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A59483
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The Lord Chancellor's speech upon the Lord Treasurer's taking his oath in the Exchequer, the 26th of June, 1673
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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683.
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Wing S2905; ESTC R14780
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