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p._n 451._o d._n dangerfield_n his_o life_n and_o suffering_n his_o character_n p._n 156._o his_o elegy_n ibid._n his_o ghost_n to_o jeffreys_n p._n 166._o p._n 153._o e._n essex_n earl_n his_o life_n and_o martyrdom_n his_o character_n p._n 60._o his_o elegy_n p._n 61._o p._n 40._o g._n gaunt_v suffering_n her_o die_a speech_n p._n 4â—2_n her_o postscript_n to_o the_o say_a speech_n p._n 406._o p._n 400._o gatchet_n suffering_n p._n 462._o gaâ—chils_n behaviour_n and_o die_a word_n p._n 520._o godfrey_n sir_n edmondbury_n his_o life_n and_o martyrdom_n anagram_n upon_o his_o name_n p._n 23._o poem_n on_o his_o death_n p._n 24._o p._n 1._o h._n hamlings_n case_n p._n 460._o hewlings_n both_o benjamin_n and_o william_n a_o account_n of_o their_o behaviour_n both_o before_o and_o at_o their_o execution_n with_o several_a letter_n to_o divers_a of_o their_o relation_n the_o character_n of_o the_o two_o hewling_n p._n 368._o a_o further_a account_n of_o mr._n w._n hewl_v p._n 448._o he_o 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late_a lord_n chancellor_n his_o life_n and_o death_n follow_v dedication_n of_o his_o life_n to_o himself_o follow_v the_o title_n page_n poem_n to_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o lord_n jeffreys_n follow_v the_o dedication_n his_o birth_n and_o parentage_n p._n 6._o his_o behaviour_n at_o school_n p._n 7._o his_o father_n prophecy_n that_o he_o will_v die_v with_o his_o shoe_n and_o stocking_n on_o ibid._n his_o dream_n p._n 9_o his_o enter_a himself_o in_o the_o inner_a temple_n p._n 8._o his_o marriage_n and_o early_a son_n p._n 10._o he_o be_v make_v recorder_n of_o london_n ibid._n hiâ—_n abhorrence_n of_o petition_v p._n 13._o his_o bâ—ing_n on_o his_o knee_n before_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o p._n 14._o his_o ill_a practice_n whilst_o recorder_n p._n 16._o his_o vehement_a