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ship-money, 630; impeached, escapes,
649

Fingal, leader in Ireland, 654
Firearms introduced, 465

Fire of London, 738; attributed to the
Papists, 757

Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, imprisoned,
394; refuses the oath to the Act of
Succession, 395; Cardinal, 396; exe-
cuted, 396

Fitzgeralds. [See Geraldines.]
Fitz-Maurice, James, brother of Desmond,
his insurrection, 537; restored, 538;
defeated, pardoned, 539; goes to Spain,
540; organizes an expedition, 541; lands
at Dingle, killed, 542
Fitz-William, Deputy of Ireland, 538
Fleetwood, inquires into the army griev-
ances, 682; at the battle of Worcester,
697; succeeds Ireton, 700; objects to
Cromwell's taking the title of King,
711; nominal head of the army, 717;
the army demands more power for, 718
Fleming, Judge, his views of prerogative,

593

Forest laws extended, 628

Francis I., his genealogy, 373; his charac-
ter, conquers Milan, makes peace, 374;
aims at the Empire, seeks English
alliance, 377; at the Field of the Cloth
of Gold, invades Spain, 378; loses
Milan, excites disaffection in Scotland,
379; quarrels with Bourbon, invades
Milan, imprisoned, 380; alliance with
Henry VIII., 381; remonstrates on
the death of More, 396; alliance with
the Turks, 416; war with England and
Germany, 417; dies, 427

Francis II., betrothed to Mary, 427; mar-

ried, 490; becomes King, 495; dies, 501
Frederick of Saxony, befriends Luther, 384
Frederick V., marries Elizabeth Stuart,

596; King of Bohemia, 602; dethroned,
603; disbands his army, 610

Frobisher, Sir Martin, his expedition, 570,

572

GARDINER, Bishop of Winchester, opposes

Cranmer, 419; imprisoned, 437; be-
friended by Somerset, 440; member of
Mary's Council, 446; on her Church
Commission, 447; discovers the Dudley
conspiracy, 449; urges the execution of
Elizabeth, 451; opposition to him, fails
to pass his Bills for persecution, 452;
begins his persecutions, 454
Garnet, sanctions the Gunpowder Plot,
589; imprisoned, executed, 591
Garrard, quoted, 628, 629
Gates, executed, 447

George of Denmark, joins William III., 785
Geraldines, their power, 402; intrigues
with Spain, 403; subdued, 404; Sidney's
plan to overthrow their authority, 536;
their quarrel with the Butlers, 537;
their insurrection, 537, 538; defeated, 543
Gerard, his plot, his execution, 705

Gilbert, Governor of Kilmallock, 538
Giustiniani, Venetian ambassador, quoted,
466, 469

Glamorgan, [See Herbert.]

Godfrey, Sir Edmundbury, murdered, 751
Godolphin, supports the Exclusion Bill,
757; supports James, 759; member of
James's Cabinet, 762; one of the Com-
missioners to William III., 785
Gondomar, Spanish ambassador, urges the
Spanish match, 599; thwarts Raleigh's
enterprise, 601

Goring, betrays the Army Plot, 651; Royal-
ist commander, 675; besieges Taunton,
675; defeated, 676; trial of, 689
Grey, genealogy of, 355

Grey, second Marquis of Dorset (grandson of
Elizabeth Woodville), general in France,
369; Wolsey, tutor to his children, 375
Grey, third Marquis of Dorset (son of the
second Marquis), made Duke of Suffolk,
440; remains with his daughter Lady
Jane, 445; takes up arms against Mary,
449; captured, 450; executed, 451
Grey, Lady Jane, Seymour her guardian,
429; her claim to the throne, 441; made
Queen, her character, 444; Renard urges
her execution, 447; her death, 451
Grey, Sir William de Wilton, suppresses
insurrections, 433; commands at Calais,

460

Grey, Sir Arthur (son of William), Deputy
in Ireland, 542; defeats the Spaniards in
Smerwick, 543; dies, 570

Grey, Sir Thomas (son of Arthur), in the
Bye Plot, pardoned, 586

Grey, William (of Werke), leader of the
Association, 662

Grey, Forde (grandson of William of
Werke), joins Monmouth, 767

Grey of Groby, assists Pride, 686; chief of
Anabaptists, 707

Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury, en-
forces the Act of Uniformity, 513; his
character, 569

