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A63621 A True narrative of the whole proceedings at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayly, begun on Thursday the 12th of this instance July, 1683, against Captain Thomas Walcot, William Lord Russel, William Hone, Joyner, John Rouse, Captain William Blage, for conspiring the death of the King, &c. as also, an account of the tryals of several notorious malefactors for treason, felonies, &c., together with the judgment of the Court upon the same. 1683 (1683) Wing T2840B; ESTC R12722 3,835 5

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