Curiosities of street literature : comprising "cocks," or "catchpennies" : a large and curious assortment of street-drolleries, squibs, histories, comic tales in prose and verse, broadsides on the royal family, political litanies, dialogues, catechisms, acts of Parliament, street political papers, a variety of "ballads on a subject", dying speeches and confessions, to which is attached the all-important and necessary affectionate copy of verses

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Contents

CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE 2
CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE 7
CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE. 9
GUARANTEED ONLY FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX COPIES PRINTED 10
INTRODUCTION. 11
CONTENTS. 15
COLLECTION OF “COCKS,” OR “CATCHPENNIES.” 19
CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE. 21
HORRID MURDER, Committed by a young Man on a young Woman. 25
CRUEL AND INHUMAN MURDER Committed upon the body of Captain Lawson. 27
Janies 29
SHOCKING RAPE AND 31
FULL PARTICULARS OF THIS DREADFUL MURDER. 33
COMMITTAL OF W. THOMPSON, To the County Gaol at Oxford for the MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, On the 12th instant. 35
CONFESSION. 35
COPY OF VERSES. 35
REMARKABLE PUNISHMENT OF MURDER. 37
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FATAL THUNDERSTORM, Which happened in these parts, and the SINGULAR DREAM OF A YOUNG MAN, Well known in this Neighbourhood. 39
LIVERPOOL TRAGEDY. 41
COPY OF VERSES. 43
MASSACRE OF THE WHOLE OF THE PASSENGERS AND PART OF THE CREW OF THE SEA HORSE, On her Homeward Passage from Sydney, and the Plunder of 18,000 ounces of Gold by the Murderers. 43
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE HORRIBLE & DREADFUL GREAT FIRE IN LONDON. 45
LIFE, TRIAL, CHARACTER, AND CONFESSION OF The Man that was Hanged IN FRONT OF NEWGATE, AND WHO IS NOW ALIVE! WITH FULL PARTICULARS OF THE RESUSCITATED. 47
SCARBOROUGH TRAGEDY. 49
TRAGIC VERSES. 53
NAKED TRUTH, OR DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND, BEING THE FULL ACCOUNT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WAGER OP £5000, Laid between Lord-and the Duke’s Son, TWO HESS OF FASHION. 55
EXTRAORDINARY & FUNNY DOINGS IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD. 57
LOVE LETTER, The Lady’s Maid !! The Secret Found out!!! Or A MARRIED MAN CAUGHT IN A TRAP. 59
ALL FOUND OUT AT LAST, Or the SECRET DISCO VERED, After having been carried on in a curious manner for a long time. 61
YORKSHIRE KNIGHT, OE THE FORTUNATE FARMER’S DAUGHTER, IN THREE PARTS. 63
FULL, TRUE, REMARKABLE, & PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF 65
FULL, TRUE, AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE DREADFUL QUARREL 67
AN ACCOUNT OF THE DREADFUL APPARITION 69
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE HORRIBLE AND DREADFUL CATASTROPHE WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD, LAST NIGHT. 71
SECRETS REVEALED, OR THE FASHIONABLE LIFE OF LORD & LADY WHO RESIDE NOT ONE HUNDRED MILES FROM THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD. 73
