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Fix this textSOME ACCOUNT OF SIR MATTHEW HALE,
Fix this textLORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND.
Fix this textMatthew Hale was horn at
Fix this textAlderley, in Gloucestershire, on the
Fix this textIst of Nov. 1(109. Great care was
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