Execution.- Popish Plot.- True Manner of the Execution (The) ... of

Execution.- Popish Plot.- True Manner of the Execution (The) ... of Edw. Coleman at Tyburn ... being Drawn, Hang'd, and Quarter'd for High Treason, light spotting, modern morocco backed boards, [ESTC R20779; Wing T2760], small 4to, for R. G., 1678. *** Edward Coleman (1636-78) was a courtier during the reign of King Charles II, who converted to Catholicism some time during the 1660s. He was found guilty of treason as a result of false accusations by Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot', and later beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.

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