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<DESCRIPTION>OPINION AND CONSENT OF K&L GATES
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           [Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP Letterhead]




March 7, 2007

John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts  02110

Ladies and Gentlemen:

    We have acted as counsel to John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II, a
Massachusetts  business trust (the "Trust" and "Acquiring  Fund"), in connection
with  the  filing  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  ("SEC")  the
registration  statement on Form N-14 (the  "Registration  Statement")  under the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the "1933  Act")  registering  the common
shares of  beneficial  interest,  with no par value (the "Common  Shares"),  and
Dutch Auction Preferred Shares with no par value and a liquidation preference of
$100,000 per share  ("DARTS") of the Trust to be issued pursuant to an Agreement
and Plan of  Reorganization  (the  "Agreement").  The  Agreement  adopted by the
Acquiring Fund and John Hancock  Patriot  Premium  Dividend Fund I, John Hancock
Patriot Select  Dividend  Trust,  John Hancock Patriot Global Dividend Fund, and
John  Hancock  Patriot  Preferred  Dividend  Fund,  (each  an  "Acquired  Fund",
collectively the "Acquired  Funds")  respectively,  provides for the transfer of
each  Acquired  Fund's  assets to and the  assumption  of each  Acquired  Fund's
liabilities  by the  Acquiring  Fund in  exchange  solely for a number of Common
Shares and DARTS  determined  in the manner  specified  in the  Agreement,  such
Common Shares and DARTS will be distributed to the  appropriate  Acquired Funds'
shareholders upon the subsequent liquidation of each Acquired Fund.

    You  have  requested  our  opinion  as to the  matters  set  forth  below in
connection  with the  filing of the  Registration  Statement.  For  purposes  of
rendering  that  opinion,  we have  examined  the  Registration  Statement,  the
Agreement,  the  Declaration of Trust,  as amended,  By-laws,  as amended of the
Trust,  and the actions of the Trust that provide for the issuance of the Common
Shares and DARTS,  and we have made such other  investigation  as we have deemed
appropriate.  We have examined and relied upon  certificates of public officials
and, as to certain  matters of fact that are material to our  opinions;  we have
also  relied on a  certificate  of an  officer of the Trust.  In  rendering  our
opinion, we also have made the assumptions that are customary in opinion letters
of this kind. We have not verified any of those assumptions.

    Our opinion, as set forth herein, is based on the facts in existence and the
laws in  effect  on the date  hereof  that,  in our  experience,  generally  are
applicable to the issuance of shares by entities  such as the Trust.  We express
no opinion with respect to any other laws.

    Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:


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    1.  The Common  Shares and DARTS to be issued  pursuant to the  Registration
        Statement have been duly authorized for issuance by the Trust; and

    2.  When issued and consideration  therefor has been paid in accordance with
        the Agreement,  the Common Shares and DARTS to be issued pursuant to the
        Registration   Statement  will  be  validly  issued,   fully  paid,  and
        nonassessable.  In this  regard,  however,  we note  that the Trust is a
        Massachusetts   business   trust  and,   under  certain   circumstances,
        shareholders of a Massachusetts  business trust could be held personally
        liable for the obligations of the Trust.

    This  opinion  is  rendered  solely  in  connection  with the  filing of the
Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the
SEC in connection with the Registration  Statement.  In giving our consent we do
not  thereby  admit  that we are in the  category  of persons  whose  consent is
required under Section 7 of the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder.


                              Very truly yours,

                              /s/ Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
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                              Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP





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