Guildford, Lord Keeper, his advice ne-
glected, 762; dies, 768

Guise, Francis, Duke of, commanding in
Italy, 459; massacres the Protestants at
Vassy, 501; assassinated, 502

Guise, Henry, reconciled with Coligny,
526; murders Coligny, 527; his plans to
invade England, 548; master of France,
558, 559; murdered, 564

Guises, genealogy of, 496; their hostility to
England, 439; masters of France, 500;
plots against the Protestants, 501; de-
struction of the family, 502; regain
power, 525; in favour with the mob,
526; hated by Catherine, 526; influence
over Henry III., 531, 552; organize the
Catholic League, 532; their plots against
Elizabeth, 544, 547, 548; their fall, 564

HABEAS CORPUS, a writ of, demanded, 619;
refused, 620; the subject discussed in
Parliament, 622; Act of, passed, 753

Hales, Commissioner, quoted, 430, 431
Hales, Sir Edward, suit against, 771; flies
with James II., 786

Halifax, his character, 753, 761; opposes
the Exclusion Bill, 757; opposes Charles,
759; obtains Rochester's removal, 759;
Lord President, 761; his opinion on
Argyle's execution, 765; dismissed, 768;
advises mediation, one of the Commis-
sioners to William III., 785; joins Wil-
liam, 786

Hamilton, Commissioner to Scotland, 639;
his army, 641; Montrose jealous of, 652;
plots against, 653; deprived of the Great
Seal, 655; raises an army for Charles,
685; defeated, 686; executed, 689
Hammond, Governor of the Isle of Wight,
685; summoned to London, 685
Hampden, Edward, demands writ of
Habeas Corpus, 619

Hampden, John, refuses to pay ship-
money, 620; his calmness, 656; attempt
to arrest him, 657; commander in the
army, 660; remonstrates with Essex,
killed, 662

Harrington's Nuga Antiquae quoted, 597
Harrison, brings Charles to London, 687;
assists Cromwell, 703; imprisoned, 707
Haselrig, Sir Arthur, Charles I. attempts
to arrest him, 657; member of Crom-
well's Upper House, 712; opposes
Richard Cromwell, 717; excepted from
the amnesty, 723

Hastings, Sir Edward, brings Elizabeth to
London, opposes Gardiner, 452
Hatton, Sir Christopher, dies, 570
Hawkins, Sir John, his privateering, 516;
reveals the Spanish Plot, 524; improves
the fleet, 560

Heath, Bishop of Worcester, imprisoned,
437

Heaveningham, demands a writ of Habeas
Corpus, 619

Henderson, Presbyterian, 652; rewarded,
653

Heneage, clerical Commissioner, 406
Henrietta Maria, proposed marriage with
Charles, 606; terms of the marriage
treaty, 612; her chapels crowded, 619;
her household dismissed, 621; goes to
Holland, 658; returns, 662
Henry VII., his character, 356; suppresses
the Yorkists, 359; establishes the Star
Chamber, 359; his perfidy to Brittany,
359; makes treaties with France and
Burgundy, 360; suppresses Warbeck,
361; negotiates with Spain, his economy,
362; severity to the nobles, alliance with
Scotland, 363; with Spain, death of his
wife, 364; proposals for a second mar-
riage, 364, 365; his exactions, effects of
his rule, dies, 365; his dislike to Henry
VIII.'s marriage with Catherine, 367
Henry VIII., marriage with Catherine sug-
gested, 364; his education, his beauty,
marries Catherine, 367; his popularity,
368; his disinterested motives in joining

