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MDCCLXIV.
C A P. XXIII.
A.D. 1751. Anno vicesimo quarto GEORGII II.
An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for
Correcting the Calendar now in Use.
`Amended by 25 Geo. 2. c. 30.’
W
HEREAS
the legal
Supputation
of the Year of our Lord in that Part of
Great Britain
called
England
, according to which the Year beginneth on the 25th Day of
March
, hath been found by Experience to be attended with divers Inconveniencies, not only as it differs from the Usage of neighbouring Nations, but also from the legal Method of Computation in that Part of
Great Britain
called
Scotlond
[sic], and from the common Usage throughout the whole Kingdom, and thereby frequent Mistakes are occasioned in the Dates of Deeds, and other Writings, and Disputes arise therefrom:
`And whereas the Calendar now in Use throughout all his Majesty’s
British
Dominions, commonly called
The Julian Calendar
,
hath been discovered to be erroneous, by means whereof the Vernal or
Spring Equinox, which at the Time of the General Council of
Nice
[i.e. Nicaea] in the Year of our Lord 325, happened on or about the 21st
Day of
March
, now happens on the 9th or 10th Day of the same
Month; and the said Error is still increasing, and if not remedied,
would, in Process of Time, occasion the several Equinoxes and Solstices
to fall at very different Times in the Civil Year from what they
formerly did, which might tend to mislead Persons ignorant of the said
Alteration:
`And whereas a Method of correcting the Calendar in such manner, as
that the Equinoxes and Solstices may for the future fall nearly on the
same nominal Days, on which the same happened at the Time of the said
General Council, hath been received and established, and is now
generally practiced by almost all other Nations of
Europe
:
`And whereas it will be of general Convenience to Merchants, and
other Persons corresponding with other Nations and Countries, and tend
to prevent Mistakes and Disputes in or concerning the Dates of Letters,
and Accounts, if the like Correction be received and established in his
Majesty’s Dominions: ‘
May it therefore please your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be
it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice
and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this
present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same,
The old Supputation of the Year not to be made use of after Dec. 1751. Year to commence, for the future, on 1 Jan.
I.
That in and throughout all his Majesty’s Dominions and Countries in
Europe
,
Asia
,
Africa
, and
America
,
belonging or subject to the Crown of
Great Britain
, the said
Supputation, according to which the Year of our Lord beginneth on the
25th Day of
March
, shall not be made use of from and after the last Day of
December
1751;
and that the first Day of
January
next following the said
last Day of
December
shall be reckoned, taken, deemed and
accounted to be the first Day of the Year of our Lord 1752;
and the first Day of
January
, which shall happen next after
the said first Day of
January
1752, shall be reckoned, taken,
deemed and accounted to be the first Day of the Year of our Lord 1753;
and so on, from Time to Time, the first Day of
January
in
every Year, which shall happen in Time to come, shall be reckoned,
taken, deemed and accounted to be the first Day of the Year;
and that each new Year shall accordingly commence, and begin to be
reckoned, from the first Day of every such Month of
January
next preceding the 25th Day of
March
, on which such Year would,
according to the present Supputation, have begun or commenced:
The Days to be numbered as now until 2 Sept. 1752; and the Day following to be accounted 14 Sept. omitting 11 Days.
And that from and after the said first Day of
January
1752,
the several Days of each Month shall go on, and be reckoned and numbered
in the same Order; and the Feast of
Easter
, and other moveable
Feasts thereon depending, shall be ascertained according to the same
Method, as they now are, until the 2nd Day of
September
in the
said Year 1752 inclusive;
and that the natural Day next immediately following the said 2nd Day
of
September
, shall be called, reckoned and accounted to be the
14th Day of
September
, omitting for that Time only the 11
intermediate nominal Days of the common Calendar;
and that the several natural Days, which shall follow and succeed
next after the said 14th Day of
September
, shall be
respectively called, reckoned and numbered forwards in numerical Order
from the said 14th Day of
September
, according to the Order and
Succession of Days now used in the present Calendar;
and that all Acts, Deeds, Writings, Notes and other Instruments of
what Nature or Kind soever, whether Ecclesiastical or Civil, Publick or
Private, which shall be made, executed or signed, upon or after the said
first Day of
January
1752, shall bear Date according to the
said new Method of Supputation,
Hilary and Michaelmas Terms, and all Courts, to be held on the same nominal Days.
