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EG.772.027
30 Jun-7 Jul 1772:1971 (4/206)
London, April 2. The Jubilee of the Jews, which is held
every fifty years, in commemoration of their deliverance out
of Egypt, was celebrated on Wednesday by that people.
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They assembled at the tabernacle in Duke's place by six
o'clock in the morning, whence they set out, according to
ancient custom, on a pilgrimage to Highgate, the laity all
walking bare footed and bare headed; and Signor Lioni, and
several others of the most capital singers that could be
found in Europe, heightened the solemnity of this
procession, by singing several anthems adapted to the
occasion, and accompanied by a band of music, hitherto
unequalled for grandeur upon any occasion.
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