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Colonell Rainsborowes ghost : or, a true relation of the manner of his death, who was murthered in his bed-chamber at Doncaster, by three of Pontefract souldiers who pretended that they had letters from Leiutenant Generall Cromwell, to deliver unto him. To the tune of, My bleeding heart with griefe and care.

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Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : publisher not identified, 1648
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Rainborow, Thomas, > d. 1648 > Poetry > Early works to 1800. Political ballads and songs > Great Britain > 17th century. Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649 > Poetry > Early works to 1800.
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