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mons._n le_fw-fr febure_n sr._n john_n finch_n mr._n henry_n ford_n sr._n bernhard_n gascoigne_n mr._n joseph_n glanvile_n dr._n glisson_n mr_n william_n godolphin_n mr._n grant_v the_o lord_n hatton_n mr._n haak_n mr._n william_n hammond_n mr._n william_n harrington_n sr._n edward_n harley_n sr._n robert_n harley_n mr._n harley_n dr._n henshaw_n mons._n hevelius_n mr._n abraham_n hill_n mr._n hoar_n dr._n holder_n mr._n hook_n mr._n charles_n howard_n mons._n huygens_n mr._n richard_n jones_n the_o earl_n of_o kincardin_n sr._n andrew_n king_n mr._n edmund_n king_n the_o earl_n of_o lindsey_n the_o lord_n bishop_n of_o london_n mr._n lake_n sr._n ellis_n leighton_n mr._n james_n long_n sr._n john_n lowther_n mr._n lowther_n mons._n hugues_n do_v lyonne_n the_o earl_n of_o manchester_n mons._n nicolas_n mercator_n dr._n more_n dr._n jasper_n needham_n dr._n needham_n mr._n thomas_n neile_n mr._n william_n neile_n mr._n nelthorp_n mr._n newburgh_n sr._n thomas_n nott_n the_o earl_n of_o 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