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A61480 A narrative of the extraordinary penitence of Rob. Maynard who was condemned for the murder of John Stockton ... and executed at Tyburn, May the 4th : together with the several conferences held with him in Newgate : as also a copy of the papers which he left to be published after his death / by Joseph Stevens. Stevens, Joseph.; Maynard, Robert. 1696 (1696) Wing S5498; ESTC R29534 14,857 57

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