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 William Laud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Laud (October 7, 1573–January 10, 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury and a fervent supporter of King Charles I of England, whom he encouraged to believe in divine right.
Laud's policy was influenced by another aspect of his character: his desire to impose total uniformity on the Church.
Laud was a sincere Anglican and loyal Englishman, who must have been frustrated at the charges of Popery levelled against him by the Puritan element in the Church.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Laud

  
 WILLIAM LAUD - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM LAUD
Lauds infatuated policy could go no further, and the etcetera oath, according to which whole classes of men were to be forced to swear perpetual allegiance to the government of this church by archbishops, bishops, deans and archdeacons, andc., was long remembered and derided.
While refusing to acknowledge the Roman Church as the true church, he allowed it to be a true church and a branch of the Catholic body, at the same timeemphasizing the perils of knowingly associating with error; and with regard to the English Church he denied that the acceptance of all its articles was necessary.
The opportunity came with the old kings death in 1625, for James, with all his pedantry, was too wise and cautious to embark in Lauds rash undertakings, and had already shown a prudent moderation, alter setting up bishops in Scotland, in going no further in opposition to the religious feelings of the people.
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/L/LA/LAUD_WILLIAM.htm

  
 Archbishop William Laud 1573-1645
Laud was accused of assuming tyrannical powers in Church and State, of subverting the true religion with popish superstition and of causing the recent disastrous wars against the Scots.
Laud's love of ceremony and harmonious liturgy — the "beauty of holiness" — was shared by King Charles, but it was loathed by Puritans, who regarded Laud's Arminianism as dangerously close to Roman Catholicism.
Laud's theology was influenced by the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacob Arminius (1560-1609), who emphasised free will over predestination and an acceptance of ordered and uniform practices of worship.
http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/laud.htm

  
 Charles I: personal rule
Laud alienated still more Englishmen by his policy of ordering all churches to rail in the communion table at the east end of the church and rename it an altar.
William Laud believed that under George Abbot's lax rule the Church of England had surrendered all its rights to laymen without a fight.
This was not true, but Laud's belief that Puritanism, not Catholicism, constituted the main threat to true religion fed Protestant suspicions.
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-25.htm

  
 William Laud Biography / Biography of William Laud Biography Biography
William Laud was the son of a Reading clothier.
Laud's beliefs about theology and church government were not popular at Oxford, and h.....
Instead, they believed in the continued manifestation of divine will in the historical development of the Church and therefore in the divine basis of episcopacy.
http://www.bookrags.com/biography-william-laud

  
 Peter Heylin (or Heylyn)
In England, Laud strove heroically to combat the spread of Calvinist and Presbyterian ideas, and to reverse the evil effects of the Reformation by restoring the Church to its old prestige.
His most important and influential books appeared posthumously or at the end of his life: Ecclesia restaurata, or the History of the Reformation (1661); Cyprianus Anglicus, or the History of the Life and Death of William Laud (1668); and Aerius Redivivus, or the History of Presbyterianism (1670).
Calvin and his followers also advocated a Presbyterian form of ecclesiastical government which took power from secular rulers and gave it to churchmen.
http://www.thoemmes.com/encyclopedia/heylin.htm

  
 William Laud
William Laud, the son of a prosperous merchant, was born in Reading in 1573.
Laud also upset the Puritans (Presbyterians) in Scotland when he insisted they had to use the English Prayer Book.
Laud believed that Church reforms had gone too far.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/STUlaud.htm

  
 William Laud: Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr
When Laud arose, with a profound conviction that the Christian religion of the first Christian centuries must be substantially the religion of Jesus Christ,--and I myself hold that idea to be axiomatic,--he found nearly the whole body of the Anglican clergy careless or Calvinist.
Laud!") But as an adviser of the King, and as a powerful influence in English life, he had to deal with people who were themselves intolerant revolutionaries.
The Church had been the guardian of morals for the nation, also, in older times, and the Post-Reformation Church was undoubtedly a church not feared as it had been, but much weakened and despised; and a lamentable decay of morals had followed.
http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/gts/laud1912.html

