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e._n of_o derby_n page_n 33_o iu_o lord_n capel_n page_n 24_o v._o sir_n charles_n lucas_n page_n 13_o vi_o sir_n george_n lisle_n page_n 14_o vii_o col._n morris_n page_n 27_o viii_o col._n penruddock_n page_n 36_o ix_o col._n grove_n page_n ibid._n x._o col._n eus_n andrews_n page_n 29_o xi_o col_n gerard_n page_n 34_o xii_o col._n benbow_n page_n ibid._n xiii_o cap._n burleigh_n page_n 12_o fourteen_o col._n pitcher_n page_n 14_o xv._n col._n poyer_n page_n 15_o xvi_o sir_n t._n fetherstonh_o page_n 34_o xvii_o d._n hamilton_n page_n 21_o xviii_o e._n of_o holland_n page_n 23_o xix_o cor._n blackburn_n page_n 28_o xx._n mr._n benson_n page_n 30_o xxi_o cap._n bushel_n page_n 32_o xxii_o col._n ashton_n page_n 40_o xxiii_o sir_n hen._n slingsby_n page_n 38_o xxiv_o cap._n symkin_n page_n 34_o xxv_o arch_a b._n laud_n page_n 9_o xxvi_o dr._n hewyt_v page_n 39_o xxvii_o mr._n beaumond_n page_n 27_o xxviii_o mr._n vowel_n page_n 35_o xxix_o mr._n love_n page_n 32_o xxx_o dr._n levens_n 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