Transcription: In 1717, again by the great power of gold, the manuscript was bought by Thomas Coke, an Englishman soon to be the first Earl of Leicester. The manuscript remained in the Earl's family until 1980, when it was sold to oil magnate Armand Hammer and brought to the United States. In November 1994, it was sold once more, this time to American billionaire William Gates III. The great power of gold to acquire it had now risen to over 30 million dollars.
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