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A40531 A full account of the apprehending of the Lord Chancellor, in Wapping as he was designing to make his escape: as also the manner how he was brought before the Lord Mayor; and from thence committed to the Tower, December 12. 88. 1688 (1688) Wing F2264; ESTC R215519 1,484 2

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