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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so Forth, before
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and Thomas Core in Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally
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casually and by Misfortune came to their Deaths and not otherwise. In
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Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid
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</
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on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set
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</
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their Hands and Seals the day and Year first above written.
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Tho Prickard
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Coroner
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Henry Spenceley
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Foreman
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