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summon their chief peers to parliament which was held in the famous city of Drudistle, the 21st of December last, whereat by their wisdom, I was chosen King. At which time also many bills of complaint were brought against a great many members in the Common Wealth amongst whom the mule was arraigned
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for high treason against the state, and therefore he was banished for ever from the antient kingdom. So were also the grasshopper and the caterpillar, because