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A22462 The copie of a double letter sent by an English gentilman from beyond the seas, to his frende in London containing the true aduises of the cause, and maner of the death, of one Richard Atkins, executed by fire in Rome, the seconde of August 1581. Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610. 1581 (1581) STC 888; ESTC S112708 11,224 24

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