  
 William Laud
Created a Fellow of St John's in 1593, ordained in 1601 and appointed a Proctor in 1603, Laud spoke out strongly against the Calvinist leanings in the University, and outspokenly maintained that there could be 'no true church without diocesan bishops'.
On the other were the Calvinists, who regarded most aspects of traditional Catholic worship and organization as idolatry.
The Calvinists objected to the surplice (a) as not mentioned in the Bible, and (b) as something that the Roman Catholics had worn before the Reformation.
http://www.manotick.org/stjames/Archival_pages/william_laud.htm

  
 January 10: William Laud executed for persecuting Puritans
Laud was born in 1573, twenty-eight years after King Henry VIII broke from the Roman Catholic church because it would not give him a divorce.
He tried to force an identical church service on everyone, believing that the way to develop unity of spirit was to have unity in the form of worship.
The government set the rules for worship, but of course it couldn't please everyone and not all priests followed the rules.
http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2001/01/daily-01-10-2001.shtml

  
 The Puritans
Archbishop William Laud is a martyred saint of the Anglican church.
Ritual and liturgy were very important to Laud, as they gave form and beauty to the act of worship.
To the Puritan members of Parliament who sent him to the scaffold on 10 January 1645, he was evil incarnate; the leader of the Arminians and architect of their persecutions.
http://www.dowdgen.com/dowd/document/puritans.html

  
 Laud Hall
The fine sense of style in this prayer, with its antithetical balancing of phrase, should not divert attention from its faithful adherence to Anglican doctrine concerning the ‘holiness’ and ‘catholicity’ of the Church.
Laud was a great scholar, a great "Catholic" Churchman and a sound Anglican.
O Gracious Father, we humbly beseech Thee for Thy Holy Catholic Church; that Thou wouldest be pleased to fill it with all truth in all peace.
http://www.unitedanglicanchurch.org/laud_hall.htm

  
 SKCM: S.Charles: History-St. Charles and the Church of England
Laud became a hate figure for the Calvinist faction who saw that Laud and the King were set on dismantling the Calvinist edifice of the Church.
Whilst keen to restore the catholicity of the Church Laud was not a Romanist and placed a special emphasis on the correct use of the Book of Common Prayer which had become almost unrecognisable in many dioceses.
He also placed a restraint on preaching, believing it to be subordinate to prayer and the sacraments in public worship and that this would correct what he saw as an imbalance in favour of preaching.
http://www.skcm.org/SCharles/History/history_Charles.html

  
 Anne Gardiner
It is not surprising that Swift looks back to the 17th century for his points of reference in writing on religion, because he grew to manhood in that century, and the religious struggles of the 1640s, the 1680s, and the 1690s are what shaped his world.
In this he resembles Laud, who saw the "outward profession of Christianity, and the administration of the sacraments" as the Church's main concern.
This is not just a Church lost in the haze of antiquity, but also one manifested in the past century in the days of William Laud and William Sancroft.
http://www.unh.edu/english/swift/2002/gardiner.htm

  
 Laud
There is a story concerning Laud that he heard of a man found urinating in St Paul's, London, who was charged with urinating in a place of worship.
Laud set about trying to reform some of the excesses which went on and tried to set common standards for worship
It was in trying to do this with the Scottish Presbyterians and imposing Bishops and the Prayer Book on them that he came unstuck and precipitated events which ended up with his beheading on 10th Jan 1645 on the grounds of "Popery"
http://www.crick.org.uk/laud.htm

