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                <p rend="center" xml:id="par1"><hi rend="large">To the Right Honorable the Lords</hi> <lb type="intentional" xml:id="l1"/>Commissioners of his <choice><abbr>Maj<hi rend="superscript">es</hi>.</abbr><expan>Majesties</expan></choice> Treasury</p>
                
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                <p xml:id="par4">It likewise appears to me by proper receipts <lb xml:id="l10"/>that the seales in the said Bill mentioned have <lb xml:id="l11"/>been delivered to the respective Offices or Officers <lb xml:id="l12"/>of State they were ordered for, and as they have <lb xml:id="l13"/>been Weighed in the Mint that they are of the <lb xml:id="l14"/>Weight expressed in the said Bill.</p>
                
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