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that_o and_o east_n guldeford_n also_o in_o sussex_n into_o the_o sea_n at_o rye_n this_o county_n have_v in_o it_o 14._o corporation_n viz._n in_o the_o foreign_a 1._o gravesend_n and_o milton_n 2._o maidstone_n 3._o queenborough_n 4._o rochester_n 5._o romney_n marsh_n in_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n 6._o dovor_n 7._o feversham_n 8._o folkstone_n 9_o fordwich_n 10._o his_fw-mi 11._o lid._n 12._o new_a romney_n 13._o sandwich_n 14._o tenterden_n and_o one_o city_n viz._n rochester_n the_o city_n of_o canterbury_n be_v a_o county_n of_o itself_o there_o be_v in_o this_o county_n 28._o market_n townes_n viz._n in_o the_o foreign_a 1._o ashford_n 2._o bromley_n 3._o cranbrook_n 4._o st._n marry_o cray_n 5._o dartford_n 6._o eleham_n 7._o goudherst_n 8._o gravesend_n 9_o leneham_n 10_o maidstone_n 11._o west_n malling_n 12._o milton_n near_o sittingborne_n 13._o rochester_n 14._o sevenoke_n 15._o smarden_n 16._o tunbridge_n 17._o westram_n 18._o woolwich_n 19_o wrotham_n and_o 20._o wye_n 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