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with_o such_o member_n as_o will_v follow_v he_o go_v to_o whitehall_n and_o under_o their_o hand_n resign_v up_o their_o power_n to_o cromwell_n see_v whitlock_n fol._n 551._o dr._n bates_n in_o his_o elenchus_n pag._n 165._o say_v cromwell_n make_v a_o show_n of_o wonder_n at_o it_o deny_v utter_o and_o reject_v it_o but_o at_o length_n with_o much_o ado_n be_v prevail_v upon_o this_o be_v decemb._n 12._o the_o copy_n of_o cromwel_n countenance_n be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o his_o action_n for_o though_o he_o seem_o refuse_v to_o accept_v of_o the_o resignation_n make_v by_o rouse_n and_o his_o follower_n yet_o he_o send_v a_o party_n of_o soldier_n to_o purge_v the_o house_n of_o those_o who_o stay_v behind_o whereof_o major-general_n harrison_n be_v one_o who_o will_v have_v take_v lenthal_n out_o of_o the_o chair_n when_o cromwell_n out_v the_o rump_n see_v baker_n hist_n fol._n 620._o a._n there_o be_v a_o mistake_n in_o the_o former_a impression_n in_o point_n of_o time_n that_o 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