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Voice of a condemned man at Bolton scaffold
The passage recounts a prisoner on the Bolton scaffold addressing the crowd and guards, invoking blessings, bidding farewell to Chester friends, lamenting the lack of a ready block, and urging mercy from God as orders and witnesses echo in the crowd. He speaks of being brought to execution and asks for forgiveness.
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Chester
Thaneden
Edgeman
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