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way is Laid out three Rods in breadth and there is also a way laid out from the Land of James Allen and to Run Easterly along the head of John Cases house Lot Dect and upon a Straight line untill it meets with a white oake Stump marked Standing upon ye South Side of an old field known by the Name of James Skiffs field and upon a Strait line untill it meets with the high way : the abovsd way being Two Rods in breadth : also there is halfe an Acre of Land lying at the Clay pits for ye use and benefit of the Town to Dig Clay & a Convenient way Either by bars or Gates from the abovsd the way is to Run Southerly untill it meets with the high way between ye abovsd Cathcarts & ye abovsd Looks land : The first Lot is bounded as followeth Southerly by the Land formerly belong- ing to Thomas Look Dect Notherly by the highway Westerly by the abovsd Cases land Easterly by the high way: Second Lot is bounded Southerly by the high way Notherly by a walnut tree Two on the South Side & three on the North side: Third Lot is bounded Southerly by the Second lot notherly by a walnut tree marked three on the south Side & four on the north side : the fourth Lot is bounded Southerly by the third Lot and notherly by a white oake tree marked four on the South side and five on the Northside: The fifth Lot is bounded Southerly by the fourth Lot Notherly by a Black oake tree Marked five on the South Side & Six on the north side : The Sixth Lot is bounded Southerly by the fifth Lott and northerly by a black oake tree Marked Six on the South side seven on the north side: the seventh Lot is bounded Southerly by the sixth Lott & notherly by a Black oake tree Marked Seven on the South side Eight in the north side : (The seventh Lot is Bounded Southerly by the Sixth Lot Notherly by a Black oake tree Marked seven on the south side & eight on the North side) The Eights Lot is Bounded Southerly by the Seventh Lot & notherly by a Black oake tree Marked Eight on the South side & nine on the North side: The Ninth Lot is Bounded south- erly by the Eighth Lot & notherly by a Black oak tree marked Nine upon the South Side & ten on the northmost side: The tenth Lot is Bounded Southerly by ye Ninth Lot & Notherly by a white oake tree Marked ten on ye South side & Eleven on the Northmost side The Eleventh Lot is Bounded Southerly by the Tenth Lot & Notherly by a white oake tree marked 'eleven on the south side & twelve on ye Northmost side & the Twelfth Lot is Bounded Southerly by the Eleventh Lot & notherly by a walnut Stake marked : The thirteenth Lot is bounded Southerly by the Twelfth Lot & Notherly by a walnut Bush marked : The forteenth Lot is bounded Southerly by the Thirteenth Lot and Notherly by the River and the bounds of these Lots are upon Chilmark line, the fifteenth Lot is on
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ye Estward of the abovsd highway bounded on the Westward on the High Way on the northward by the brook on the Eastward by two trees marked on the Southward by the heads of the Lots: The sixteenth Lot is bounded on the Northward by and Eastward by the Swamp or River by the Southward and Westward by James Allens Land and two trees marked.