- the two fixed Terms of
St. Hilary
and
St. Michael
, in that Part of
Great Britain
called
England
,
- and the Courts of Great Sessions in the Counties Palatine, and in
Wales
,
- and also the Courts of General Quarter-Sessions and General Sessions of the Peace,
- and all other Courts of what Nature or Kind soever, whether Civil, Criminal, or Ecclesiastical,
- and all Meetings and Assemblies of any Bodies Politick or Corporate, either for the Election of any Officers or Members thereof, or for any such Officers entering upon the Execution of their respective Offices, or for any other Purpose whatsoever, which by any Law, Statute, Charter, Custom or Usage within this Kingdom, or within any other the Dominions or Countries subject or belonging to the Crown of
Great Britain
, are to be holden or kept on any fixed or certain Day of any Month, or on any Day depending upon
Courts held with Fairs or Marts excepted.
the Beginning, or any certain Day of any Month (except for such
Courts as are usually holden or kept with any Fairs or Marts) shall,
from Time to Time, from and after the said 2nd Day of
September
,
be holden and kept upon or according to the same respective nominal Days
and Times, whereon or according to which the same are now to be holden,
but which shall be computed according to the said new Method of
numbering and reckoning the Days of the Calendar as aforesaid;
that is to say, 11 Days sooner than the respective Days whereon the
same are now holden and kept;
any Law, Statute, Charter, Custom or Usage, to the contrary thereof
in any wise notwithstanding.
Hundredth Years, except every fourth hundred, to be common Years of 365 Days.
II.
And for the
continuing and preserving the Calendar or Method of Reckoning, and
computing the Days of the Year in the same regular Course, as near as
may be, in all Times coming;
Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That the several Years of our Lord, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, or
any other hundredth Years of our Lord, which shall happen in Time to
come, except only every fourth hundredth [sic] Year of our Lord, whereof
the Year of our Lord 2000 shall be the first, shall not be esteemed or
taken to be Bissextile or Leap Years, but shall be taken to be common
Years, consisting of 365 Days, and no more;
Years Bissextile of 366 Days.
and that the Years of our Lord 2000, 2400, 2800, and every other
fourth hundred Year of our Lord, from the said Year of our Lord 2000
inclusive, and also all other Years of our Lord, which by the present
Supputation are esteemed to be Bissextile or Leap Years, shall for the
future, and in all Times to come, be esteemed and taken to be Bissextile
or Leap Years, consisting of 366 Days, in the same Sort and Manner as is
now used with respect to every fourth Year of our Lord.
III.
And whereas
according to the Rule prefixed to the Book of Common Prayer of the
Church of England, Easter-day is always the first Sunday [sic] after
the first Full Moon which happens next after the one and twentieth
Day of March, and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-day
is the Sunday after; which Rule was made in Conformity to the Decree
of the said General Council of Nice, for the Celebration of the said
Feast of Easter:
`And whereas the Method of computing the Full Moons now used
in the Church of England, and according to which the Table to find
Easter for ever, prefixed to the said Book of Common Prayer, is formed,
is by Process of Time become considerably erroneous:
`And whereas a Calendar, and also certain Tables and Rules for the
fixing the true Time of the Celebration of the said Feast of Easter, and
the finding the Times of the Full Moons on which the same dependeth, so
as the same shall agree as nearly as may be with the Decree of the said
General Council, and also with the Practice of foreign Countries, have
been prepared, and are hereunto annexed;’
Easter and the other moveable Feasts, to be observed according to the new Calendar, Tables and Rules.
