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In 1656, he appeared in Cromwell's Parliament, as member for Haddington, and secured for himself a plurality of offices, which combined a tellership of the Exchequer, with the captaincy of a troop of horse.

From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of

"The tellership that you wanted a Canadian for," he asked, "didn't you say that you have a man already?"

From Frenzied Fiction by Leacock, Stephen