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267_o a_o discourse_n concern_v the_o power_n of_o pear_n in_o parliament_n fol._n 275_o sir_n john_n holland_n speech_n fol._n 281_o sir_n edward_n hales_n speech_n fol._n 284_o sir_n john_n wraye_v speech_n concern_v the_o commons_o fol._n 288_o sir_n john_n wraye_v second_o speech_n fol._n 290_o preamble_n with_o the_o protestation_n fol._n 300_o bill_n of_o attainder_n against_o the_o earl_n of_o strafford_n fol._n 303_o viscount_n newark_n fiâ—st_a speech_n for_o the_o right_n of_o bishop_n fol._n 305_o his_o second_o speech_n for_o their_o temporal_a affair_n master_n peards_n against_o the_o oath_n exofficio_fw-la fol._n 313_o master_n speaker_n letter_n to_o sir_n jacob_n ashley_n fol._n 315_o article_n against_o the_o bishop_n of_o bath_n and_o wells_n fol._n 318_o sir_n b._n ruddyer_n speech_n fol._n 3â—6_n his_o speech_n concern_v the_o queen_n jointure_n fol._n 317.321_o lord_n andever_v speech_n concern_v the_o star-chamber_n a_o order_n may_v 10_o 1641._o that_o no_o 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