Enigmas of HistoryM. Joseph, 1957 - 253 pages |
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Page 148
... execution was over and immediately afterwards sent home with five pounds in half - crowns as compensation . A waterman named Abraham Smith narrated that ' as soon as that fatal blow was given ' he was walking about Whitehall when a file ...
... execution was over and immediately afterwards sent home with five pounds in half - crowns as compensation . A waterman named Abraham Smith narrated that ' as soon as that fatal blow was given ' he was walking about Whitehall when a file ...
Page 152
... execution ; but there were several persons came and offered themselves out of a kind of zeal to do the thing , but we did not think it proper to employ persons we did not know ; but we made choice of a couple of stout persons . ' 6 ...
... execution ; but there were several persons came and offered themselves out of a kind of zeal to do the thing , but we did not think it proper to employ persons we did not know ; but we made choice of a couple of stout persons . ' 6 ...
Page 166
... execution . It is when we find him desperately trying to establish an alibi and denying that he was at Whitehall at all on the day of the execution that our suspicions are aroused . To prove that he was not there was obviously important ...
... execution . It is when we find him desperately trying to establish an alibi and denying that he was at Whitehall at all on the day of the execution that our suspicions are aroused . To prove that he was not there was obviously important ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
The Wives of King George IV | 19 |
The Parentage of Queen Elizabeth I | 91 |
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