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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the House of
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in the thirty fifth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,
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by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,
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there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by
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set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.
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