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This new form of reckoning was or- 

 dained by Pope Gregory, and is there- 

 fore called the Gregorian, or the new 

 style, and has been adopted by almost all 

 the enlightened nations of the world ; 

 there are some, however, who still reckon 

 according to the old style, viz. as if no 

 alteration had been made by Pope Gre- 

 gory. 



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