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or_o house_n of_o lord_n which_o act_n be_v proclaim_v 185._o in_o the_o city_n of_o london_n by_o alderman_n andrews_n then_o lord_n mayor_n alderman_n pennington_n wollaston_n fowkes_n kenrick_n bide_v edmund_n pack_n bateman_n atkins_n viner_n avery_n wilson_n dethick_n foot_n then_o attend_v he_o the_o londoner_n be_v by_o that_o time_n bring_v unto_o so_o much_o vassalage_n by_o these_o insolent_a regicide_n as_o that_o in_o obedience_n to_o a_o vote_n make_v by_o their_o servile_a parliament_n they_o be_v constrain_v to_o invite_v 187._o that_o wicked_a conclave_n to_o a_o thanksgiving_n dinner_n whereat_o all_o of_o they_o be_v to_o rejoice_v together_o for_o bring_v the_o grand_a delinquent_n to_o punishment_n that_o be_v to_o say_v for_o the_o murder_n of_o the_o king_n for_o the_o great_a honour_n of_o that_o day_n the_o lord_n mayor_n meet_v the_o speaker_n and_o the_o other_o member_n of_o parliament_n at_o temple-bar_n and_o there_o resign_v the_o sword_n to_o he_o 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