the Holy League, 368, 369; his disap-
pointment, invades France, 370; refuses
the demands of Scotland, 371; makes
peace with France, 372; Wolsey gains
his favour, 375; a candidate for the
Empire, 377; visits Francis, visits
Charles, 378; jealous of Francis, 378;
revives the old claims on France, 380;
alliance with France, 381; desires a
divorce, 382; writes against Luther,
Defender of the Faith, 384; loves Anne
Boleyn, 385; his anger against Wolsey,
favours Cromwell, 388; disputes the
authority of the Pope, appeals to the
Universities, 390; called Head of the
Church, 390, 395; takes Anne Boleyn to
France, marries her, 392; excommuni-
cated, 395; persecutes More and Fisher,
395, 396; political character of his re-
formation, 398; executes Anne Boleyn,
399; marries Jane Seymour, 400; climax
of his power, 401; dislikes the disorders
of the Reformers, 411; marries Anne
of Cleves, 413; executes Cromwell, di-
vorces Anne, marries Catherine Howard,
414; tries to win James V., executes
Catherine, marries Catherine Parr, 415;
war with Scotland and France, 416, 417;
his old age, 419; dies, 420; character,
420, 421; his will, 423, 441; his display
of wealth, 466; his love of building,
486; his sympathy with the people, 584
Henry II., of France, his character, 427;

alliance with England, 439; doubts as
to assisting the Dudley conspiracy, re-
ceives the exiles, 458; induced by Paul
IV. to break the truce with Spain, 459;
makes peace with Elizabeth, 494; dies,

495

Henry III., proposed marriage with Eliza-
beth, 521; rejected, 523; defeated by
the Huguenots, 530; becomes King,
530; refuses the sovereignty of the
Netherlands, 552; his character, 556;
league against him, 558; flies from Paris,
559; murdered, 564

Henry IV., genealogy of, 501; marries
Margaret of Valois, 526; imprisoned,
escapes, 531; threatened by Guise, 532;
raises the South of France, defeats the
Guises, becomes King, 564; character of,
enters Paris, issues the Edict of Nantes,
565; his dealings with Elizabeth, 566;
seeks the friendship of James I., 585;
supports the Protestant Princes of Ger-
many, assassinated, 596

Henry, son of James I., character of, dies,

596

Herbert, Sir William, opposes Somerset,
434; coins false money, 436; made Earl
of Pembroke, 440

Herbert, Sir Henry (son of Sir William),
betrothed to Lady Catherine Grey, 441
Herbert, Lord Glamorgan, negotiates with
the Irish, 676: the treaty discovered,
677; imprisoned, 680

Herbert, Admiral, takes the letter of in-

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Hooper, made Bishop of Gloucester, 437;
burnt, 454

Hope, advises the renewal of the Cove-
nant, 639

Hopper, Sir George, aids Wyatt, 450
Hopton, Royalist general, 661; defeats
Stamford, 663; defeated, 677
Hotham, at Hull, 658, 659; his treason,
executed, 663

Houghton, Prior of the Charterhouse, per-
secuted, 395

Howard, Thomas, Earl of Surrey (second
Duke of Norfolk), member of Henry
VIII.'s ministry, 367; commanding at
Flodden, 371; defeats Albany, 379;
commanding in France, 379
Howard, Thomas, third Duke of Norfolk,
head of the nobles in the Council, 377;
his assistance needed against the Suf-
folk rebellion, 387; chief Minister, 388;
suppresses the Northern rebellion, 407;
408; head of the reactionary party,
passes the Six Articles, 412; invades
Scotland, 416; intrigues against Somer-
set, 420; his execution ordered, 420;
marches against Wyatt, 450

Howard, Henry (son of the third Duke),

Earl of Surrey, sent to Ireland, 403;
defeated near Boulogne, 418; his in-
trigues against Somerset, executed, 420
Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton
(son of Henry, Earl of Surrey), dies, 597
Howard, Catherine (niece of the third
Duke of Norfolk), marries Henry VIII.,
414; executed, 415

Howard, Lord William (brother of the
third Duke), opposes Wyatt, 450;
brings Elizabeth to London, opposes
Gardiner, 452

Howard, Sir Charles, of Effingham (son

of William), persuades Elizabeth to sign
the warrant against Mary, 557; his ex-
ertions save the fleet, 560; supports
Essex's policy, 571; made Earl of Not-
tingham, 572

Howard, Thomas (fourth Duke of Nor-
folk), proposal to marry Mary of Scot-
land, 515 his character, 517; appre-
hended, 518; joins the Ridolfi Plot,
522; executed, 524

Howard, Earl of Suffolk (son of the fourth
Duke of Norfolk), Lord Chancellor, 597;
procures the divorce of his daughter,
598

