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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

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667.] [Footnote 27: Lonsdale's Memoirs.

Burnet tells us (i.

667.) that a sharp debate about elections took place in the House of Commons after Coke's committal.

It must therefore have been on the 19th of November; for Coke was committed late on the 18th, and the Parliament was prorogued on the 20th.

Burnet's narrative is confirmed by the Journals, from which it appears that several elections were under discussion on the 19th.] [Footnote 28: Burnet, i.


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