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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said
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became Drowned and Suffocated, no Evidence thereof
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doth appear to the Jurors. In Witness whereof
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to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the
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