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in the thirty eight Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,
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Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and
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there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by
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what Means the said female Infant Child came to h er Death, do upon
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his, her, or their Eyes but moved an reduced by the Instigation of the Devil out he twenty
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sixth day of July in the year aforesaid, with force and Arms at the Parish and in the Liberty
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aforesaid in and upon the said female Infant Child then and there being in the peace of
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God and of our said Lord the King, Feloniously wilfully and of his her or their Malice
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feloniously wilfully and of his her or their Malice forethought did neglect, at the Birth
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afour said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity And that the said Persons or
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