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road to Ministerial Office without a Majority there, every Single Election became an object of great importance, & was carry'd on with an Ardour & vehemence not known in this Country before.

Burnet in his History Says the Majority of the Members elected in this Parliament would probably have declar'd for K. James, if they had known to have manag'd matters note + Mar. 14th 1690. /note for Him, yet in a private + Letter to Six Wm Colt He States this in a very different Manner.

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