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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 John Middlemas came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said John Middlemas on the
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Fourteenth day of August in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in
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the Liberty and County aforesaid going into the
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there to bathe himself, It so happened that Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune the said
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in the Water of
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the said River was then and there suffocated and drowned of which
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said Suffocation and drowning he the said John Middlemas then
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and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oat aforesaid
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do say that the said
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in Manner and by the
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Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to
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his Death and not otherwise
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner as the said
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
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Year and Place abovementioned
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Coroner
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Henry Slack
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