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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly Chosen, 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
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by what Means he became Drowned and Suffocated, no Evidence thereof doth
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appear to the said Jurors. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as
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the said
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the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written
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