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be_v by_o those_o inhuman_a rebel_n murder_v april_n 29._o 1651._o xxv_o and_o xxvi_o master_n love_n and_o master_n gibbons_n who_o though_o they_o die_v upon_o the_o presbyterian_a account_n which_o abate_v much_o the_o lustre_n of_o their_o suffering_n yet_o die_v in_o opposition_n to_o tyranny_n and_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o his_o majesty_n restauration_n deserve_v to_o be_v have_v in_o perpetual_a remembrance_n they_o be_v charge_v with_o high_a treason_n against_o the_o state_n for_o hold_v correspondency_n with_o the_o king_n and_o his_o party_n and_o supply_v they_o with_o money_n contrary_a to_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o that_o case_n provide_v for_o which_o they_o be_v by_o those_o bloody_a regicide_n condemn_v and_o lose_v their_o head_n on_o tower-hill_n august_n 20._o 1651._o xxvii_o james_n earl_n of_o derby_n the_o flower_n of_o english_a fidelity_n a_o most_o honourable_a heroick_n gallant_a peer_n who_o prudence_n and_o valour_n be_v always_o assistant_n 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