Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period [1163] to the Present Time [1820].R. Bagshaw, 1811 - Trials |
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... taken the boldnes to burne his majestie's lawes and acts of parliament , at the marcat croce of the burghe of Ruther- glen , upon the twentie - nynth of May last , a day appointed for are solemne anniversary thanksgiving for his ...
... taken the boldnes to burne his majestie's lawes and acts of parliament , at the marcat croce of the burghe of Ruther- glen , upon the twentie - nynth of May last , a day appointed for are solemne anniversary thanksgiving for his ...
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... taken up in the same work : sen- tences are past against as many as in February , if not more , and discharges are produced of the payment of former fines , some of them several thousand pounds . and seditious rebells , who hade most ...
... taken up in the same work : sen- tences are past against as many as in February , if not more , and discharges are produced of the payment of former fines , some of them several thousand pounds . and seditious rebells , who hade most ...
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... taken away , so that they could not goe , they having done exact diligence to get other horses and taking their declarations to show that the horses wer not taken away by their own con- nivance , wherby each man might furnish himself ...
... taken away , so that they could not goe , they having done exact diligence to get other horses and taking their declarations to show that the horses wer not taken away by their own con- nivance , wherby each man might furnish himself ...
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... taken away . fered to redeem at any rate , but he could not have them ; and he offers to purge himself , by ane solemn oath , that there was no collusion between him and the rebells , but that his horses were forciblie taken away ...
... taken away . fered to redeem at any rate , but he could not have them ; and he offers to purge himself , by ane solemn oath , that there was no collusion between him and the rebells , but that his horses were forciblie taken away ...
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... taken from his son . " tented he hade bein taken prisoner , out of his. is noways relevant , for they should have gone to the host with the men they hade without collors , and though they hade no men they should have gone alongs with the ...
... taken from his son . " tented he hade bein taken prisoner , out of his. is noways relevant , for they should have gone to the host with the men they hade without collors , and though they hade no men they should have gone alongs with the ...
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