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A26058 The cry of royal innocent blood heard and answered being a true and impartial account of Gods extraordinary and signal judgments upon regicides : with an historical relation of the deposing, murthering, and assasinating of several kings of England, Scotland, France, &c. ... Assheton, William, 1641-1711. 1683 (1683) Wing A4026; ESTC R23635 56,072 143

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