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p._n 451._o d._n dangerfield_n his_o life_n and_o suffering_n his_o character_n p._n 156._o his_o elegy_n ibid._n his_o ghost_n to_o jeffreys_n p._n 166._o p._n 153._o e._n essex_n earl_n his_o life_n and_o martyrdom_n his_o character_n p._n 60._o his_o elegy_n p._n 61._o p._n 40._o g._n gaunt_v suffering_n her_o die_a speech_n p._n 4â—2_n her_o postscript_n to_o the_o say_a speech_n p._n 406._o p._n 400._o gatchet_n suffering_n p._n 462._o gaâ—chils_n behaviour_n and_o die_a word_n p._n 520._o godfrey_n sir_n edmondbury_n his_o life_n and_o martyrdom_n anagram_n upon_o his_o name_n p._n 23._o poem_n on_o his_o death_n p._n 24._o p._n 1._o h._n hamlings_n case_n p._n 460._o hewlings_n both_o benjamin_n and_o william_n a_o account_n of_o their_o behaviour_n both_o before_o and_o at_o their_o execution_n with_o several_a letter_n to_o divers_a of_o their_o relation_n the_o character_n of_o the_o two_o hewling_n p._n 368._o a_o further_a account_n of_o mr._n w._n hewl_v p._n 448._o he_o 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