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Oliver Cromwel, when he was Protector, had a mind on a time to salace himself with some Mirth, for then there was a Cavalier Doctor that came to him at that time about his Benefice which had been wrongfully took from him; and Oliver knowing him to be Ingenious, was resolved to have some discourse with him; and after much talk, Oliver told him of a strange thing that hap∣pened
lately: O, says the Doctor, I can tell you of a stranger thing then that, and for a Bottle of Wine you shall know it: Well, af∣ter a Bottle or two drinking, says Oliver, Come now, Doctor, your strange Story: Why says he, is not this a stranger thing then that, for who would have thought twenty years ago, that we should have had such a Copper-nosed King; and such a fat A— Queen.