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billingsgate_n and_o whereas_o the_o patentee_n allege_v that_o white_a salt_n be_v sell_v for_o 2._o s._n a_o peck_n at_o that_o instant_a day_n when_o they_o publish_v their_o print_a paper_n it_o be_v manifest_o to_o be_v prove_v that_o ten_o or_o twelve_o day_n before_o they_o publish_v they_o white_a salt_n be_v cry_v in_o london_n street_n at_o 5._o d._n a_o peck_n and_o so_o ever_o since_o which_o prove_v their_o print_a paper_n to_o be_v scandalous_a and_o false_a in_o lay_v forth_o so_o many_o imputation_n upon_o the_o trader_n in_o salt_n as_o though_o they_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o dear_a sell_n which_o be_v only_o their_o continue_a imposition_n and_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o time_n as_o afore_o be_v show_v that_o before_o the_o patentee_n have_v obtain_v their_o patent_n for_o salt_n there_o be_v import_v yearly_a to_o london_n great_a quantity_n of_o spanish_a strait_o and_o french_a salt_n by_o merchant_n navigator_n and_o trader_n and_o that_o many_o hundred_o 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