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A87627 A letter of a sad tragedy by Prince Griffin at Sayton, neere Chester: and his severall attempts against the Lady Causely. And the bloody murther for which he is fled into Scotland : and a copy of a letter from His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax. With a petition from divers collonels and other officers under Major Generall Laughorne, to the House of Commons. Jones, George, of Chester.; Fairfax, Thomas, Baron, 1612-1671. 1648 (1648) Wing J942; Thomason E431_12; ESTC R206113 2,285 8

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