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A75361 Animadversions on the last speech of William Viscount Stafford who was beheaded on Tower-Hill for high treason in conspiring the death of the king, &c. on Wednesday, December 29th, 1680. 1680 (1680) Wing A3197A; ESTC R42644 6,417 8

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