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A95090 A true narrative of the confession and execution of the four prisoners executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 5th of this instant February 1684 [...] Davis, George Stokes, Mary Williamson, Alice Patteson, who was burnt at Tyburn for high treason. 1685 (1685) Wing T2779bA; ESTC R232947 2,835 5

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