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A70797 The royall martyr. Or, King Charles the First no man of blood but a martyr for his people Being a brief account of his actions from the beginnings of the late unhappy warrs, untill he was basely butchered to the odium of religion, and scorn of all nations, before his pallace at White-Hall, Jan. 30. 1648. To which is added, A short history of His Royall Majesty Charles the Second, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. third monarch of Great Brittain.; King Charles the First, no man of blood: but a martyr for his people. Philipps, Fabian, 1601-1690.; W.H.B. 1660 (1660) Wing P2018A; ESTC R35297 91,223 229

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