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  • Edgcumbe, which 'so affected the Duke of Medina-Sidonia' Fuller tells us, '(though but beholding it at a distance from the Sea), that he resolved it for his own possession in the partage of this kingdom (blame him not if choosing best for himself), which they had preconquered in their hopes and expectation.'

    Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

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