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A27273 The Behaviour of Mr. Will. Staley in Newgate after his condemnation for high-treason : with the substance of his last speech and discourses at the usual place of execution, whither being drawn on a sledge he was hang'd and quarter'd there, on Tuesday the 26th of this instant November, 1678. Staley, William, d. 1678. 1678 (1678) Wing B1709A; ESTC R25917 1,744 9

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