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A24656 An Account of some particulars in the tryal of Mr. Ed. Fitz Harris in Westminster-Hall, June 9, 1681, where he was found guilty of high-treason together with a brief relation of the tryal of Oliver Plunket, the popish primate of Ireland, at the same place the day before, who was likewise found guilty of high-treason. 1681 (1681) Wing A226; ESTC R3919 2,422 2

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