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of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain,
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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on the fifth day
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of August in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid
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going into the Serpentine River there to Bath himself, it so
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happened that accidentally casually by Misfortune he the said
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said Suffocation and Drowning he the said
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by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well
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the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and
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the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the
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Day Year and at the Place first abovementioned.
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