ELOPEMENTS ELOPEMENTS EXTRAORDINARY. 75
FUNNY LOVE AFFAIR, ALL ABOUT THE ELOPEMENT THAT TOOK PLACE THIS DAY. 77
WONDERFUL, JUST, & TERRIBLE JUDGMENT ON A BLASPHEMER. 79
STRANGE WARNING TO A REPROBATE PUBLICAN. 81
APPARITION OF A GHOST TO A MILLER, TO DISCOVER A HIDDEN MURDER. 83
PARTICULARS Of a Singular and Curious Circumstance Which took place at the House of a well known FORTUNE TELLER 85
FORTUNE TELLING AND ITS RESULTS. 87
Strange and Wonderful Account of the REV. JOHN MILLER, MINISTER, OF THE CITY OF BATH, WHO REMAINED IN A TRANCE 89
FEMALE SLEEP-WALKER. 91
DIALOGUE BETWEEN DEATH AND A SINNER. 93
RAIL WAY TO HEAYEN. 95
RAILROAD TO HELL, FROM DISSIPATION TO POVERTY, AND FROM POVERTY TO DESPERATION. 97
PRETTY MAIDENS BEWARE!!! A LOVE LETTER from SARAH to CHARLES. 99
VERY PRETTY MAID OF THIS TOWN, AND THE AMOROUS 'SQUIRE, NOT ONE HUNDRED MILES FROM THE PLACE. 101
FULL PARTICULARS OF “TAKING OFF" PRINCE ALBERT’S INEXPESSIBLES. IN THE BOROUGH COURT OF REQUESTS.-THIS BAY. 103
BATTLE OF PEA SOUP, FOUGHT ON THE FIFTY-TWELFTH DAY OF ROTTENSTICKS 105
Full & True Particulars OF THE GREATEST OLD 107
WONDERFUL Adventures of Mr. O’Flynn in Search OF OLD MOTHER CLIFTON. 109
SALE OF A WIFE IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD --- MRS, YOU – KNOW – WHO. 111
PERPETUAL ALMANACK, OR GENTLEMAN'S PRATER BOOK. 113
FAR FAMED FAIRY TALE OF FENELLA. 115
SECRETS, FOR LADIES DURING COURTSHIP. 117
TRADESMAN’S NEW HYMN. 119
COPY OF THE REGISTER OF THE MANOR OF DUNMOW 121
RENT DAY; OR, BLACK MONDAY MORNING. 123
HOW TO COOK A WIFE. 125
ALARMING SACRIFICE!!! 127
Determined Suicide of an Aged Artist. 129
GENUINE THING OR The Last of the u Cocks,” or "Catchpennies.” 129
DIVISION II. 135
OUR KING IS A TRUE BRITISH SAILOR. 137
KING WILLIAM IV. AND HIS MINISTERS FOR EVER! 139
QUEEN VICTORIA. 141
CORONATION OF HER MAJESTY, QUEEN VICTORIA. 143
SAILOR JACK AND QUEEN VICTORIA. 145
QUEEN'S MARRIAGE. 147
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT. 149
ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY. BIRTH OF A PRINCESS. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!! 151
MAY THE QUEEN LIVE FOR EVER. 153
QUEEN’S WANTS At Child Birth; or, what a bother IN THE PALACE. 153
STRANGER IN HER MAJESTY’S BEDROOM. THE BOY JONES AGAIN! 155
MR. FERGUSON AND QUEEN VICTORIA. 157
ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY. 159
BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. 159
GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. 159
NEW SONG ON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES 161
NEW SONG ON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES 161
OWDHAM CHAP’S VISIT TO TH' QUEEN. 163
OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. 165
PRINCE OF WALES' MARRIAGE. 167
SCENE IN THE ELECTION. 169
New Edition of the Universal SPELLING BOOK, OR A Lesson for the Unions. 171
NEW DIALOGUE AND SONS ON THE TIMES. 173
OLD ENGLISH BULL JOHN v. THE POPE'S BULL OF ROME. 175
POLITICAL CATECHISM FOR CHILDREN OF RIPER YEARS. 177
FAMINE FAST DAY. 179