Be it therefore further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That the said Feast of Easter, or any of the moveable Feasts thereon
depending, shall, from and after the said 2nd Day of September, be no
longer kept or observed in that Part of Great Britain called England, or
in any other the Dominions or Countries subject or belonging to the
Crown of Great Britain, according to the said Method of Supputation now
used, or the said Table prefixed to the Book of Common Prayer;
and that the said Table, and also the Column of Golden Numbers, as
they are now prefixed to the respective Days of the Month in the said
Calendar, shall be left out in all future editions of the said Book of
Common Prayer;
and that the said new Calendar, Tables and Rules, hereunto annexed,
shall be prefixed to all such future Editions of the said Book, in the
Room and stead thereof;
Feasts and Fasts, &c. to be according to the new Calendar.
and that from and after the said 2nd Day of September, all and every
the fixed Feast-days, Holy-days and Fast-days, which are now kept and
observed by the Church of England, and also the several solemn Days of
Thanksgiving, and of Fasting and Humiliation, which by virtue of any Act
of Parliament now in being are, from Time to Time, to be kept and
observed, shall be kept and observed on the respective Days marked for
the Celebration of the same in the said new Calendar; that is to say, On
the same respective nominal Days on which the same are now kept and
observed; but which according to the Alteration by this Act intended to
be made as aforesaid, will happen 11 Days sooner than the same now do;
and that the said Feast of Easter, and all other moveable Feasts thereon
depending, shall, from Time to Time, be observed and celebrated
according to the said new Calendar, Tables and Rules hereunto annexed,
in that Part of Great Britain called England, and in all the Dominions
and Countries aforesaid, wherein the Liturgy of the Church of England
now is, or hereafter shall be used;
and that
- the two movable Terms of Easter and Trinity,
- and all Courts of what Nature or Kind soever,
- and all Meetings and Assemblies of any Bodies Politick or
Corporate,
- and all Markets, Fairs and Marts, and Courts thereunto
belonging,which by any Law, Statute, Charter, Custom or Usage are
appointed,
used or accustomed to be holden and kept at any moveable Time or
Times depending upon the Time of Easter, or any other such moveable
Feast as aforesaid, shall, from Time to Time, from and after the said
2nd Day of September, be holden and kept on such Days and Times whereon
the same shall respectively happen or fall, according to the happening
or falling of the said Feast of Easter, or such other moveable Feasts as
aforesaid, to be computed according to the said new Calendar, Tables and
Rules.
Courts of Session and Exchequer in Scotland, and Markets, Fairs and
Marts to be held upon the same Natural days.
IV.
And be it
further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That
- the several Meetings of the Court of Session,
- and Terms fixed for the Court of Exchequer in Scotland,
- the April Meeting of the Governor, Bailiffs and Commonalty of
the Company of Conservators of the great Level of the Fens,
- and the holding and keeping of all Markets, Fairs and Marts,
whether for the Sale of Goods or Cattle, or for the hiring of
Servants, or for any other Purpose, which are either fixed to
certain nominal Days of the Month, or depending upon the Beginning,
or any certain Day of any Month,
- and all Courts incident or belonging to, or usually holden and
kept with
any such Fairs or Marts, fixed to certain Times as aforesaid,
shall not, from and after the said 2nd Day of September, be continued
upon, or according to the nominal Days of the Month, or the Time of the
Beginning of any Month, to be computed according to the said new
Calendar,
but that from and after the said 2nd Day of September, the said
Courts of Session and Exchequer, the said April Meeting, and all such
Markets, Fairs and Marts as aforesaid, and all Courts incident or
belonging thereto, shall be holden and kept upon, or according to the
same natural Days, upon or according to which the same would have been
so kept or holden, in case this Act had not been made;
that is to say, 11 Days later than the same would have happened,
according to the nominal Days of the said new Supputation of Time, by
which the Commencement of each Month, and the nominal days thereof, are
anticipated or brought forward, by the Space of 11 Days;
any Thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise
notwithstanding.
V.
And
whereas, according to divers Customs, Prescriptions and Usages, in
certain Places within this Kingdom, certain Lands and Grounds are, on
particular nominal Days and Times in the Year, to be opened for Common
of Pasture, and other Purposes; and at other Times, the Owners and
Occupiers of such Lands and Grounds have a Right to inclose or shut up
the same, for their own private Use; and there is, in many other
Instances, a temporary and distinct Property and Right vested in
different Persons, in and to many such Lands and Grounds, according to
certain nominal Days and Times in the Year:
`And whereas the anticipating or bringing forward the said nominal
Days and Times, by the Space of 11 Days, according to the said new
Method of Suppuration, might be attended with many Inconveniencies; ‘
Be it therefore further declared, provided and enacted by the
Authority aforesaid,
The Times for opening and inclosing of Commons, not altered.
