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in the record, before cited from Mr. Mollyneux, by the name of John Draper, “who was chosen Burgess of Cork by Writ, and served in the Parliament of England; “for, as the other circumstances correspond, both with respect to the place from whence he came, and the year of his being sent, it is natural to conclude, that the small disagreement in the name may have been occasioned by some accidental mistake, viz. John Droup for John Draper, or vice versa; and he might serve the Inhabitants of Cork in the double capacity of Representative in Parliament and Agent for them to the Privy-Council; or perhaps his summons and attendance, even at the Kings Privy-Council, might have been in his parliamentary capacity; for if a due Representation from Ireland were to attend the King here in his Privy-Council, such an Assembly might, without