NEW FORM OF PRAYER AND BELIEF. 181
POLITICAL LITANY ON THE TIMES. 183
POLITICAL LITANY On the Present Session of Parliament. 185
Life, Trial, and probable Sentence of the DERBYITES, DIZZYITES, AND ADULLAMITES, AND THE WHOLE HOST OF TORY CABINET MAKERS 187
NEW LITANY ON REFORM. 189
CAPTAIN JINK’S DREAM. A CONVERSATION ON THE COMING ELECTIONS BETWEEN BILL GLADSTONE & BEN DIZZY. 191
POLITICAL THANKSGIVING FOR THE Great and Stains Victory Gained by the Libals, and the Complete Defeat of the Tories!!! 193
BELIEF AND COMMANDMENTS ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN. 195
NEW POLITICAL AND REFORM ALPHABET. 197
ANEW EDITION OF THE LITANY ON THE IRISH CHURCH QUESTION 199
a. LITANY ON THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. 201
NEW INTENDED REFORM BILL 203
NEW ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 205
NEW STREETS ACT. 207
TIE POOR LAW CATECHISM. 209
THE 211
DRUNKARD’S CATECHISM. 213
NEW BEER HOUSE ACT 215
BATTLE OF WATERLOO. 217
GRAND CONVERSATION ON BRAVE NELSON. 217
AGONY BILL. 219
NEW SONG ON THE TIMES. 219
NEW SONG ON THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS. 221
NEW SONG, OPENING THE PORTS. 221
NEW SONG ON THE LIBERATION OF DANIEL O’CONNELL. 223
NEW SONG ON THE TIMES. 223
NEW SONG. 225
FLEETWOOD, STRICKLAND, AND REFORM TRIUMPHANT. 227
PETERLOO. 227
NEW SONG OF THE ELECTION. 229
STATE OF Great Britain, OR A TOUCH AT THE TIMES. 229
DEATH OF WELLINGTON. 231
LAMENTATION ON THE DEATH OF THE Duke of Mellington. 231
BATTLE OF ALMA 233
FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. 233
BATTLE OF INKERMAN 235
NIGHTINGALE IN THE EAST. 235
GRAND CONVERSATION ON SEBASTOPOL AROSE! 237
LITTLE LORD JOHN OUT OF SERVICE. 237
GREAT NAVAL ACTION BETWEEN THE KEARBAGE & THE ALABAMA. 239
NEW SONG TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE R. COBDEN, ESQ., M.P., 239
DIZZY'S LAMENT. 241
GREAT BATTLE FOR FREEDOM AMD REFORM. 243
GREAT REFORM MEETING 245
WHEN WE GET JOHNNY’S REFORM. 247
FREEDOM & REFORM. 249
GREAT LIBERAL MAJORITY OF 110. 251
REFORM DEMONSTRATION 253
REFORM MEETING AT BLACKHEATH. 255
FENIANS ARE COMING. 257
AWFUL EXPOSION IN CLERKENWELL. DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE. 259
SUNDAY TRADING BILL. 261
SOUTHWARK ELECTION. ODGER AND VICTORY. 263
DIVISION III. 267
FEMALE HUSBAND, WHO HAD BEEN MARRIED TO ANOTHER FEMALE FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS. 271
SHAKESPEARE’S HOUSE. 273
NEW SONG ON THE BLOOMER COSTUME. 275
MANCHESTER'S AN ALTERED TOWN. 277
NEW SONG ON THE PRESTON GUILD, 277
GRICE DARLING. 279
PROPHECY FOR 1850 279
SAYERS’ & HEENAN’S GREAT FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. 281
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE ICE IN REGENT'S PARK, AND LOSS OF FORTY LIVES. 283
FOREIGNERS IN ENGLAND. 285
WHAT SHALL E DO FOR MEAT! 287
FIFTEEN SHILLINGS A WEEK. 289
GREAT AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 291
WINDHAM LUNACY CASE. 293
OLD MARQUIS And His Blooming Wife. 295
MARRIAGE OF THE Blooming Laly and the Groom. 297
YELVERTON MARRIAGE CASE. THE LADY BEAT THE SOLDIER. 299