  
 §17. William Laud. VI. Caroline Divines. Vol. 7. Cavalier and Puritan. The Cambridge History of English and ...
Laud declares England& adherence to the creeds and the fundamental unaltered doctrines of the church.
The church, whether at Rome or in London, is the same church—“one in substance but not one in condition of state and purity.” Rome has no ground of infallibility or universality: the eastern church as well as the reformation is a standing refutation of such an assertion.
Laud was the disciple of Andrewes, whom he regarded as his master in theology and the “light of the Christian world.” He preached Donne’s funeral sermon.
http://www.bartleby.com/217/0617.html

  
 William Laud
Laud thought of the English church as a branch of the universal church, claimed apostolic succession for the bishops, and believed that the Anglican ritual should be strictly followed in all churches.
In 1633, Laud became archbishop of Canterbury and continued on a larger scale his efforts to enforce High Church forms of worship.
The tyranny of his courts and his identification of the episcopal form of church government with the absolutism of Charles brought about violent opposition not only from the Puritans but also from those who were jealous of the rights of Parliament.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0829007.html

  
 William Laud
Laud's movement for Church reform spread to Scotland when King Charles tried to force a new Prayer Book on them to bring them in line with the English...which led to riots and ultimately to resistance by the Scottish National Covenant...and the Bishops' Wars.
The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them.
As Archbishop, Laud was obliged to punish offences against the Church and he made it his policy to proceed not only against the poor but also against the rich and powerful.
http://www.thevickerage.worldonline.co.uk/ecivil/william_laud.htm

  
 January 10th
The last words of Laud were a solemn denial of the charge of affection for Rome: his chaplain, Dr. Sterne, attended him to the scaffold, where, after some minutes spent in prayer, his head was cut off at one blow, in the 72
Drummond' Yelverton was recommended to use any favour he had with the Lady Arabella Stuart, the King's cousin, in order to make an advance to the Lord Chancellor Dunfermline, who was then living in London.
Prynne, the barrister, who was Laud's personal enemy, collected evidence against him, seized his private papers, and even his prayer-book, and took his Diary by force out of his pocket.
http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/jan/10.htm

  
 ST DAVIDS - LoveToKnow Article on ST DAVIDS
1581), patriot and translator of the Welsh Book of Common Prayer; Archbishop William Laud, bishop of the see between 162, and 1627; George Bull, divine (d.
In 1793 the cathedral was repaired by Thomas Nash, who rebuilt the western front in a debased Perpendicular style.
St Davids early became popular as a place of pilgrimage, and amongst the many suppliants who visited St Davids shrine were William the Conqueror, Henry II.
http://65.1911encyclopedia.org/S/ST/ST_DAVIDS.htm

  
 Miles Smith as Bible Translator
The survival of Laud’s version of the doings in Gloucester Cathedral has given an appearance of ineffectiveness to Smith’s episcopate.
Here again are clues to the identification of Smith as a preacher of Calvinist orthodoxy, now under threat from the rising power of the Arminians within the Church of England.
At first sight it appears difficult to speak about Miles Smith as one who followed in the steps of William Tyndale as a Bible translator.
http://www.tyndale.org/TSJ/11/tiller.html

  
 Literary Encyclopedia: Taylor, Jeremy
Nicholson was, like Taylor himself, a dispossessed clergyman; he had been Archdeacon of Brecon and was later to become Bishop of Gloucester.
Taylor impressed the congregation so much that he was requested to return to this distinguished pulpit several times thereafter.
He was, by all accounts, a moderate and a learned man; a devout Catholic, he had nevertheless offended many Catholics in his attempts to show, in his book Deus, Natura, Gratia (1634), that Anglican doctrine was nearer in spirit to Catholic teaching than was commonly supposed.
http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4329

  
 Pilgrims, Puritans and the Spies of England
Through a series of events, Matthews is also handed over to the authorities, and in great grief afterwards, Drew repents and God saves him.
Young Drew Morgan, of an upper-class British family (but not in the employ of the Anglican church), yearns for adventure and glory; while playing with medieval knight armor one day he meets Bishop William Laud (a historical person infamous for his persecution of non-Anglican Protestants in 17
Drew first works with another boy his age; then, on his own, he quickly becomes good at both infiltrating and betraying his new friends, who are exposed and physically punished for their crimes against the Church of England.
http://home.midsouth.rr.com/ochsner/article1003.html