That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to
extend, to accelerate or anticipate the Days or Times for the opening,
inclosing or shutting up any such Lands or Grounds as aforesaid, or the
Days or Times on which any such temporary or distinct Property or Right
in or to any such Lands or Grounds as aforesaid is to commence;
but that all such Lands and Grounds as aforesaid shall from and after
the said 2nd Day of September be, from Time to Time, respectively
opened, enclosed, or shut up, and such temporary and distinct Property
and Right in and to such Lands and Grounds as aforesaid, shall commence
and begin upon the same natural Days and Times on which the same should
have been so respectively opened, enclosed or shut up, or would have
commenced or begun, in case this Act had not been made;
that is to say, 11 Days later than the same would have happened,
according to the said new Account and Supputation of Time, so to begin
on the said 14th Day of September as aforesaid.
Times of Payment of Rents, Annuities, &c.
VI.
Provided
also, and it is hereby further declared and enacted,
That nothing in this present Act contained shall extend, or be
construed to extend, to accelerate or anticipate the Time of Payment of
any Rent or Rents, Annuity or Annuities, or Sum or Sums of Money
whatsoever, which shall become payable by Virtue or in Consequence of
any Custom, Usage, Lease, Deed, Writing, Bond, Note, Contract or other
Agreement whatsoever, now subsisting, or which shall be made, signed,
sealed or entred into, at any Time before the said 14th Day of
September, or which shall become payable by virtue of any Act or Acts of
Parliament now in Force, or which shall be made before the Said 14th Day
of September, or the Time of doing any Matter or Thing directed or
required by any such Act or Acts of Parliament to be done in relation
thereto;
or to accelerate the Payment of, or increase the Interest of, any
such Sum of Money which shall become payable as aforesaid;
Time of Delivery of Goods, Commencement or Expiration of Leases, &c.
or to accelerate the Time of the Delivery of any Goods, Chattles,
Wares, Merchandize or other Things whatsoever;
or the Time of the Commencement, Expiration or Determination of any
Lease or Demise of any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or of any
other Contract or Agreement whatsoever; or of the accepting,
surrendering or delivering up the Possession of any such Lands,
Tenements or Hereditaments; or the Commencement, Expiration or
Determination of any Annuity or Rent; or of any Grant for any Term of
Years, of what Nature or Kind soever, by Virtue or in Consequence of any
such Deed, Writing, Contract or Agreement;
Time of attaining of the Age of 21 Years, &c. not altered.
or the Time of the attaining the Age of one and twenty Years, or any
other Age requisite by any Law, Custom or Usage, Deed, Will or Writing
whatsoever, for the Doing any Act, or for any other Purpose whatsoever,
by any Person or Persons now born, or who shall be born before the said
14th Day of September;
or the Time of the Expiration or Determination of any Apprenticeship
or other Service, by virtue of any Indenture, or of any Articles under
Seal, or by reason of any simple Contract or Hiring whatsoever;
but that
- all and every such Rent and Rents, Annuity and Annuities, Sum
and Sums of Money, and the Interest thereof, shall remain and
continue to be due and payable;
- and the Delivery of such Goods and Chattles, Wares and
Merchandize, shall be made;
- and the said Leases and Demises of all such Lands, Tenements and
Hereditaments, and the said Contracts and Agreements, shall be
deemed to commence, expire and determine;
- and the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments shall be
accepted,
surrendered and delivered up;
- and the said Rents and Annuities, and Grants for any Term of
Years, shall
commence, cease and determine,
at and upon the same respective natural Days and Times, as the same
should and ought to have been payable or made, or would have happened,
in case this Act had not been made; and that no further or other Sum
shall be paid or payable for the Interest of any Sum of Money
whatsoever, than such Interest shall amount unto, for the true Number of
natural Days for which the principal Sum bearing such Interest shall
continue due and unpaid; and that no Person or Persons whatsoever shall
be deemed or taken to have attained the said Age of one and twenty
Years, or any other such Age as aforesaid, or to have completed the Time
of such Service as aforesaid, until the full Number of Years and Days
shall be elapsed on which such Person or Persons respectively would have
attained such Age, or would have completed the Time of such Service as
aforesaid, in case this Act had not been made; any Thing herein before
contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
The NEW CALENDAR, TABLES and RULES
mentioned and referred to in the
Act
for
Regulating
the
Commencement of the Year
, and for
correcting the
Calendar
now in use.