NAUGHTY LORD & THE GAY YOUNG LADY, DAMAGES, £10,000. 301
STRIKE OF THE JOURNEYMEN TAILORS. 303
WONDERFUL MR. SPURGEON. 305
NIGHT IN A LONDON WORKHOUSE. 307
GHOST OF WOBURN SQUARE. 309
WICKED WOMAN OF CHIGWELL. 311
MARY NEWALL, The Artful Girl of Pimlico. 313
SHE HE BARMAN OF SOUTHWARK. 315
BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. 317
FUNNY DOINGS IN THE CONTENT. 319
DUNMOW FLITCH OF BACON. 321
LAST DYING SPEECH And Farewell to the World OF THE LORD MAYOR’S SHOW 323
INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE. 325
ENGLISH LADIES’ NEW FASHIONED PETTICOATS. 327
SUPPRESSION OF CRINOLINE. 329
DOWNFALL OF CHIGNONS. 331
DANDY HORSE, OR THE WONDERFUL VELOCIPEDE. 333
LORD MAYOR’S SHOW. 335
OPENING OF THE VIADUCT BY THE QUEEN. 337
CABMEN AND THEIR NEW FLAGS. 339
FUNNY DIVORCE CASE. 341
BRIGHTON GRAND. VOLUNTEER REVIEW. 343
FROLICSOME PARSON OUTWITTED. 345
FUNNY HE-SHE LADIES! 347
“GALLOWS” LITERATURE OF THE STREETS. 349
DIVISION IV. 351
LIFE & EXECUTION OF SIR JOHN OLDCASTLF AT THE ST. GILES'S IN THE FIELDS, ON THE 19TH OF DECEMBER, 1417. 355
EXECUTION OF BALLARD, &c. 361
EXECUTION OF LUKE HUTTON. 363
EXECUTION OP THE CONSPIRATORS. 365
EXECUTION of Sir WALTER RALEIGH, Kinght, at Westminster, 022, the 29th of October, Anna 16°, Jacobi Regis, 1618. 367
EXECUTION of SIR THOMAS ARMSTRONG, A TRAYTOR, AT TYBURN, On FRIDAY, the Twentieth of June, 1684. 369
BOLD NEVISON, the HIGHWAYMAN. 371
LIFE, TRIAL, & EXECUTION OF WILLIAM NEVISON, THE HIGHWAYMAN, AT YORK GAOL. 371
TRIAL & EXECUTION OF JAMES LOWRY, By the High Court of Admiralty, at the Old Bailey, on the 18th day of February, 1752, and the SESSIONS GAOL DELIVERY. 373
TRIAL, CONFESSION, AND EXECUTION OF JOHN SWAN AND ELIZABETH JEFFRYES 375
EXECUTION OF Six Unfortunate Malefactors, AT TYBURN, YESTERDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1783. 377
ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF JOHN AUSTIN. 379
TRIAL & SENTENCES OF ALL THE PRISONERS, WHICH COMMENCED On WEDNESDAY, the 11th of APRIL, AT JUSTICE HALL IN THE OLD BAILEY, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE PILLORY OF JOHN LINGARD, FOR PERJURY. 381
EXECUTION. 383
TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF JOHN HOGAN, FOR MURDER, JANUARY 13th, 1786. 383
EXECUTION. 385
Trial, Tontession, and Greention OF JOSEPH RICHARDS, For the Cruel and Wicked Murder of Walter Horseman. 385
APRIL 26. EXECUTIONS. 389
GAOL DELIVERY, AND THE TRIALS AND SENTENCES OF ALL THE PRISONERS AT THE OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, TOGETHER WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE EXECUTION OF FIFTEEN UNFORTUNATE CONVICTS. 389
EXECUTION OF EIGHT CONVICTS ON THE NEW SCAFFOLD FOR EXECUTNG GRIMINALS IN THE OLD BAILEY. 391
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE EXECUTION OF FIVE UNFORTUNATE SAILORS 393
EXECUTION. 395
TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF MARTIN CLINCH & SAMUEL MACKLEY, For the Wicked Murder of Mr. Fryer, in Islington Fields. 395
AN ACCOUNT OF THE COURT MARTIAL, SENTENCE, AND EXECUTION OF RICHARD PARKER FOR MUTINY 397