  
 William Prynne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The tide of opinion was moving fast, and Prynne, having been at the forefront of radical opposition, now found himself a conservative figure, defending Presbyterianism against the Independents favoured by Oliver Cromwell and the army.
Born at Swanswick, near Bath, Somerset, he died at London.
William Prynne (1600 - October 24, 1669) was a Puritan opponent of the church policy of Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Prynne

  
 William Laud
Laud believed the Church of England to be a direct continuity with the medieval Church, and he stressed the unity of Church and State, exalting the role of the king as the supreme governor.
He emphasized the priesthood and the Sacraments, particularly the Eucharist, and caused consternation by insisting on the reverencing of the Altar, returning it to its pre-Reformation position against the east wall of the church, and hedging it about with rails.
His identification with the unpopular policies of King Charles, his support of the war against Scotland in 1640, and his efforts to make the Church independent of Parliament, made him widely disliked.
http://www.geocities.com/episcopal23/laud.html

  
 Britannia Biographies: William Laud Part 2
It is possible that these relations of Laud's may have prospered the better in the World for their connection with him; but his uncle, at least, the Lord Mayor, had made his way to eminence long before the great churchman had got upon the ladder of preferment.
Laud Senior's son, named William after him, was his only child; but his wife had been married before to another Reading clothier, John Robinson, by whom she had had a family.
Laud's father, William Laud Senior, was a master cloth-worker and is described as having been well to do in the World.
http://www.britannia.com/bios/wmlaud/family.html

  
 Berkshire History: William Laud (1573-1645), Part 7
It was generally thought that, if he should succeed, her son also would be very likely to go over to the old religion.
Laud himself published, in 1624, an account of his argument with Fisher.
However, both at this public conference at which the Countess and the Marquis were present, and in private discourse with the lady, Laud acquitted himself so ably as to satisfy her upon every point of religious question.
http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/wmlaud/buckingham.html

  
 ChurchRodent: Laud, William
Archbishop under King Charles I. Laud believed that God had ordained bishops to govern his church.
Under his leadership, an episcopal party rose to resist the Puritans.
http://tatumweb.com/churchrodent/terms/laud.htm

  
 History4
When Laud succeeded Abbot in 1633 he restored his chapels to their pre-Reformation glory, adding at Croydon altar rails (to emphasise the role of the priest in the Mass), desks, a raised pew and an organ.
Considered a traitor by his enemies, Laud was arrested and tried, some of the evidence at his trial being work he had done at Croydon.
Until the 17th century the house was hidden by trees, but archbishop
http://www.friendsofoldpalace.org/croydon4.htm

  
 Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Early Modern West
William Penn: A Letter to the King of Poland On behalf of the Friends of Dantzic, 1677 [At Delphi]
The Book of Common Prayer, 1662 [At BCP]
A brief history of the early Quaker movement, in an epistle written in 1658 as an introduction to a book written by George Fox defending the Quaker faith.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook1.html

  
 BBC - Radio 4 - This Sceptred Isle - The Scottish Revolt and the Seeds of Civil War
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, is desperately trying to unite the Church in England and Scotland.
His determination that Scotland should adhere to the English Prayer Book led to conflict with Scotland.
55 BC - 1087 The Romans to William I
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/sceptred_isle/page/60.shtml?question=60

  
 William Laud (1573-1645), Archbishop of Canterbury
The son of a Reading draper, Laud prospered under the patronage of the Duke of Buckingham and was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633.
He supported the political and religious policies of Charles I and carried out Strafford's policy of 'Thorough' in ecclesiastical affairs, working for uniformity of doctrine and practice.
National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2H OHE.
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp02641

