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A95600 Several passages concerning the declared King of Scots, both by sea and land, communicated by letters, to persons of credit. Also, the confessions and speeches of the Laird Darsey, Major General Hurry, and Collonel Spotswood; made upon the scaffold at Edenburgh before their execution. With some remarkable passages concerning the City of London, several letters intercepted, and the advance of the two great Generalls, the Lord Fairfax and the Lord Cromwel into the north. S. T. 1650 (1650) Wing T57; Thomason E603_8; ESTC R205816 3,255 8

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