Howard, Frances, daughter of Suffolk,

marries Rochester, 597; murders Over-
bury, 598; pardoned, 599

Howard, Thomas, Earl of Arundel, im-
prisoned, 616; liberated, 622

Howard, William, Lord Stafford, son of
Thomas, accused by Oates, 754; exe-
cuted, 757

Howard, William (of Escrick), reveals
Rye-House Plot, 759

Huguenots, open antagonism

to the

Government, 500; massacred at Vassy,
501; helped by Elizabeth, 502; helped
by the privateers, 516; obtain power,
521; sympathy with Orange, 525; Mas-
sacre of St. Bartholomew, 526, 527;
organize themselves as a republic, 531;
crushed by the Guises, 532; make an
organized rebellion, 558; their position
under Henry IV., 564; toleration granted
by the Edict of Nantes, 565; negotiate
with Louis XIV., 613; ask English help,
621; Edict of Nantes revoked, 768
Huntly, defeated at Corrichie, 503; escapes
after Rizzio's murder, 506; signs the
Bond of Craigmillar, 507; his property
restored to him, 510

Huntly, supports Charles I., 640, 641
Hyde, Sir Nicholas, Chief Justice, 620
Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon,
quoted, 627; Charles I.'s Counsellor,
655; Minister of Charles II., 707;
advises the Declaration of Breda,
720: his Church views, 725; supports
the Act of Indemnity, 726; his policy,
730; his ecclesiastical legislation, 732;
opposition to him, 733; instrumental in
the sale of Dunkirk, 733, 734; impeached,
banished, 739

Hyde, Henry (eldest son of Edward),
second Earl of Clarendon, Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, 774; dismissed, 774
Hyde, Laurence (second son of Edward),
Earl of Rochester, supports Charles II.,
759; rivalry with Halifax, 759; his
character, made Lord Treasurer, 761;
head of the moderate party, 769; decline
of his influence, 770; dismissed, 774
Hyde, Anne (daughter of Edward), mar-
ries James II., 730

INCHIQUIN, Lord, defeats Taafe, becomes
Royalist, 691

Incident, The, 653
Independents, persecuted, 568; influence
of, 666; rise of, 670, 671; their motive
in joining the army, 675; power in
Parliament, 682; their objects, 683
Intercourse, the Great, 360, 469
Interim, The, 438

Ireland, supports Simnel, 358; supports
Warbeck, 359; Poynings' Law estab-
lished, 362; condition of, 401, 402; in-
surrection of the Fitzgeralds, 403, 404;
affairs in, 535-543; Tyrone's insurrection,
577-579; affairs in, 632-6.6; rebellion,
654, 655; truce with, 667; treaty with,
674; Irish war in Parliamentary hands,

680; Jones' campaign in, 691, 692; Crom-
well subdues, 692, 693; settlement of,
772-774

Ireton, at Naseby, 676; inquires into the
army grievances, 682; in Ireland, 692;
takes command of the Irish war, 693;
dies, 700

Isabella of Castile, her claim to the throne,
576

Italian Relation, quoted, 464, 467, 470, 474,
484, 485

JAMAICA, capture of, 708

James I., born, 507; Mary visits him, 510;
made King of Scotland, 511; supported
by Murray, 518; negotiates with Eliza-
beth, 545; captured by the Protestant
Lords, 546; escapes, offers assistance to
Guise, 548; establishes the Episcopal
Church, deserts his mother, 550; his
selfishness, 556; quarrels with Philip,
558; his claim to the throne, 576; his
negotiation with Cecil and Essex, 577;
his views of royalty, 583, 584; comes to
England, 585; his foreign policy, 585;
his conduct to the Bishops, 587; dis-
pleases Puritans and Catholics, 589; his
character, 592; sympathy with the
peasantry, 593; sends troops to aid the
German Protestant Princes, 596; his
love for favourites, 597; his foreign
policy, 599; his dislike of Parliaments,
600; refuses to help the Elector Frede-
rick, 602, 603; his speech on the Under-
takers, 603; his arbitrary conduct, 604;
sends Charles to Spain, 605; dies, 606
his conduct in Scotland, 606, 607;
advises Frederick V. to disband his
troops, 610