  
 Aussie Outpost Church History Institute - Laud, William
Aussie Outpost Church History Institute - Laud, William
LAUD, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, was the son of a clothier in good circumstances, and was born at Heading, in Berkshire, October 7, 1573.
He entered St John's College, Oxford, in 1589, became a Fellow in 1593, and took his degree of M.A. in 1598.
http://reformerkev.esmartweb.com/history/laud.html

  
 Early Stuart Libels: Miscellaneous (1628-1640)
Other “libels” in this period may have circulated beyond the elite milieu of the verse miscellany.
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, was troubled by libels throughout much of his turbulent career, and his letters and speeches offer some of the most striking testimony on the effect of such works.
For instance, some of Laud’s most troubling critics were situated in provincial centres, and were focused on disputes that were primarily (though not entirely) local in character.
http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/misc_section/R0.html

  
 Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2001369741
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Laud, William, 1573-1645, Church of England Bishops Biography, Anglican Communion England Bishops Biography
An esteemed scholar uncovers the social ideal that lay behind Laud's political and religious conservatism--an ideal fatally obscured by the archbishop's human limitations.
The most powerful man in England during the so-called "Eleven Years Tyranny" from 1629-1640, archbishop of Canterbury William Laud was thrown from power in 1640 and executed on Tower Hill during the Civil War.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ste022/2001369741.html

  
 Bodleian Library: Western manuscripts to c.1500: MSS. Laud
[There follow ‘supplementary notes’ by Craster, with further footnotes supplied by Nicholson, largely concerning the provenance of the manuscripts and the dates of Laud’s gifts of them to the Library: see Summary Catalogue, II, pp.
Lord Arundel is known also to have given Laud some Latin MSS.
The transference of the Barocci, Roe, Laud, and Digby collections to their new position took place in 1640 and 1641: until then the Laudian MSS.
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/medieval/mss/laud.htm

  
 §18. Richard Mountague. VI. Caroline Divines. Vol. 7. Cavalier and Puritan. The Cambridge History of English and ...
Laud, as a controversialist, is the true successor of Andrewes, and his whole attitude, as well as his particular quotations, shows him to be a disciple of Hooker.
He is in style and language a man of his age, and his age has better men in both.
http://www.bonus.com/contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/217/0618.html

  
 Book Encyclopedia - Web Library
William Juxon (1582 – June 4, 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1649 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death.
Serving God and Mammon: William Juxon, 1582-1663 by Thomas Mason ISBN 0874132517
However, he never took up duties at Hereford, as in October 1633 he was consecrated Bishop of London in succession to Laud.
http://www.bookencyclopedia.com/index.php?title=William_Juxon

  
 Prynne : Canterburies doome
William Prynne was a contentious Puritan attorney who is remembered both for his numerous books and pamphlets about legal history, religion and politics, and for his ability to antagonize others.
This earned him the enmity of William Laud, the archbishop of Canterbury and he was fined, pilloried, lost his ears and jailed as it was felt he had cast aspersions on the king and queen.
He then wrote a large book against stage plays which was published in 1632 and entitled Histriomastix, which purported to show that plays were unlawful, incentives to immorality and condemned by scripture, the Church fathers and even the wisest of pagans.
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/rare/modernity/prynne.html

  
 Jeremy Taylor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He became chaplain to his patron the archbishop, and chaplain in ordinary to Charles I. At Oxford William Chillingworth was then busy with his great work, The Religion of Protestants, and it is possible that through discourse with him Taylor's mind may have been turned towards the liberal movement of his age.
After two years in Oxford, he was presented, in March 1638, by William Juxon, bishop of London, to the rectory of Uppingham, in Rutlandshire.
Archbishop William Laud sent for Taylor to preach before him at Lambeth, and took the young man under his special protection.
http://www.pineville.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Jeremy_Taylor

