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A39050 The Execution of William Lord Russel who on the 21st of this instant July was beheaded in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, for conspiring the death of the King, to leavy war, and raise a rebellion, together with his behaviour and speeches, &c. 1683 (1683) Wing E3856A; ESTC R40194 1,731 2

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