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A28891 The information of Hubert Bourk, Gent., touching the popish plot in Ireland, carried on by the conspiracies of the Earl of Tyrone ... delivered first by this informant before the Lord Lieutenant and council in Ireland in March, 1678, and to His Majesty and both Houses of Parliament in November, 1680. Bourk, Hubert. 1680 (1680) Wing B3843; ESTC R19524 16,729 34

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