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Laud William
Among university scholars of the period were William...
The new learning of the Renaissance greatly influenced Oxford from the late 15th century onward.
Laud, William (1573-1645), English prelate, born in Reading, and educated at the University of Oxford.
http://au.encarta.msn.com/Laud_William.html

  
 George William De Saulles ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
George Vertue, William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 17th - 18th century
William Skelton, George the Third, King of England, 18th - 19th century
George Cruikshank, An Idiot Holds His Bauble for a God, Frontispiece and Plate 1 in the book Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays...by William Hone (London: William Hone, 1823), 1823
http://wwar.com/masters/s/saulles-george_william_de.html

  
 William Laud, "Conference with Fisher"
The illness to which Laud alludes, is mentioned in his Diary, 1629.
And the Word then spake to them, by a means they thought not of, namely, per Filium Dei in puero, "by the Son of God Himself, under the veil of our human nature."
13: ixm [It seems not improbable, that King Charles might have made this request on the occasion which is thus alluded to by Laud in his Diary.
http://anglicanhistory.org/lact/laud/v2/dedicatory.html

  
 Pepys' Diary: Prynne, William
His reception when he takes his seat in the House, the ‘great many great shouts’, show, with Pepys’ several other references to him, what a famous figure he was at the time.
When Prynne& strictures on the theater in his book, Historiomastix (1632), were interpreted as an attack on Charles I and his queen, he was fined, imprisoned (1633), pilloried (1634), and partly shorn of his ears.
Beginning his attacks on Arminian doctrine in 1627, he soon earned the enmity of William Laud.
http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/441.php

  
 Persecution of Puritans. (from Laud, William) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
William I, king of Prussia, became the first German emperor in 1871.
He was the leader of the nation when, at the end of the 19th century, it suddenly became a world power by making territorial acquisitions overseas following the Spanish American War.
The first was William I of Normandy, who conquered England in 1066.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-4084?tocId=4084

  
 Laud, William
His attempt to impose the use of the Prayer Book on the Scots precipitated the English Civil War.
Laud’s High Church policy, support for Charles I’s unparliamentary rule, censorship of the press, and persecution of the Puritans all aroused bitter opposition, while his strict enforcement of the statutes against enclosures and of laws regulating wages and prices alienated the propertied classes.
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0001908.html

  
 Anglican Communion: Archbishops of Canterbury
The Most Revd Rowan Williams is the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Most Revd Rowan Williams on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, London
Archbishop of Canterbury will have rich and varied ministry - see ACNS 3200
http://www.aco.org/archbishops

  
 Archbishop William Laud; Author: Carlton, Charles; Hardback; Book
Carlton puts Laud in the context of his times, showing how closely his personal life was woven into his political and religious career.
Archbishop William Laud; Author: Carlton, Charles; Hardback; Book
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http://www.netstoreusa.com/rkbooks/071/0710204639.shtml

  
 The Modern Corporation Sole - Reprinted from Dickinson Law Review
For example, Queen Elizabeth II, as corporation sole, is identical to Victoria; the present Archbishop of Canterbury in his corporate form is one with his predecessors, Laud, Benson or Lang.
15 - William Laud (1573-1645) was Archbishop from 1633 to 1645; Edward White Benson (1829-1896) from 1883 to 1896; Cosmo Gordon Land (1864-1945) from 1928 to 1942.
http://sw.jeffotto.com/modern_corporation_sole.htm

  
 Porter-Gaud School History Today Index: L
‘Kindness and Reason’, William Lovett and Education, Mar 87.
Archbishop Laud, Aug 83; The Dream Life of Archbishop Laud, Dec 86.
Versailles and Saint-Simon, Feb 92; Amsterdam and William III, Dec 93; Cardinal Mazarin, Apr 96; The Afterlife of Henry of Navarre, Oct 97; The Poisons Affair, Mar 2001; The Last Years of James II, 1690-1701, Sept 2001.
http://www.portergaud.edu/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=904

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