EXECUTION OF JAMES NESBETT FOR THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF MR. PARKER & HIS HOUSEKEEPER. 401
SENTENCES OF ALL THE PRISONERS 403
mournful and affecting COPY OF VERSES on the death of ANN WILLIAMS 405
CONFESSION AND EXECUTION OF JOHN THURTELL AT HERTFORD GAOL, On Friday, the 9th of January, 1824. 407
TRIAL, CONFESSION, & EXECUTION OF C. T. WHITE, FOR ARSON, & AMELIA ROBERTS, FOR A ROBBERY, AT THE OLD BAILEY. 409
CONFESSION AND EXECUTION OF WILLIAM CORDER, THE MURDERER OF MARIA MARTEN. 411
Murder of Maria Marten. 411
TRIAL, SENTENCE, FULL CONFESSION, AND EXECUTION OF BISHOP & WILLIAMS, THE BURKERS. 413
EXECUTION. 415
LIFE, TRIAL, CONFESSION, & EXECUTION OF JAMES GREENACRE, FOR THE EDGEWARE ROAD MURDER. 417
TRIAL, SENTENCE, CONFESSION, & EXECUTION OF F. B. COURVISIER, FOR THE Murder of Lord Wm. Russell. 419
TRIAL, SENTENCE, AND EXECUTION OF ROBERT BLAKESLEY, For the Wilful Murder of JAMES BURDON, in Eastcheap. 421
VERSES ON DANIEL GOOD, Who was executed this morning May,’42, for the Murder of Jane Jones 423
EXECUTION OF JAMES BLOOMFIELD BOSH 425
EXECUTION OF JOHN GLEESON WILSON 427
LIVERPOOL TRAGEDIES. 427
BERMONDSEY TRAGEDY. 429
EXECUTION OF FRED. GEO. MANNING, AND MARIA,HIS WIFE. At Horsemonger Lane, November 13th, 1849, For the MURDER and Robbery of PATRICK O’CONNOR. 429
CONFESSION OF THE MURDERESS. 431
ESHER TRAGEDY. 431
EXECUTION AT NEWGATE OF WILLIAM COGAN, For the barbarous and cruel murder of his own wife. 433
EXECUTION OF THE WARWICKSHIRE MURDERER, GEORGE GARDNER, For shooting his sweetheart, Sarah Kirby. 435
VERSES ON THE EXECUTION OF GEORGE GARDNER, FOR SHOOTING SARAH KIRBY. 435
EXECUTION. 437
LIFE, TRIAL, AND EXECUTION OF WILLIAM G. YOUNGMAN, The Walworth Murderer. 437
WIGAN MURDER. EXAMINATION AND CONFESSION OF JOHN HEALEY. 439
EXECUTION OF PRISCILLA BIGGADIKE, at Lincoln, for the WILFUL MURDER OF HER HUSBAND. 441
EXECUTION OF FREDERICK BAKER. 443
DOUBLE EXECUTION AT DURHAM. TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF CONVILLE & DOLAN 445
CONFESSION AND EXECUTION OF SAMUEL WEIGHT, For the MURDER of MARIA GREEN. 447
EXECUTION OF JAMES CLITHEROE, Of St. Helen’s, for the Murder of Mary Woods, this day. 449
HORRID MURDER OF A GENTLEMAN, IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. 451
Murder in the Railway Train. 453
CHASE, CAPTURE, AND ARRIVAL OF MULLER, FOR THE MURDER OF MR BRIGGS, IN A RAILWAY TRAIN. 455
EXECUTION AND CONFESSION OF FRANZ MULLER, For the Murder of Mr. BRIGGS, November 14th, 1864. 457
LAMENTATION & EXECUTION OF JAMES LONGHURST 459
MILES WEATHERHILL, THE YOUNG WEAVER, And his SWEETHEART, SARAH BELL. 461
TRIAL AND SENTENCE OF CONSTANCE KENT. 463
LIFE, TRIAL, CHARACTER, CONFESSION, AND EXECUTION OF STEPHEN FORWARD 465
Execution of Five Pirates, for Murder, which took place on Monday, February 22nd, at the Old Bailey. 467
CONDEMNATION & EXECUTION OF LEIGH, For the Murder at Brighton. 469
BARBAROUS MURDER OF A CHILD BY A SCHOOLMISTRESS. 471
FAREWELL TO THE WORLD OF RICHARD BISHOP 473
LAMENTATION OF J. MAPP, Who now lies under Sentence of Death in Shrewsbury Gaol, for the Murder of Catherine Lewis. 475
