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in the thirty sixth 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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set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.
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Sills
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