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A25766 An Account of the proceedings at the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer ... the 10 of October, 1683, and ended the 13th of the same instant where divers persons were tryed for high treason, murder, felony, burglary, and other misdemeanors : with the names of the persons condemned, burnt in the hand, to be whipt and transported. 1683 (1683) Wing A362; ESTC R14813 5,642 5

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