"NOW! We'll proclaim the Republic."

"Well, that WILL precipitate things, sure enough!"

"It will make them buzz, I tell you! England will
be a hornets' nest before noon to-morrow, if the
Church's hand hasn't lost its cunning -- and we know
it hasn't. Now you write and I'll dictate thus:

"PROCLAMATION

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"BE IT KNOWN UNTO ALL. Whereas the king having died
and left no heir, it becomes my duty to continue the