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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon
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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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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said
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on the Eighth day of January in the Year aforesaid was
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found dead in his Lodging Room or Apartment in the
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Dwelling House of David Tolly situate in Down Street
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aforesaid, That no Marks of violence appeared on the
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Body, and that the said
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departed this life
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by a Fit of Apoplexy or other sudden Visitation of God in a
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Natural Way. In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner as the said
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of the said
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Jurors on the behalf of himself and the rest of his
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Fellows in their presence, have to this Inquisiton
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day year and Place
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