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lately intruded, and
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, to
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andThemdeliver unto the Church-Wardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor there, or to some, or one of them, together
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with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who are hereby
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to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals this
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