The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons
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J A N U A R Y hath 31 Days
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| M
ORNING
Prayer
| E
VENING
Prayer
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1
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A
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Calendae
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Circumcision.
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1. Lesson
-----
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2. Lesson
-----
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1. Lesson
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2. Lesson
-----
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2
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b
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4 Non.
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Gen. 1
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Matth. 1
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Gen. 2
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Rom. 1
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3
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c
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3 Non.
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---- 3
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---- 2
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---- 4
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---- 2
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4
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d
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Pr. Non.
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---- 5
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---- 3
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---- 6
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---- 3
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5
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e
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Nonae
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---- 7
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---- 4
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---- 8
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---- 4
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6
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f
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27 Id.
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Epiphany.
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-----
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-----
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-----
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-----
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7
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g
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7 Id.
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---- 9
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---- 5
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--- 12
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---- 5
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8
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A
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6. Id.
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Lucian, Priest & M.
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--- 13
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---- 6
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--- 14
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---- 6
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9
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b
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5 Id.
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---- 1
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---- 7
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--- 16
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---- 7
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10
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c
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4 Id.
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--- 17
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---- 8
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--- 18
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---- 8
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11
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d
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3 Id.
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--- 19
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---- 9
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--- 20
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---- 9
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12
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e
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Pr. Id.
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--- 21
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--- 10
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--- 22
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--- 10
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13
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f
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Idus.
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Hillary, Bish. & Con.
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--- 23
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--- 11
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--- 24
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--- 11
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14
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g
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19 Cal. Feb.
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--- 25
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--- 12
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--- 26
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--- 12
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15
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A
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18 Cal.
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--- 27
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--- 13
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--- 28
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--- 13
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16
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b
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17 Cal.
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--- 29
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--- 14
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--- 30
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--- 14
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17
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c
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16 Cal.
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--- 31
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--- 15
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--- 32
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--- 15
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18
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d
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15 Cal.
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Prisca, Rom, V & M
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--- 33
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--- 16
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--- 34
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--- 16
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19
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e
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14 Cal.
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--- 35
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--- 17
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--- 37
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I Cor. 1
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20
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f
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13 Cal.
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Fabian, B. of Rom. M.
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--- 38
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--- 18
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--- 39
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---- 2
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21
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g
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12 Cal.
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Agnes, Rom, V. & M.
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--- 40
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--- 19
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--- 41
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---- 3
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22
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A
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11 Cal.
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Vinc. Span. Deac. M.
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--- 42
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--- 20
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--- 43
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---- 4
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23
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b
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10 Cal.
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--- 44
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--- 21
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--- 45
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---- 5
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24
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c
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9 Cal.
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--- 46
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--- 22
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--- 47
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---- 6
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25
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d
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8 Cal.
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Conv of S. Paul.
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-----
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-----
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26
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e
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7 Cal.
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--- 48
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--- 23
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--- 49
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---- 7
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27
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f
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6 Cal.
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--- 50
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--- 24
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Exod. 1
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---- 8
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28
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g
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5 Cal.
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Exod. 2
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--- 25
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---- 3
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---- 9
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29
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A
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4 Cal.
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---- 4
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--- 26
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---- 5
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--- 10
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30
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b
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3 Cal.
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K. Charles Mart.
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--
* 6
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--- 27
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---- 7
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--- 11
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31
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c
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2 Cal.
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---- 8
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--- 28
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---- 9
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--- 12
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Note,
That * Exodus 5 is to be read only to Ver 14.
