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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Michael Lowe,
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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 Woman unknown came to
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her Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Woman whose Name
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Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the
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Eighth day of December in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish
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there did cast and throw herself
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by Means of which said Casting and Throwing she
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the said Woman unknown in the Waters thereof was
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then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of which said
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Suffocation and Drowning she the said Woman whose
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Name is unknown then and there died. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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Woman unknown not being of sound Mind Memory and
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Understanding but lunatick and distracted in Manner
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and by the Means aforesaid did drown herself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the
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Lustan Vaughan
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of the said Jurors, on
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the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their
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presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands
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and Seals, the Day Year and Place abovementioned.
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Lastan Vaughan
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