Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Sat Dec 4 20:51:34 UTC 2010


The context suggests consideration of "Parliamentary".

(Why censored? Maybe it was illegal to refer to certain governmental
entities in certain ways? Somewhat comparable censored words are
apparent in other parts of this book and in other texts of the time [I
think].)

-- Doug Wilson

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