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# Catalogue record: 22652 — Gilbert Burnet an Sophie
# Incipit: May it please your Electorath Highness to pardon the presumption
# Date: 1699-02-26 (99-02-16)
# Sender: Burnet, G. — Addressee: Sophie
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# Work: https://leibnizlegible.com/work/DE-611-HS-957825
# Title: LBr. 131 · Burnet, G.
# Folios: Bl. 1 (from the shelfmark LBr 131 Bl. 1): 3 pages, canvases 1–103, page ids DE-611-HS-957825:0001 to DE-611-HS-957825:0103
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## Folio 1 — DE-611-HS-957825:0103
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A Memorial, Humblus Oet
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