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The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons
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F E B R U A R Y hath 28 Days, and in every Leap-Year 29 Days.
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| M
ORNING
Prayer
| E
VENING
Prayer
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1
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d
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Calendae
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------
Fast.
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1. Lesson
Exod. 10
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2. Lesson
Mark 1
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1. Lesson
Exod. 11
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2. Lesson
Cor. 13
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2
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e
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4 Non.
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Purification W. M.
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-----
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---- 2
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-----
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--- 14
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3
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f
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3 Non.
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Blasius, Bish & Mart.
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--- 12
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---- 3
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--- 13
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--- 15
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4
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g
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26 Cal
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--- 14
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---- 4
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--- 15
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--- 16
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5
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A
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None
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Agatha Sicilian V. & M.
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--- 16
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---- 5
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--- 17
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2 Cor. 1
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6
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b
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8 Id.
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--- 18
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---- 6
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--- 19
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---- 2
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7
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c
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7 Id.
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--- 20
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---- 7
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--- 21
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---- 3
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8
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d
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6 Id.
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--- 22
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---- 8
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--- 23
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---- 4
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9
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e
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5 Id.
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--- 24
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---- 9
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--- 32
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---- 5
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10
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f
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4 Id.
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--- 33
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--- 10
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--- 34
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---- 6
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11
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g
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3 Id.
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Levit 18
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--- 11
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Levit 19
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---- 7
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12
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A
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Pr. Id.
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--- 20
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--- 12
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--- 26
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---- 8
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13
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b
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Idus.
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Num. 11
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--- 13
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Num. 12
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---- 9
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14
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c
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16 Cal. Mar.
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Valentine Bish & M.
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--- 13
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--- 14
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--- 14
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--- 10
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15
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d
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15 Cal.
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--- 16
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--- 15
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--- 17
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--- 11
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16
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e
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14 Cal.
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--- 26
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--- 16
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--- 21
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--- 12
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17
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f
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13 Cal.
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--- 22
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L. 1 to 30
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--- 22
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--- 12
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18
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g
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12 Cal.
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--- 24
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-I, 39
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--- 25
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Galat. I
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19
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A
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11 Cal.
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--- 27
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---- 2
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--- 30
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---- 2
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20
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b
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10 Cal.
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--- 31
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---- 3
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--- 32
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---- 3
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21
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c
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9 Cal.
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--- 35
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---- 4
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--- 36
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---- 4
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22
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d
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8 Cal.
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Deut. 1
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---- 5
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Deut. 2
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---- 5
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23
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e
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7 Cal.
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------
Fast.
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---- 3
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---- 6
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---- 4
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---- 6
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24
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f
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6 Cal.
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S. Matthias, A. M.
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-----
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---- 7
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-----
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Ephes. 1
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25
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g
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5 Cal.
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---- 5
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---- 8
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---- 6
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---- 2
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26
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A
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4 Cal.
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---- 7
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---- 9
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---- 8
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---- 3
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27
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b
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3 Cal.
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---- 9
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--- 10
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--- 10
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---- 4
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28
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c
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2 Cal.
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--- 11
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--- 11
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--- 12
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---- 5
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29
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d
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1 Cal.
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--- 13
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Matth. 7
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--- 14
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Rom. 12
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The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons
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D E C E M B E R hath 31 Days
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| M
ORNING
Prayer
| E
VENING
Prayer
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1
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f
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Calendae
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1. Lesson
Isaiah 14
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2. Lesson
Acts 2
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1. Lesson
Isaiah 15
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2. Lesson
Hebr. 7
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2
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g
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4 Non.
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---- 16
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----- 3
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---- 17
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----- 8
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3
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A
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3 Non.
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---- 3
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---- 2
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---- 4
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---- 2
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4
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b
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Pr. Non.
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- 20,21
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---- 5
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--- 22
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--- 10
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5
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c
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Nonae
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--- 23
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---- 6
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--- 24
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--- 11
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6
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d
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27 Id.
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Nichol. Bish. Of. Of Myra in
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--- 25
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7 to v.30
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--- 26
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--- 12
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7
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e
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7 Id.
