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A63187 The tryal of Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery before the peers in Westminster-Hall on Thursday the 4th of April 1678 Pembroke, Philip Herbert, Earl of, 1653-1683, defendant.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords. 1679 (1679) Wing T2209; ESTC R18066 32,931 31

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