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A29394 The judgment of Sir Orlando Bridgman declared in his charge to the jury at the arraignment of the twenty nine regicides (the murtherers of King Charles the First, of Most Glorious Memory) began at Hicks-Hall on Tuesday the ninth of October, 1660, and continued at the sessions-house in the Old-Baily, until Friday the ninteenth of the same month. Bridgeman, Orlando, Sir, 1608-1674. 1690 (1690) Wing B4491; ESTC R19011 1,965 1

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