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That your Petitioner was on or about the fourthday of May
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1780 Sworn into the Office of
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in the Room
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of your Petitioner for the Year commencing from the fourth
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thereof ever since
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays
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may be Summoned to appear before your Worships
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to shew Cause why he should not take upon him
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according to his appointment And that Your
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