November 12th 1726 BENJA MANTER SAMLL MERREY
Entred pr order of sª Propriators
Ør me JABEZ ATHEARN Propriators Clerk
To the Church of Christ and Other Inhabitants in Tisbury : - : Hav- ing taken Under Consideration the call you have given me to Settle in the Work of the Gospell Ministry among you as also the Proposals made to me for my Encouragement Respecting my Outward Subsistance with you Bearing Date 23 may 1726 I have at Length come to the following Thoughts and Resolution vizt That the the offers you made to me be very low and so the Encouragment in that Regard given me but very Slender, yet considering the Smallness of the Place and how few the Inhabitants are and that what you offer may be near as much as for the Present you are able to Do for me, Having also Considered that the Poor as well as Others ought to have the Gospell Preached to them; Relying on the Gracius Providence of God, That God whom I Desire to serve, and under him on the Justice & Generosity of the People by whom I am Called, I Do (you Still Continuing Desirus of it) Accept of your Call both as to your offers in my Settlment & Sallery, and as I think the call of God to serve him in his work among you and am Content that my former Answer (being not yet on Record) should become void, and be Committed to the Fire, this only with your Invitation and Proposals being Preferred and Recorded ; and if what is now offered be accepted as satisfactory to you. I Desire in the Strength of of Christ & under the Deep sence of my own Insufficiency for so Great a work to Devote my self to your Service, Resolving according to the best of my ability, & the measure of the grace of God Granted unto me, to Endevour to Promote the good of your souls, Earnestly Desireing and Praying that we may be helped in our Respective Stations, so to Discharge the Dutys Incum- bent on us that we may be Mutuall Comforts one to an other here in this World and Rejoyce together In the Day of the Lord : so I Remain yours In the service of the Gospell Tisbury 26 January 1726/-
NATHANIELL HANCOCK
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To the Reverend M: Nathanael Hancock Preacher of the Gospel in the Town of Tisbury; The Church of Christ & other Inhabitants of sd Town From a Town Meeting held in sd Town on the 21st Day of Feb- ruary Anno Domini 1726/ -. Sendeth Greeting In your Answer Bearing Date the 26th of January 1726/ -. To certain Proposals made to you for a settlment & Sallery for your Encouragment to Settle in sd Town bear- ing Date the 23ª of May Last, at the aforsd Meeting your Answer was Received by the sd Town, Read & Accepted & voted & Committed to the Publick Records of sd Town Together with the aforsd Proposals. And we Do hereby Render you Thanks for your Acceptanse thereof : Hoping & Praying that by your Examplary Christian conversation & Faithfull Instructions, we may by the blessing of God Accompanying of them, have ever Cause to bless God for you, and may ever be Ready & Willing to Testefie the same by our utmost Endeavour to strengthen your hands and Encourage in that so great & Weighty Work whereunto you are Called, and that this is our Congratulation we have caused our Town Clerk in our behalf to signe the same & sent it you by our faithfull messenger Jonathan Lumbert
By order of sd meeting JOSEPH ALLEN Town Clerk
The Three above written Perticular Acts were committed to me to be Recorded & Accordingly Recorded by me
JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clr
Att a Legal Town meeting held in Tisbury on the 8 day of march 1726/- for the Choise of Town offessers it was voted by the maj" part of the voters then present that Jethro Athearn and Daved Luce and samuel Lumbert should sarve this Town in the office of gran iurers for the Insu- ing Year voted at ye above sd meeting that Joseph Allen & Edward hamet and Thomas Luce should sarve pete Jeurers for ye next Corte voted at ye above sd meeting that Jonathan Luce should sarve this Town in the office of a constable for ye Insuing year
Voted at ye above sd meeting that benjamin manter & samuel Cob should sarve in ye offise of survaiers for ye Insuing year
voted at ye above sd meeting that samuel Look and silvanis Cottel should sarve in ye office of fence vewers for ye Insuing year
voted at ye above sd meeting that Ebenezer Rogers and Isaac Rob- onson Juner should sarve in ye office of 'hog Reves for ye Insuing year :
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ye Estward of the abovsd highway bounded on the Westward on the High Way on the northward by the brook on the Eastward by two trees marked on the Southward by the heads of the Lots: The sixteenth Lot is bounded on the Northward by and Eastward by the Swamp or River by the Southward and Westward by James Allens Land and two trees marked.
