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[[underline]] Charles the 2d 1660 [[/underline]] When Charles the second ascended the Throne of his ancestors he was thirty years of age-- The whole demeanour of the King was calculated to increase his Popularity, He retained on the Throne that affability which he had displayed in exile, but it was the choice of his Minesters that cheifly gave contentment to The Nation-- Into his Council were admitted the most eminent Men of the Nation the Presbyterians equally with the royalests shared [[underline]] this [[/underline]] All who had set in any illigal high Court of Justice were disabled from bearing Offices--these were all the severities which followed such furious civil war and convulsions. During the recess of Parliament, the chief object which enterested the Public was the trial and
