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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
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
