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A85054 A Funeral elegy in commemoration of the sadly deplored and much- lamented and unhappy death of that unfortunate knight, Sir John Johnston who was executed at Tyburn, the 23th day of December, 1690, for felloniously forcing away the Lady Wharton, an infant, &c. 1690 (1690) Wing F2531A; ESTC R42506 871 1

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