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== James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth's execution == <blockquote>He [the duke] would not make use of a cap or other circumstance, but lying down, bid the fellow to do his office better than to the late Lord Russell, and gave him gold; but the wretch made five chops before he had his head off; which so incensed the people, that had he not been guarded and got away, they would have torn him to pieces.<ref name="EvelynBray1889">{{cite book|last1=Evelyn|first1=John|last2=Bray|first2=William|title=The diary of John Evelyn, Esq., F. R. S.: from 1641 to 1705-6 : with memoir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXQqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA481|year=1889|publisher=F. Warne|page=481}}</ref></blockquote>
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