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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
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sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
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being delicious and out of his Mind on the First Day of June in the Year aforesaid from
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there receive Divers Mortal Bruises in and upon The Head and Body of him the said James
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Miles of which said Mortal Bruises he the said
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in manner and by the means aforesaid Did kill himself
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
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their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
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