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-----
(Lycia.
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--- 27
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--7,30
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--- 28
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--- 13
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8
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f
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6. Id.
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Comcept. of the B. V. M.
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--- 29
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---- 8
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--- 30
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James 1
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9
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g
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5 Id.
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--- 31
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---- 9
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--- 32
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---- 2
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10
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A
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4 Id.
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--- 33
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--- 10
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--- 34
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---- 3
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11
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b
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3 Id.
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--- 35
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--- 11
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--- 36
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---- 4
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12
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c
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Pr. Id.
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--- 37
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--- 12
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--- 38
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---- 5
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13
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d
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Idus.
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Lucy Virgin & Mart.
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--- 39
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--- 13
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--- 40
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1 Pet. 1
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14
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e
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19 Cal. Jan.
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--- 41
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--- 14
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--- 42
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---- 2
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15
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f
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18 Cal.
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--- 43
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--- 15
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--- 44
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---- 3
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16
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g
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17 Cal.
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O Sapientia: -----
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--- 45
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--- 16
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--- 46
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---- 4
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17
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A
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16 Cal.
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--- 47
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--- 17
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--- 48
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---- 5
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18
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b
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15 Cal.
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--- 40
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--- 18
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--- 48
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2 Pet. 1
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19
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c
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14 Cal.
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--- 51
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--- 19
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--- 52
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---- 2
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20
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d
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13 Cal.
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----
Fast
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--- 53
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--- 20
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--- 54
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---- 3
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21
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e
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12 Cal.
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S. Tho. Aq. and M.
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-----
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--- 21
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-----
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1 John 1
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22
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f
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11 Cal.
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--- 55
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--- 22
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--- 56
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---- 2
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23
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g
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10 Cal.
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--- 57
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--- 23
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--- 58
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---- 3
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24
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A
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9 Cal.
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----
Fast
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--- 59
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--- 24
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--- 60
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---- 4
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25
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b
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8 Cal.
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Christmas Day
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-----
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-----
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-----
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-----
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26
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c
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7 Cal.
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S. Stephen. F. M.
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-----
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-----
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-----
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-----
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27
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d
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6 Cal.
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S. John Ap. and Eb.
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-----
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-----
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-----
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-----
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28
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e
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5 Cal.
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Innocents Day
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-----
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--- 25
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-----
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---- 5
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29
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f
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4 Cal.
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--- 61
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--- 26
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---- 6
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2 John
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30
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g
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3 Cal.
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--- 62
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--- 27
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--- 64
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3 John
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31
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A
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2 Cal.
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Silvest. Bish. of Rome.
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--- 65
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--- 28
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--- 66
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Jude.
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Tables and Rules for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts, together with the Days Of Fasting and Abstinence through the whole Year.
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Rules to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin.
E
aster-day,
on which the rest depend,
is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon
which happens upon or next after the 21'st Day of
March
;
and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday,
Easter-day
is [always the first Sunday after the second Saturday in April].
Advent
Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of S.
Andrew,
whether before or after;
Septuagesima
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}
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Sunday is
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{
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Nine
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}
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Weeks before Easter
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Rogation Sunday
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}
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is
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{
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5 Weeks
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}
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after
Easter
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Sexagesima
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Eight
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Asention-day
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40 days
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Quinquagesima
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Seven
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Whitsunday
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7 weeks
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Quadragesima
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Six
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Trinity Sunday
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8 weeks
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A Table of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of
England
throughout the Year.
The Days of the Feasts of
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{
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ALL Sundays in the Year.
The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
The Epiphany
The Conversion of S.
Paul.
The Purification of the
Blessed
Virgin
S.
Matthias
the Apostle.
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
S.
Mark
the Evangelist.
S.
Philip
and S.
James
the Apostles.
The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
S.
Barnabas.
The Nativity of S. John the
Baptist.
S.
Peter
the Apostle.
S.
James
the Apostle.
S.
Bartholomew
the Apostle.
S.
Matthew
the Apostle.
S.
Matthew
the Apostle.
S.
Michael
and all Angels.
S.
Luke
the Evangelist.
S.
Simon
and S.
