a. 1639, Henry Wotton, a letter In the first Ballotation, the Balls were equal: in the second, there was one Ball more (as they say) in the negative Box
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a. 1639, Henry Wotton, a letter In the first Ballotation, the Balls were equal: in the second, there was one Ball more (as they say) in the negative Box
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