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B04845 The proceedings to execution of the sentence awarded against Captain Thomas Walcot, William Hone, and John Rouse for high-treason who were, on Fryday the 10th of this instant July, drawn, hang'd, & quarter'd at Tyburn, for conspiring the death of the king ... 1683 (1683) Wing P3625; ESTC R182136 4,419 4

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