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THE EXAMINER.
N° 25.

that Mr. Lechmere[1] do prepare and bring in the same.

"Ordered,

"That a bill be brought in for removing the education of youth out of the hands of the clergy.

"Another to forbid the clergy preaching certain duties in religion; especially obedience to princes.

"Another to take away the jurisdiction of bishops.

"Another for constituting a general for life; with instructions to the committee, that care may be taken to make the war last as long as the life of the said general.

"A bill of attainder against Charles duke of Shrewsbury[2], John duke of Buckingham, Laurence earl of Rochester, sir Simon Harcourt, knight, Robert Harley and William Shippen, esquires, Abigail Masham, spinster, and others, for high treason against the junto,

"Resolved,

"That Sarah duchess of Marlborough has been a most dutiful, just, and grateful servant to her majesty.

"Resolved,

"That to advise the dissolution of a whig parliament, or the removal of a whig ministry, was in order to bring in popery and the pretender; and that the said advice was high treason.

  1. Mr. Lechmere was one of the managers against Dr. Sacheverell, and summed up the evidence.
  2. Altered afterward to James duke of Ormond.
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"Resolved,