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DUVAL, CLAUDE (16431670) , a famous highwayman, was born at Domfront, Normandy, in 1643. Having entered domestic service in Paris, he came to England at the time of the Restoration in attendance on the duke of Richmond, and soon became a highwayman notorious for the daring of his robberies no less than for his gallantry to ladies. Large rewards were offered for his capture, and he was at one time compelled to seek refuge
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" Here lies Du Vail: Reader if male thou art, Look to thy purse: if female to thy heart." A full account of his adventures, ascribed to William Pope
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