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A63215 The tryals, convictions & sentence of Titus Oates upon two indictments for willful, malicious, and corrupt perjury : at the Kings-Bench-Barr at Westminster before the Right Honourable George Lord Jeffreys ... upon Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th days of May, anno Domini 1685 ... Oates, Titus, 1649-1705.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench. 1685 (1685) Wing T2249; ESTC R34667 151,182 100

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