November 12th 1726 BENJA MANTER SAMLL MERREY
Entred pr order of sª Propriators
Ør me JABEZ ATHEARN Propriators Clerk
To the Church of Christ and Other Inhabitants in Tisbury : - : Hav- ing taken Under Consideration the call you have given me to Settle in the Work of the Gospell Ministry among you as also the Proposals made to me for my Encouragement Respecting my Outward Subsistance with you Bearing Date 23 may 1726 I have at Length come to the following Thoughts and Resolution vizt That the the offers you made to me be very low and so the Encouragment in that Regard given me but very Slender, yet considering the Smallness of the Place and how few the Inhabitants are and that what you offer may be near as much as for the Present you are able to Do for me, Having also Considered that the Poor as well as Others ought to have the Gospell Preached to them; Relying on the Gracius Providence of God, That God whom I Desire to serve, and under him on the Justice & Generosity of the People by whom I am Called, I Do (you Still Continuing Desirus of it) Accept of your Call both as to your offers in my Settlment & Sallery, and as I think the call of God to serve him in his work among you and am Content that my former Answer (being not yet on Record) should become void, and be Committed to the Fire, this only with your Invitation and Proposals being Preferred and Recorded; and if what is now offered be accepted as satisfactory to you. I Desire in the Strength of of Christ & under the Deep sence of my own Insufficiency for so Great a work to Devote my self to your Service, Resolving according to the best of my ability, & the measure of the grace of God Granted unto me, to Endevour to Promote the good of your souls, Earnestly Desireing and Praying that we may be helped in our Respective Stations, so to Discharge the Dutys Incum- bent on us that we may be Mutuall Comforts one to an other here in this World and Rejoyce together In the Day of the Lord : so I Remain yours In the service of the Gospell Tisbury 26 January 1726/-
NATHANIELL HANCOCK
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To the Reverend M' Nathanael Hancock Preacher of the Gospel in the Town of Tisbury; The Church of Christ & other Inhabitants of sd Town From a Town Meeting held in sd Town on the 21st Day of Feb- ruary Anno Domini 1726/7. Sendeth Greeting In your Answer Bearing Date the 26th of January 1726/7. To certain Proposals made to you for a settlment & Sallery for your Encouragment to Settle in sd Town bear- ing Date the 23d of May Last, at the aforsd Meeting your Answer was Received by the sd Town, Read & Accepted & voted & Committed to the Publick Records of sd Town Together with the aforsd Proposals. And we Do hereby Render you Thanks for your Acceptanse thereof : Hoping & Praying that by your Examplary Christian conversation & Faithfull Instructions, we may by the blessing of God Accompanying of them, have ever Cause to bless God for you, and may ever be Ready & Willing to Testefie the same by our utmost Endeavour to strengthen your hands and Encourage in that so great & Weighty Work whereunto you are Called, and that this is our Congratulation we have caused our Town Clerk in our behalf to signe the same & sent it you by our faithfull messenger Jonathan Lumbert
By order of sd meeting JOSEPH ALLEN Town Clerk
The Three above written Perticular Acts were committed to me to be Recorded & Accordingly Recorded by me
JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clr
Att a Legal Town meeting held in Tisbury on the 8 day of march 1726/- for the Choise of Town offessers it was voted by the maj" part of the voters then present that Jethro Athearn and Daved Luce and samuel Lumbert should sarve this Town in the office of gran iurers for the Insu- ing Year voted at ye above sd meeting that Joseph Allen & Edward hamet and Thomas Luce should sarve pete Jeurers for ye next Corte voted at ye above sd meeting that Jonathan Luce should sarve this Town in the office of a constable for ye Insuing year
Voted at ye above sd meeting that benjamin manter & samuel Cob should sarve in ye offise of survaiers for ye Insuing year
voted at ye above sd meeting that samuel Look and silvanis Cottel should sarve in ye office of fence vewers for ye Insuing year
voted at ye above sd meeting that Ebenezer Rogers and Isaac Rob- onson Juner should sarve in ye office of 'hog Reves for ye Insuing year :
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voted at ye above sd meeting that Jabez Athearn should sarve in ye office of Town Tresuer for ye insuing year
Voted at ye above sd meeting that Joseph Allen should sarve in ye office of Town Clark for ye Insuing year
voted at ye above sd meeting that Jabez Athearn & Joseph allen and Samuel Look should sarve In ye office of select men or asesers for ye Insuing year voted at ye above sd meeting that whiten manter should have ten shilings a year for sweping and Lookin after ye meeting house JOSEPH ALLEN Town Clark
At a Legal Town Meeting held in Tisbury on ye 24 of may 1727 upon ye Decease of Joseph Allen who Sustained severall offices; the following choice was made viz Jabez Athearn was Chosen Town Clerk for ye Remaining part of sd year & Propriators Clerk untill another be chosen & sworn : & Jonathan Luce was Chosen Select man & Sam" Man- ter Trustee for ye Bank money
Entered # me JABEZ ATHEARN CỬ.
