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I tell you we will cut off his head with the crown upon it

Quote byOliver Cromwell · 1599–1658

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To Algernon Sidney, one of the judges at the trial of Charles I (December 1648).

English (original)

I tell you we will cut off his head with the crown upon it.

— Oliver Cromwell

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