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A71165 The second and last collection of the dying speeches, letters, and prayers &c. of those eminent Protestants who suffered in the west of England (and elsewhere) under the cruel sentence of the late Lord Chancellour, then Lord Chief Justice Jefferys : with an account of their undaunted courage at the barr and afterwards : with the most remarkable circumstances that attended their execution. Tutchin, John, 1661?-1707. 1689 (1689) Wing T3383A; ESTC R32831 17,427 32

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