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be_v bear_v and_o utter_v his_o prediction_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 6._o a_o necessary_a digression_n show_v the_o life_n and_o reign_v of_o 33_o king_n of_o britain_n scarce_o mention_v by_o any_o of_o our_o english_a remembrancer_n with_o a_o exact_a computation_n of_o the_o time_n etc._n etc._n to_o make_v the_o former_a passage_n the_o more_o plain_a to_o the_o reader_n it_o be_v fit_a to_o keep_v a_o true_a computation_n of_o the_o time_n and_o look_v back_o into_o our_o former_a historical_a narration_n perfect_a those_o thing_n which_o be_v leave_v doubtful_a especial_o in_o the_o inter-regnum_fw-la before_o speak_v of_o in_o which_o the_o name_n of_o many_o king_n prince_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v conceal_v divers_a historiographer_n who_o write_v the_o passage_n of_o those_o time_n reck_v on_o from_o the_o last_o year_n of_o eliodure_n to_o the_o first_o of_o hely_n the_o father_n of_o k._n lud_n 186_o year_n during_o remember_v of_o three_o and_o thirty_o 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