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A54409 The life and death of King Charles the first written by Dr. R. Perinchief: together with Eikon basilike. Representing His Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings. And a vindication of the same King Charles the martyr. Proving him to be the author of the said Eikon basilike, against a memorandum of the late earl of Anglesey, and against the groundless exceptons of Dr. Walker and others.; The royal martyr: or, the life and death of King Charles I. Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673.; White, Robert, 1600-1690, engraver. 1697 (1697) Wing P1596; ESTC R219403 131,825 310

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