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From the diary of Samuel Pepys (1663-1703)

This day, in the morning came Mr. Chichly to Sir W. Coventry to
tell him the ill-successe of the guns made for the _Loyall
London_; which is, that in the trial, every one of the great guns,
the whole Cannon of seven (as I take it), broke to pieces---which
is a strange mishap, and that which will give more occasion to
people's discourse of the King's business being done ill.
		-- Pepys' Diary, 26 Jun. 1666

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