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That then King said if You are good at [..]
Ill be Damn'd if I will not have aRound
him or
a bit of Fun with You And They
both Strip'd And went to fighting
Believes they fought about five Minutes
That Informant Called to Them at first and
so did Kings Father and Desired that They
would not fightThat at first there were
many severe Blows GivenAnd there
were many FallsBut after the Second
or Third Round King did not Stand up to
the Other but Tumbled several times to
Avoid the Others Blows

That the last Round they had was pretty near
the Ships sideThatwhere there was a Piece or Beane of
Timber lying And They both fell over the Bean
togetherBut their Bodies seem'd to be
Clear of the TimberThat Ware was
UppermostThat he (Ware) made Shift to
Clear himself of the Other and Attempted to
Rise but could notThat the Other Witness
Hedley Endeavoured to get him upThat
some body said he was in a FitThat he
Died in less than a Minute

Jno Salmon< no role >

The above Informations were Severally
Taken and Acknowledged the Day and Year
first above written before me}

Thos. Phillips< no role > Coroner




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