James II., Duke of York, defeated by
Turenne, 713; marries Anne Hyde, 730;
a Catholic, 731; admiral, 735; contrast
to Charles II., 742; fights against the
Dutch, 744; resigns his admiralty, 745;
leaves England, Exclusion Bill brought
in, 752; exacts a declaration of Mon-
mouth's illegitimacy, 754; his cruelty to
the Covenanters, presented as a Popish
recusant, 756; returns to Scotland, 757;
Exclusion Bill rejected, 757; returns to
the Council, 759; under obligation to
Halifax, 761; collects the customs il-
legally, 762; his objects, 763, 764; his
cruelty to Monmouth, 767; his favour
to Jeffreys, 762, 768; breaks the Test
Act, 768; excites the opposition of
Parliament and of the Church, 769;
asserts his dispensing power, 771;
interferes with the Oxford Colleges,
771; destroys the Act of Settlement in
Ireland, favours Irish Catholics, issues
a Declaration of Indulgence, 774; fears
his Parliament, visits Oxford, 775;
attempts to obtain a favourable Parlia-
ment, 776; orders his Declaration of
Indulgence to be read in churches, 777;
tries the seven Bishops, 778; offends

both Church and army, 780; refuses
help from Louis XIV., 782; his con-
cessions, 783; narrow escape, deserted,
determines to fly, 785; escapes, 786;
captured, final escape to France, 787
James Edward, his birth, 778; taken to
France, 785; ignored by Danby, 788
James III., of Scotland, supports War-
beck, 361; his character and death, 363
James IV., marries Margaret, 363; quar-
rels with Henry VIII., 370

James V., trained to hate England,
marries Mary of Guise, rejects the offers
of Henry VIII., 415; hated by his
nobles, dies, 416

Jane Seymour. [See Seymour.]
Jane Grey. [See Grey.]

Jeffreys, Judge, promoted, 762; his cruel-
ties, 763; his Bloody Assizes, 768; head
of the High Commission Court, 771; his
conduct to the Universities, 775; Lord-
Lieutenant, 776; advises the trial of the
Bishops, 778; rescued from the mob, 786
Jermyn, his part in the Army Plot, 651
Jernyngham, favourite of Mary, 458
Jews, their return desired by Cromwell,
708

Joanna of Castile, marries Philip, 364;

Henry VII. proposes to marry her, 365
John, Don, of Austria, proposal to marry
Mary, 517; Regent of the Netherlands,
intends to invade England, 532
Johnston of Warriston, advises renewal
of the Covenant, 639; made Lord of
Session, 653; executed, 729

Jones, Michael, Presbyterian commander
in Ireland, 680; defeats Preston, 691;
defeats Ormond, 692

Joyce, Cornet, gets possession of Charles
I., 682

Juliers and Cleves, disputed succession
to, 595, 596

Juxon, Bishop of London, Treasurer, 631

KET, leader of the Eastern insurgents,
432; his conduct, 433; executed, 433
Keymis, his discoveries on the Orinoco,
600; his suicide, 601

Kildare, Earl of, supports Simnel, 358;
summoned to London, 362; restored,
363; his position, hereditary Deputy,
402; three times recalled and rein-
stated, 403

Kimbolton. [See Mandeville.]
Kirkaldy of Grange, executed, 528
Kirke, his cruelties, 768; deserts to
William III., 785

Knowles, Sir Francis, in Elizabeth's Coun-
cil, 492

LATIMER, Bishop of Worcester, imprisoned,
447; burnt, 456; sermons quoted, 436,
465, 470-473, 476

Lamb, Dr., murdered, 625
Lambert. [See Simnel.]

Lambert, Parliamentary general, 686; at
Dunbar, 696; defeats the Protesters,

697; at Worcester, 697; objects to the
title of King, 711; suppresses a riot,
taken prisoner by Monk, 719; escapes,
reimprisoned, 720; excepted from the
amnesty, 723; imprisoned for life, 727
La Rochelle, siege of, 613, 621, 624
Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, licenses
Sibthorpe's sermon, 618; made Bishop
of London, 626; Charles's adviser, 630;
aims at the pre-eminence of the Church,
631; suppresses the Irish Puritans, 633;
his measures in Scotland, 637; his new
canons, 643; impeached, 649
Lauderdale, Charles's agent, 684; Secre-

tary for Scotland, 728; supersedes Mid-
dleton, 729; member of the Cabal
ministry, 739; remains in office, 745;
connives at Louis XIV.'s intrigues, 748;
persecutes the Covenanters, 754
Lauzun, escorts the Queen and Prince to
France, 785

