EORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, Greeting: Whereas WILLIAM OWEN, and WILLIAM JOHNSTON, of Our City of London, Bookfellers, have, by their Petition, humbly reprefented unto Us, That, they have with great Care, Labour and Expence, compleated a Work, intituléd, A NEW and GENERAL
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The Lives of the most illuftrious Perfons, who have flourished in
all Nations, from the earliest Period to the Present Time,
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for the Term of Fourteen Years, according to the Statute in that
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Ufe and Benefit, are graciously pleafed to condefcend to Their
Request; And We do, therefore, by thefe Prefents (fo far as may
be agreeable to the Statute in that behalf made and provided),
grant unto Them, the faid WILLIAM OWEN, and WILLIAM
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Given at our Court at Kenfington, the Twenty-third Day of
October 1755, in the Twenty-ninth Year of Our Reign.
By His Majefty's Command,
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