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A46088 An impartial account of the arraignment trial & condemnation of Thomas late Earl of Strafford, and Lord Lievtanant of Ireland before the Parliament at Wesminster, Anno Dom, 1641. Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641, defendant. 1679 (1679) Wing I68; ESTC R11824 83,221 54

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