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A28503 A true and historical relation of the poysoning of Sir Thomas Overbury with the severall arraignments and speeches of those that were executed thereupon : also, all the passages concerning the divorce between Robert, late Earle of Essex, and the Lady Frances Howard : with King James's and other large speeches / collected out of the papers of Sir Francis Bacon ... Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; James I, King of England, 1566-1625. 1651 (1651) Wing B338; ESTC R10750 59,190 110

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