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A05465 A coppy of a letter written by John Lilburne, close prisoner in the wards of the fleet, which he sent to Iames Ingram and Henry Hopkins, wardens of the said fleet. Wherin is fully discovered their great cruelty exercised upon his body Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. 1640 (1640) STC 15597; ESTC S121096 28,681 34

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