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A93638 The speeches of the Lord Generall Fairfax, and the officers of the armie to the Diggers at St. Georges Hill in Surry, and the Diggers severall answers and replies thereunto. Also, the manner of proclaiming the act against the kingly office by the Lord Mayor, and eight aldermen at the Royal Exchange, London. With divers letters concerning the prince to the queen. Together with the proceedings of Prince Rupert, the Earle of Ormond, and the Lord Inchiquin in Ireland. A fight at sea, and a fuller relation of the Earle of Montrosse his design for Scotland. Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. 1649 (1649) Wing S4876B; Thomason E530_24; ESTC R205683 8,039 8

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