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affirmative_a but_o there_o be_v present_a these_o dissenter_n buckingham_n huntingdon_n kent_n shaftsbury_n pr._n bedford_n winchester_n rochester_n north_n and_o grey_n suffolk_n j._n lovelace_n townsend_n herbert_n grace_n stamford_n newport_n say_v and_o seal_n l._n wharton_n leicester_n scarsdale_n stafford_n derby_n delamer_n howard_n paget_n clare_n salisbury_n falconberg_n windsor_n chap._n xviii_o the_o proceed_n against_o whitebread_n and_o the_o other_o four_o jesuit_n on_o friday_n the_o 13_o of_o june_n 1679_o be_v the_o grand_a trial_n of_o five_o notorious_a jesuit_n viz._n thomas_n white_a alias_o whitebread_n provincial_a or_o chief_n of_o the_o jesuit_n in_o england_n a_o comely_a ancient_a man_n of_o a_o very_a grave_a deportment_n both_o at_o his_o trial_n and_o execution_n william_n harcourt_n pretend_v rector_n of_o london_n who_o it_o be_v think_v after_o the_o first_o discovery_n of_o the_o plot_n have_v be_v beyond_o the_o sea_n and_o have_v the_o confidence_n 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