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The triall of the honourable Colonel Iohn Penruddock of Compton in Wiltshire, and his speech: : vvhich he delivered the day before he was beheaded in the castle of Exon, being the 16. day of May 1655. to a gent. whom he desired to publish them after his death. Together with his prayer upon the scaffold, and the last letter he received from his vertuous lady, with his answer to the same. Also the speech of that piously resolved gent. Hugh Grove of Chisenbury in the parish of Enford, and County of Wilts, Esq; beheaded there the same day.

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Main Author:	Penruddock, John, 1619-1655
Other Authors:	Grove, Hugh, d. 1655
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[London] : Printed by order of the Gent. intrusted., 1655.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Charles > II, > King of England, > 1630-1685 > Early works to 1800. Executions and executioners > England > Early works to 1800. Royalists > England > History > 17th century > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > History > Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 > Early works to 1800.
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