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BNL.772.053
19 Nov 1772:12 (3607 Supplement)
Stockholm, Aug. 22. Yesterday being the day when the form
of government, sworn to by the King, 29th May, and by the
states, the 1st of June, was to be abolished, and a new one
to be produced in a plenorum of all the orders,. . . [4
lines, 7 paras.]
As soon as the whole of this pieces was read thro, his
Majesty asked the plenum, if they would give him their oath
to observe this form of government; [4 lines]
After all this ceremony was over, the King stood up and
said, that it was proper to thank Almighty God for his
assistance, in bringing about so happy an event, and pulling
a Psalm book out of his pocket, he began to sing Te Deum, in
which he was accompanied by the assembly. . . [1 para.]
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