At a Legal Town Meeting held in Tisbury on ye 15th of March 1727/3 : Samuel Manter was chosen Constable: Jabez Athearn Sam" Look & Jonathan Luce were chosen Select men : Jabez Athearn was Chosen Town Clerk : Whitten Manter & William Rogers were chosen hogreeves : Ben- jamin Manter & Jethro Athearn were Chosen fence vewers : Sam11 Cobb & Isaac Robinson were Chosen Surveyers of high wayes :
Entered #me JABEZ ATHEARN CU.
At a Legall Town Meeting held in Tisbury on ye 21th Day of May AD : 1728 Then it was voted that Jabez Athearn should Go to Boston & wait upon ye Great and General Court & prefer a petition in order to try to Get some assistance toward ye Suport of the Ministry in sd Town & that ye sd Town should pay him five Shillings # Diem During his Nes- sesary attendance thereon & for his Traveling to & from sd Court & the Town to pay ye Charge of prefering ye Petition : Entered #e me
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Att a Legall Town Meeting held in Tisbury on the 13th Day of May AD : 1728 Then by the Maj" vote of sd Meeting Jabez Athearn Samuel Look & Jonathon Luce were chosen To the ofice of Trustees to Receive & manage Tisburys part of ye Sixty Thousand pounds Province Money
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At a Legal Town Meeting held in Tisbury on ye 21st of June AD : 1728 Then Voted that Tisburys part of ye Sixty Thousand Pounds be Let out upon personall Security in 121b parcels & yt out of sª money there be paid to Jabez Athearn 3 -3 -0 for his service done ye Town in prefering a petition at Boston
At a Legall Town meeting held in Tisbury ye fifth Day of March AD : 1730 : Then were Chosen Jabez Athearn Samuel Look & Jonathan Luce to serve in the office of selectmen ye year Ensueing & Samuel Lumbert was Chosen Constable & Jabez Athearn Town Clerk & Edward Ham- mett surveyer of highwayes & Benja : Manter & Jethro Athearn fene viwers :
Know all men by these Psents that whereas Wee Jonathan Lumburt jun! & Jacob Robinson, have Lands & Swamp Lying in Tisbury in Dukes County at ye head of ye Mill pond The Dividing bounds whereof Betwixt them being heretofore very crooked & Uncertain wherefore for a future Peaceable & Quiett settlement betwixt them; It is Jointly agreed upon betwixt them & for their heirs & assignes for ever; That ye bounds for ye future shall be & Begin at a white oake Saplin Standing in ye fence by ye high way, Eastward of sd Lumburts house, & So ye Line to run from thence streight westerly to a Red Oake tree marked & so on a streight line onward to a stake stuke up with a heep of stones about it ; & so ye line to turn southward & run to a white oake tree standing near ye Brook upon ye Ditch. And in further Confirmation & witness that this is our Joint & Mutuall Settlement as aforsd we have hereunto Sett our hands & ordered y same to be Recorded in ye Town book of Tisbury this Eleventh Day of Febry in ye year of Our Lord 1729 /30
JONATHAN LUMBURT JACOB ROBINSON
Recorded pr order of ye Parties ye Twelfth day of feb : An : Dom : 1729/30
Pr me JABEZ ATHEARN CI.
