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STATUTES? original: "Statuta"

OF THE ROYAL? ACADEMY? OF SCIENCES? original: "Academiae Regiae Scientiarum"

ANNALS? original: "Annales"

FROM THE? CREATION OF THE? WORLD?

original: "Ab orbe condito"; a phrase traditionally used in historical records to denote history beginning from the world's start.

TO THE? YEAR? 1700? original: "MDCC"

IN THE YEAR? OF OUR LORD? 1700...? original: "Anno Domini MDCC..."