Lawson, Commander of the fleet, 719
League of Cambrai, 368, 375

League, the Holy, 368; dissolved, 372
Learning, of the Church, 474, 480; of the
laity, 384, 476, 477; Greek admitted to
the universities, 476; foundation schools,
478; of Henry VIII., 367; of Edward
VI., 441, 477; of Lady Jane Grey, 444,
451, 477; of Elizabeth, 477, 490; of
Cromwell's son, 477

Legh and Leyton, visit the monasteries,
397, 480; quoted, 478, 479, 481, 482
Leicester. [See Dudley.]
Leighton, punishment of, 631
Lennox, Earl of (father of Darnley), goes
to Scotland, 503; demands Bothwell's
trial, 509; Regent, 520; murdered, 525
Lennox. [See Stuart.]

Lenthall, Speaker, removed, 703; re-
turns, 718

Leopold, Emperor, receives Juliers and
Cleves, 595

Lerma, suggests the Spanish match, 599
Leslie, Alexander, Scotch commander,
640; his skill, 641; made Earl of Leven,
653; assembles an army against Charles,
664; enters England, 668; at Marston
Moor, 669; at Dunbar, 694

Leslie, David, conquers Montrose, 677; at
Dunbar, 694, 695;

Royalist party, 696

suppresses the

Levellers, rise of, 684; spread of, 689;
suppressed, 690, 691; bitterness of, 705
Lilburne, his pamphlets, 689

Lindsay, outlawed, 507; assists in the
Raid of Ruthven, 545
Lindsay, Royalist general, 659

Literature of the Elizabethan period, 574,

575

Littleton, becomes a courtier, 625; counsel
against Hampden, 630; flies to Charles,

666

Liturgy, ordered to take the place of
the Breviary, 419; approved by Parlia-
ment, 430; its removal demanded, 432;
order to destroy all except the Prayer

Book, 437; revised, 492, 494; pro-
tected by the new Canons in James
I.'s reign, 589; the Service Book en-
forced in Scotland, 638; a Directory
appointed in the place of the Prayer
Book, 666; proposal to revise the
Liturgy, 725; amended by Convocation,
727
Lockhart, ambassador to France, 711;
acknowledges the Rump, 718
Lockyer, the Leveller, shot, 690
London, description of, 485, 486; trade
of, 798; condition of, 800, 801

Louis of Nassau, defeated, 512; captures
Mons, 526 killed at Mook Heath, 529
Louis XII., his war in Italy, 368; makes
peace, 372; marries Princess Mary, 372;
dies, 373

Louis XIV., negotiates with the Hugue-
nots, 613, 621; his respect for Cromwell,
713; his ambition, his marriage, 734;
negotiates with Holland, 735; pensions
Charles II., 736; invades the Nether-
lands, 740; his projects, secret negotia-
tions, 742; distrusts Charles, 746;
bribes him, 747-749; reveals the
Secret treaty, 750; pensions James II.,
762; persecutes the Huguenots, 768;
champion of the Jesuits, 770; excites
the anger of Holland and of the Pope,
781; his offer of help to James rejected,
782; receives James courteously, 787
Lovel, his insurrection, 358
Lowdon, Scotch Commissioner, arrested,
642; Lord Chancellor, 653

Ludlow, Parliamentary general in Ireland,

693

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Maitland of Lethington, received into
favour, 507; signs the bond of Craig-
millar, 507; character of, supports
Mary, 518 corresponds with Elizabeth,
520; dies, 528

Major-generals, Cromwell's, appointed,
707; withdrawn, 709
Malary, imprisoned, 604

Malby, President in Connaught, 540; lays
waste the Burkes' country, 541; kills
Fitz-Maurice, 542

Mandeville (Lord Manchester), attempt to
arrest him, 657; leader of the Associa-
tion, 662; at Marston Moor, 668; sum-
moned to the West, 669; his quarrel
with Cromwell, 670, 671; excluded by

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