away_o with_o the_o duke_n of_o ormond_n on_o sunday_n night_n the_o 25_o of_o nou._n from_o that_o place_n ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o the_o conclusion_n declaration_n at_o guild-hall_n guild-hall_n the_o administration_n of_o affair_n be_v in_o truth_n confer_v on_o the_o 〈◊〉_d prince_n of_o orange_n the_o very_a day_n the_o king_n leave_v london_n by_o the_o declaration_n make_v at_o guild_n hall_n and_o all_o that_o follow_v till_o the_o 12_o of_o february_n be_v but_o a_o confirm_v that_o first_o act_n by_o after_o acts._n