LAMENTATION OF H. LINGLEY. 477
TRIAL, CHARACTER, CONFESSION, BEHAVIOUR, & EXECUTION OF ALICE HOLT 479
CRUEL AND INHUMAN MURDER Of a little Boy, by his Father. COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER. 481
LAMENTATION & CONFESSION OF J. R. JEFFERY 483
MURDER OF A WIFE AT ASHBURNHAM, NEAR HASTINGS. 485
LAMENTATION & FAREWELL TO THE WORLD OF JOHN FLETCHER AND ANN LAWRENCE 487
EXECUTION OF MICHAEL BARRETT 489
EXECUTION OF ALLEN, GOULD, & LARKIN 491
Last Moments and Confession OF WM. SHEWARD. 493
EXECUTION OF JOHN DEVINE, 495
LIFE, TRIAL, CONFESSION, AND EXECUTION OF MARTIN BROWN, FOE THE DIABOLICAL MURDER ON NEWMARKET HILL NEAR, LEWES. 497
EXECUTION OF ALEXANDER MACKAY For the Wilful Murder of Mrs. Grossmith. 499
SHOCKING MURDER OF A WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN. 501
EXECUTION F. HINSON 503
Execution of J. Rutterford, 505
HEROES OF THE GUILLOTINE AND GALLOWS, OR, THE AWFUL ADVENTURES OF Askern, Smith and Calcraft, the Three Riyal Hangmen 507
HEROES OF THE GALLOWS AND GUILLOTINE. 509

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Mackaness, George & Lascelles, Charles. (1871). Curiosities of street literature : comprising "cocks," or "catchpennies" : a large and curious assortment of street-drolleries, squibs, histories, comic tales in prose and verse, broadsides on the royal family, political litanies, dialogues, catechisms, acts of Parliament, street political papers, a variety of "ballads on a subject", dying speeches and confessions, to which is attached the all-important and necessary affectionate copy of verses Retrieved April 11, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2105415118

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Mackaness, George and Lascelles, Charles. Curiosities of street literature : comprising "cocks," or "catchpennies" : a large and curious assortment of street-drolleries, squibs, histories, comic tales in prose and verse, broadsides on the royal family, political litanies, dialogues, catechisms, acts of Parliament, street political papers, a variety of "ballads on a subject", dying speeches and confessions, to which is attached the all-important and necessary affectionate copy of verses London: Reeves and Turner, 1871. Web. 11 April 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2105415118>

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Mackaness, George & Lascelles, Charles. 1871, Curiosities of street literature : comprising "cocks," or "catchpennies" : a large and curious assortment of street-drolleries, squibs, histories, comic tales in prose and verse, broadsides on the royal family, political litanies, dialogues, catechisms, acts of Parliament, street political papers, a variety of "ballads on a subject", dying speeches and confessions, to which is attached the all-important and necessary affectionate copy of verses Reeves and Turner, London viewed 11 April 2026 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2105415118

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