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A93000 Several proposalls tendred to the considerations of the honorable committee for regulating of courts of justice, for a through reformation thereof, and the generall satisfaction of all the nation, save only some 20 or few more of the head officers; who being taken away, and these proposals granted, will save the Commonwealth many hundred thousand pounds in few yeeres. 1650 (1650) Wing S2802; Thomason 669.f.15[65]; ESTC R212056 3,192 2

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