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A38819 The depositions and examinations of Mr. Edmund Everard (who was four years close prisoner in the Tower of London) concerning the horrid popish plot against the life of His Sacred Majesty, the government, and the Protestant religion with the names of several persons in England, Ireland, France, and elsewhere concerned in the conspiracy. Everard, Edmund. 1679 (1679) Wing E3527; ESTC R4864 11,665 20

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