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B03255 An elegy or, final farewel to Sir John Fenvvick, Baronet, who, for high-treason, &c. was beheaded on Tower-Hill, Thursday the 28. of this instant January, 1697. / Written by a late converted Jacobite, and recommended to all male-content and disaffected persons of these kingdoms. 1697 (1697) Wing E445; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[207] 1,241 1

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