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A63573 The True narrative of the execution of John Marketman, chyrnrgian [sic], of Westham in Essex for committing a horrible and bloody murther upon the body of his wife, that was big with child when he stabbed her. 1680 (1680) Wing T2790; ESTC R28368 1,800 6

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