At a Legall Town Meeting held in Tisbury ye Tenth day of March AD : 1729/30 Then were Chosen Jabez Athearn Samuel Look & Jonathan Luce to serve as select men in sª Town ye Ensueing year : Whitten Man- ter Constable : Benja Manter & Edward Hamett surveyers of high wayes
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payment for the pue Roomes by the persons or families that Enjoy them be by the Tenth Day of June next. and upon non payment to forfitt their right to them. and to be otherwise disposed off by the town : & the manner of takeing up the Pew rooms & Different Prices of them we dont Deter- mine We Dont Determine. Jabez Athearn Experience Luce Samuel Look Jacob Robinson Samuel Manter Gershom Cathcart Samuel Lumbert
At An Adjournment of sd meeting held in Tisbury on ye 18th of Jan- uary 1732/3. the above & fore going method was Read Considered & voted to Stand for a meathod so far forth as' it Extends : further it was voted that Mr Samuel Cobb be imployed to Procure the building & finishing ye above Discribed Meeting house Excepting the Lathing & Plastering & Excepting ye Pews save one for the Ministers use & to Compleat his worke by the last of November next & that there be paid him for his ser- vice ye sum of 32011 & the present old meeting house at Twenty Pounds : & the sd Money to be paid at the following times vizt 1201 by the 10th of June next : one hundred pounds at ye finishing of sd house & 10011 at or before ye Expiration of ye year next Ensueing ye finishing of sd house.
It was allso voted That Mr Simon Mayhew M' William Hunt & Mr Silvanus Allen be a Committee to proportion ye aforsd 12011 upon the severall Pue spots Excepting the Ministers & to Appoint who shall have them at perticular prices & that Jabez Athearn Request them to under take ye work & Inform them of the manner of ye Meeting house And further more Jethro Athearn Jonathan Luce & George Manter were Chosen Trustees to take bonds of Mr Samuel Cobb for ye Performance of the work & to give bonds to ye sd Samuel Cobb for the payment of ye aforsd severall sums
order of sd Meeting JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
At a Legall Town Meeting held in Tisbury the 12th of March 1732/3 Then were chosen Silvanus Cottle to serve in the office of Constable : Jabez Athearn Clerk Jabez Athearn Samuel Look & Gershem Cathcart select men Edward Hammet & Whitten manter serveyers of highwayes Jethro Athearn & Sam" manter fence vewers Gersheme Cathcart Pound keeper : all for the Ensueing year.
JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
At a Leagall Town Meeting held in Tisbury on ye 21st day of May 1733 for consideration of Providing Entertainment for ye Raising a meet-
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ing house in sd Town. when & where it was voted yt mr Samuel Manter & Mr Whitten Manter do provid for sd Raising & that it be made in good wheaten Cake good Beere & Rum & Sugar. & when it be done & compleated to bring in the account of their Expenes to the Select men of sd Town who shall call a meeting to consider & vote the Raising a sum of money to Defrey the charge If it shall not happen to be Raised by free Contribution ye above written was Read & voted to pass in ye affirma- tive & ye above named Samuel Manter & Whitten Manter being Present at sd meeting & accepted thereof.
£ order of sd Meeting JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk Entered JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk .
At a Legall Town Meeting held in Tisbury on ye fifth day of June AD : 1733. At which sd Meeting Mr Jethro Athearn was Chosen & Ap- pointed to Receive ye money of ye severall Persons yt were admitted to have pue spots in a New meetinghouse to be built in sd Town at ye prices sett by ye Committee for that purpose who is to Notifie ye Persens of ye time & place of his Attendence & to give Discharges upon Recept & to pay what he shall Receive to the Towns Trustees to be improved for the makeing the first payment towards the Meeting house. & to make return to ye Select men of sd Town who has payed & who has not payed their severall Respective Sums Enjoynd on them for their Respective Pue Spots.
