remonstrance_n deliver_v to_o the_o commons_o novemb_n 20._o 1648._o the_o second_o part_n of_o england_n new_a chain_n and_o the_o hunt_v the_o fox_n from_o newmarket_n and_o triplo_fw-la heath_n to_o whitehall_n by_o five_o small_a beagle_n p._n 6_o 7._o see_v my_o animadversion_n upon_o the_o army_n remonstrance_n nou._n 20._o 1648._o and_o putney_n project_n p._n 43._o and_o major_a huntington_n relation_n in_o a_o book_n call_v a_o plea_n for_o king_n and_o kingdom_n in_o answer_n to_o the_o army_n remonst_z present_a novemb_n 20._o 1648._o pag._n 14_o 15_o 16._o and_o second_o part_n of_o england_n new_a chain_n and_o the_o say_v hunt_v of_o the_o fox_n &c_n &c_n and_o the_o reason_n induce_v major_a robert_n huntingdon_n to_o lay_v down_o his_o commission_n though_o since_o they_o quarrel_v with_o parliament_n and_o city_n for_o use_v they_o and_o reducer_n of_o his_o queen_n and_o child_n without_o which_o they_o open_o profess_v and_o declare_v positive_o in_o many_o print_a 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