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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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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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on the Twelfth day of
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October in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the LIberty and County aforesaid, and being of
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Sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but Lunatic and Distracted, one end of a certain piece of Ribband
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about the Tester Rail of her Bed in her Apartment or Dwelling in a House situate in
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the other and thereof about her own Neck did fix tye and fasten and therewith did then and there
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Hang Suffocate and Strangle herself, of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the
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said
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then and there instantly Died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
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their Oath
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aforesaid do say that the said
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Sarah Reeves
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not being of Sound Mind Memory and Understanding
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but Lunatic and Distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did Kill herself. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Corner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself
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and the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
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and at the Place abovementioned.
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