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may_v make_v who_o they_o will_v delinquent_n neither_o indeed_o do_v they_o spare_v any_o body_n but_o prey_v upon_o all_o interest_n with_o so_o unsatiable_a a_o rage_n that_o no_o individual_a propriety_n seem_v to_o be_v safe_a from_o their_o rapacity_n insomuch_o that_o the_o afflict_a genius_n of_o the_o nation_n like_o that_o helpless_a virgin_n deliver_v by_o st._n george_n stand_v tremble_v in_o expectation_n of_o be_v devour_v by_o they_o till_o heaven_n move_v by_o her_o prayer_n and_o tear_n send_v another_o st._n george_n to_o be_v her_o deliverer_n who_o animate_v by_o the_o benign_a influence_n of_o that_o bless_a noonday_n bless_a at_o his_o nativity_n a_o star_n be_v see_v at_o noonday_n star_n which_o appear_v at_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o present_a sovereign_n as_o a_o harold_n from_o heaven_n to_o proclaim_v his_o right_n on_o earth_n cut_v off_o the_o monster_n head_n or_o rather_o its_o tail_n for_o like_a to_o that_o serpent_n which_o be_v call_v the_o amphisbena_n its_o rump_n be_v its_o head_n and_o so_o dispel_v the_o whole_a enchantment_n of_o those_o sorcerer_n at_o westminster_n upon_o which_o the_o mist_n of_o reformation_n vanish_v the_o blind_a multitude_n come_v to_o themselves_o again_o and_o be_v so_o overjoy_v to_o see_v all_o their_o trouble_n end_v no_o less_o strange_o than_o they_o begin_v that_o they_o offer_v up_o a_o holocaust_n of_o rump_n in_o memory_n of_o their_o deliverance_n from_o the_o tyranny_n of_o that_o rump_n parliament_n as_o they_o call_v it_o after_o which_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o novelty_n ambition_n or_o profit_n to_o stop_v they_o in_o the_o return_n to_o their_o allegiance_n till_o they_o be_v bless_v with_o the_o sight_n of_o their_o natural_a sovereign_n who_o appear_v with_o a_o trine_n aspect_n of_o majesty_n square_v to_o the_o idea_n of_o that_o divinity_n to_o which_o he_o owe_v his_o three_o kingdom_n that_o be_v to_o say_v great_a in_o the_o energy_n of_o his_o power_n great_a in_o that_o of_o his_o justice_n but_o great_a in_o that_o of_o his_o mercy_n be_v bring_v home_o triumphant_a through_o his_o chief_a city_n and_o welcome_v with_o like_a acclamation_n and_o prayer_n as_o heretofore_o his_o great_a sire_n charlemagne_n be_v by_o those_o of_o rome_n to_o who_o vote_n heaven_n seem_v to_o echo_n amen_o whilst_o each_o man_n loud_o cry_v carolo_n à _fw-la deo_fw-la coronató_n vità _fw-la &_o victoria_fw-la non_fw-la rapit_fw-la imperium_fw-la vis_fw-la tua_fw-la sed_fw-la recipit_fw-la auson_n de_fw-fr severo_fw-la the_o table_n a._n adrianus_n 79_o aur._n ambrose_n 95_o arthur_n 98_o athelstan_n 142_o anlaff_n i_o 168_o anlaff_n ii_o 170_o anlaff_n iii_o 172_o b._n brute_n 51_o belin_n 55_o belinarvirag_v 64_o bassianus_n 82_o c._n cassibelin_n 57_o cunobelin_n 61_o coelibelin_n 66_o cymbelin_n 67_o claudius_n 77_o constant_n chlorus_n 84_o constantin_n magnus_fw-la 86_o constantine_n ii_o 88_o constantine_n iii_o 91_o constantine_n iu_o 99_o clemens_n max._n 89_o caredic_n 100_o charles_n i_o 342_o charles_n ii_o 356_o canute_n 180_o d._n dynasty_a of_o britain_n 41_o dynasty_a of_o roman_n 69_o dynasty_a of_o english_a 103_o dynasty_a of_o dane_n 155_o dynasty_a of_o norman_n 189_o dynasty_a of_o scot_n 323_o e._n east-sexe_n king_n 116_o east-angle_n king_n 123_o egbert_n 132_o ethelwolph_n 134_o ethelbald_n 135_o ethelbert_n 136_o ethelred_n 137_o elfrid_n 138_o edmund_n 144_o endr_v 145_o edwin_n 146_o edgar_n 147_o edward_n the_o martyr_n 149_o edward_n the_o elder_a 140_o ethelred_n the_o unready_a 151_o edmund_n ironside_n 153_o eric_n i_o 164_o eric_n ii_o 166_o eric_n iii_o 171_o edward_n the_o confessor_n 182_o edward_n i_o 229_o edward_n ii_o 234_o edward_n iii_o 240_o edward_n iu_o 271_o edward_n v._n 274_o edward_n vi_o 298_o g._n guithbelin_n 62_o gratianus_n 90_o gurmo_n 163_o h._n hunger_n 161_o harold_n i_o 178_o harold_n ii_o 185_o henry_n i_o 205_o henry_n ii_o 212_o henry_n iii_o 223_o henry_n iu_o 253_o henry_n v._n 259_o henry_n vi_o 266_o henry_n vii_o 282_o henry_n viii_o 288_o j._n julius_n caesar_n 75_o john_n 218_o james_n 328_o k._n knute_n 175_o king_n of_o kent_n 107_o king_n of_o south-sexe_n 111_o king_n of_o west-sexe_n 113_o king_n of_o east-sexe_n 116_o king_n of_o mercia_n 119_o king_n of_o east-angle_n 123_o king_n of_o northumberland_n 126_o l._n ludbelin_n 56_o m._n malmud_n 53_o meriobelin_n 65_o o._n order_n of_o the_o english_a king_n 130_o order_n of_o the_o danish_a king_n 159_o order_n of_o the_o norman_a king_n 194_o order_n of_o the_o scot_n king_n 327_o p._n pertinas_n 80_o q._n queen_n mary_n 304_o queen_n elizabeth_n 311_o r._n richard_n i._n 215_o richard_n ii_o 245_o richard_n iii_o 279_o s._n severus_n 81_o swain_n 174_o stephen_n 209_o t._n tubelin_n 59_o v._n vortigern_n 93_o uter_n pendragon_n 97_o w._n william_n i._n 197_o william_n ii_o 201_o finis_fw-la