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six_o who_o it_o be_v well_o know_v have_v no_o such_o power_n and_o sovereignty_n in_o himself_o as_o our_o present_a protector_n have_v and_o to_o this_o end_n he_o say_v and_o now_o candle_n ash_n and_o image_n be_v go_v as_o you_o see_v there_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o month_n after_o to_o wit_n march_n that_o the_o protector_n still_o desire_v to_o go_v forward_o with_o his_o designment_n of_o alteration_n send_v abroad_o a_o proclamation_n in_o the_o king_n name_n with_o a_o certain_a communion-book_n in_o english_a to_o be_v use_v for_o administration_n of_o sacrament_n in_o stead_n of_o the_o mass-book_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v the_o very_a same_o that_o be_v reject_v a_o little_a before_o in_o the_o parliament_n or_o another_o patch_v up_o afterward_o or_o the_o same_o mend_v or_o alter_v be_v not_o so_o clear_a but_o great_a care_n there_o be_v have_v by_o the_o protector_n and_o his_o adherent_n that_o this_o book_n shall_v be_v admit_v and_o put_v in_o practice_n 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