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cution of the said New-nothing Order: He fore-knowing, that both the said Lord Lieut. and Council, as also the Law, were to be suddenly thrown down: The doing whereof he diligently plyed, never appearing more in the House, but cooperating with them thence-forward, who the next day put a period to the whole Government. In the mean time, Sir Hierome did not only strut himself, with this Cocks Feather in his Cap, But his man also, alias, his Squire Sancho, (as 'tis thought by Don Hieronimo's own Order) did publish the same of this Knights Achievements; For when any man asked him what newes, (expecting in answer an accompt of the most notable Revolutions then in motion;) He onely answered; My Master has the Papers, as if the abovementioned insignificant Order, not for, but concerning the said Papers, had been like the delivery of Hull or Portsmouth. In brief, so famous were the transactions concerning these Papers, that an exact delineation of the whole in Ginger-bread, is fit to be made, as memorials to Sir Hieroms children of their Fathers wisdom.