Jude
the Apostles.
All Saints.
S.
Andrew
the Apsotle.
S.
Thomas
the Apostle.
The Nativity of our Lord.
S.
Stephen
the Martyr.
S.
John
the Evangelist.
The Holy Innocents
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A Table of the Vigils, Feasts and Days of Abstinence,
to be observed in the Year.
T
HE Evens or
Vigils before
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{
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The Nativity of our Lord.
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
Easter-day.
Assension-day.
Pentecost.
S. Matthias.
S. John Baptist.
S.
Peter
S.
James.
S.
Barthelomew.
S.
Matthew.
S.
Simon
and
Jude.
S.
Andrew.
S.
Thomas.
All Saints.
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Note,
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That if any of these Feast-days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast-day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it.
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Days of Fasting, or Abstinence.
I.
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T
HE Forty Days of Lent.
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II.
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The Ember-days at the four Seasons,
being the Wendesay, Friday, and Saturday
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}
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after
|
{
|
- the first Sunday in Lent.
- the Feast of Pentecost.
- September
14.
- December
13.
|
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III.
|
The three Rogation-days, being the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord.
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IV.
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All the Fridays in the Year, except
Christmas-day.
|
|
Certain Solemn Days for which particular Services are appointed.
I.
|
T
HE fifth Day of
November,
being the Day kept in Memory of the Papists Conspiracy.
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II.
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The thirtieth Day of
January,
being the Day kept in Memory of the Martyrdom of King
Charles
the First.
|
III.
|
The nine and twentieth Day of
May,
being the Day kept in Memory of the Birth and Return of King
Charles
the Second.
|
|
T A B L E to find
Easter Day
from the present Time,
till the Year 1899 inclusive,
according to the foregoing Calendar.
Golden
Number.
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Day of the
Month
|
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Sunday
Letter
|
|
|
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14
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March 21
|
C
|
3
|
22
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D
|
|
23
|
E
|
11
|
24
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F
|
|
25
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G
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19
|
26
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A
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8
|
27
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B
|
|
28
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C
|
16
|
29
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D
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5
|
30
|
E
|
|
31
|
F
|
13
|
April 1
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G
|
2
|
2
|
A
|
|
3
|
B
|
10
|
4
|
C
|
|
5
|
D
|
18
|
6
|
E
|
7
|
7
|
F
|
|
8
|
G
|
15
|
9
|
A
|
4
|
10
|
B
|
|
11
|
C
|
12
|
12
|
D
|
1
|
13
|
E
|
|
14
|
F
|
9
|
15
|
G
|
|
16
|
A
|
17
|
17
|
B
|
6
|
18
|
C
|
|
19
|
D
|
|
20
|
E
|
|
21
|
F
|
|
22
|
G
|
|
23
|
A
|
|
24
|
B
|
|
25
|
C
|
| T
HIS Table contains so much of the Calendar as is necessary for the determining of
Easter;
to find which, look for the Golden Number of the Year in the first Column of the Table, against which stands the Day of the Prschal Full Moon; then look in the third Column for the Sunday Letter, next after the Day of the Full Moon; and the Day of the Month standing against that Sunday Letter is
Easter-day.
If the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then (according to the first Rule) the next Sunday after is
Easter-day.
To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add one
to the Year of our Lord, adn then divide by 19;
the Remainder, if any, is the Golden Number;
but if nothing remaineth, then 19 is the Golden Number.
To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter,
according to the Calendar, until the Year 1799
inclusive, add to the Year of our Lord its
forth Part, omitting Fractions, and also
the Number 1.
Divide the Sum by 7; and
if there is no Remainder, then A is the
Sunday Letter; But if any Number remaineth, then the Letter
standing against that Number in the small annexed Table,
is the Sunday Letter.
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
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A
G
F
E
D
C
B
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|
For the next Century, that is from the Year 1800 till the year 1899
inclusive, add to the current
Year only its forth Part, and then divide
by 7, and proceed as in the last Rule.
Note,
That in all Bissextile or Leap-Years, the Letter found, as above, will be the Sunday Letter from the intercalated Day exclusive, to the End of the Year.
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