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A64729 Innocency and truth vindicated an account of what hath been, or is ready to be deposed to prove the most treacherous and cruel murder of the Right Honourable Arthur, late Earl of Essex : with reflections upon the evidence, and the most material objections against this murder discuss'd and answered, in a conference between three gentlement concerning the present inquiry into the death of that noble Lord and true patriot. Braddon, Laurence, d. 1724.; V. P. 1689 (1689) Wing V10; ESTC R25177 149,907 113

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