order of sd Meeting
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbuary ss : Whereas that we the subscribers hereunto viz Edward Hammett of sd Tisbuary Wosted Comber and Jethro Athearn of sd Town farmer are Equally Owners of a Lott of Land lying in sd Town at place on ye southward of sd Hammett now dwelling house in Length from the brook about halfe a Mile East : & being minded to Divide the same so that Each Party may hold his Right in severalty ; have agreed that the Dividing line shall be & Remain for us our heirs and assigns for ever : first begining at a black Oake tree now Standing in the Corner of Expe- rience Luces now fence on the west side of the now open Road, & thence the Line is to Run Due East by the Compass the Length of the Lott; and the sd Hammett his heirs & assigns to Enjoy the Lands & Appurtinences the Northward of sd Line the whole Length of the Lott & the sd Athearn his heirs & Assignes to Enjoy all the Lands & Appurtinences Southward
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of sd Line. And in Witness & Confirmation that this is & shall be & Remaine our Division & finall settlement; We have hereunto sett our hands & seals this Twenty sixth day of January AD : 1734
In Presence of us ye subscribers
as Witnesses EDWARD HAMMETT S
SAMLL ATHEARN
JETHRO ATHEARN S
WILLIAM BRIDGE
Recorded by me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk January ye 29th 1734
At a Legall Town Meeting held in Tisbury ye 15th Day of March 1733/4. Then were Chosen Jabez Athearn Moderator : David Luce Con- stable Jabez Athearn Sam" Look & Gershem Cathcart select men : Expe- rience Luce Town Treasurer. Sam11 Cobb & whitten Manter Serveyers of high ways Ebenezer Rogers & Shubal Luce fence vewers. Seth Look & William Rogers hogreeves. and Jabez Athearn Town Clerk. all for the Ensueing year
JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
At a Legall Town Meeting held in Tisbury on ye 20th of March 1733/4 upon the Refusall of David Luce to serve as Constable ye Town proceeded & chose Shubal Luce to serve in ye office of constable ye Insueing year JABEZ ATHEARN CUE
· Jabez Athearn Sam" Look & Gershem Cathcart were sworn as assess- ors to make all the rates & taxes in ye Town of Tisbury in ye year 1734 Entered pr me JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq" Captain Generall & G. - ernour in Chiefe in & over his Majts & to ye Honourable Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New England & to his Majts Councell & hous of Representitives in Generall Court Assembled
The Petition or, Memorial of ye Inhabitants of ye Town of Tisbury In ye County of Dukes County in ye Province aforsd humbly sheweth That Whereas ye select men or Assessors of Our sd Town have yearly for a long time Taxed part of a neck of Land lying within ye bounds of sd Town Commonly Called watsha Neck : The which bounds upon a survey made & Reported by Co11 Otis & Coll Bassett on that part were settled from ye lower end of sd neck so to run up ye midle of sd neck &c: as
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more fully & at large will Appear by an Attested Copy of sd Coll Otis & Coll Bassets Report thereon hereunto annexed ; & ye Taxes as aforsd have been gathered by the Collectors of sd Tisbury; untill of late one Simeon Butler having built & settled upon yt part of sd Neck & Enclosed the same. Doth refuse to pay his Proportion of Tax for his poll & Estate within ye sd bounds: & hath caused ye selectmen of our sd Town to be sumoned to Answer his Complant for Assessing of him, Alledging ye same to be unjust as not being within ye bounds of sd Town
And ye Selectmen humbly Conceiving it nessesary in order to vin- dicate ye Justness of their Cause to get Evidence to prove yt what they Taxed was within ye bounds Went with two disinterested persons to view their bounds there. but were violently opposed by the sd Butler so yt they could not come to sd bounds: whereupon the sd select men Peti- tioned his Majts Court of Generall sessions of ye. Peace held at Edgartown within & for sd County on ye Last Tuesday of October Last (at whch cort sd Butlers conplant was to be heard) but could get no reliefe ye sd Court alledging it lay not within their power to act in such cases but revailed for forbarance untill next term (which will be in March next that they might seek relief from this honbl Court now ye Memorialists humbly pray yt this honbl Court would generously be pleased to take ye grievance of sd Town into their wise & Judicious Concideration & Grant reliefe yt ye select men may be in a way to evidence ye Justness of their Cause. And humble Propose ye same may be done by Authorizeing some gent in ye County to Appoint two or more Disinterested persons under ye conduct of some officer to go with ye selectmen of our sd Town to view the bounds & to report at ye afor sd Court at ye time appointed for Tryall where ye sd Butlers Dwelling is & where ye Lands Taxed lyes; or else by some other way or means as in y" wisdon you shall think fitt : & wee humbly propose Enoch Coffin Esq' of Edgertown (a gentlemen of known Integrity may be Imployed therein : And your Memorialists for yrdExcell & honours as in Duty bound shall Ever pray :
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