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maketh oath that had Tuesday about five in the eve. Dept was
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called upon to attend the deced whom he was told was in a fit. That Dept
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went to him & found him in bed, & says that he had all the usual
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appearances of a person in an appoplexy, he had no senses & seemed as
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in a deep sleep snoring. Dept conceiving him to be in an Appoplexy, let
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him blood but which did not relieve him, and dept afterwards sent him
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medicines. that between nine and ten Dept saw the deced again, & Dept
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then apprehended him to be in an appoplexy as he had before. That the
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deced had no appearance of Sickness or consulsion. That Dept did not see
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him again until after his death. Dept further says that he was present
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yesterday when Mr. Blizard opened the body of the deced when a large
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portion or quantity of opinion as Dept verilly believes and has no doubt of
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was found in the Stomach and intestines of the deced, & the Stomach & intestines of
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the deced had the appearance of having suffered great went irritation
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& such as would be occasioned by the effects of opinion and Dept says
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a large quantity of Opinion appeared to have been taken into the
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Stomach and Intestines of the deced, sufficient to produce the death of a
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maketh oath that last Tuesday eve about seven Dept was called
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upon to attend the deced & went to his house aten Dept found him in
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he was in an appoplexy, and as he could not swallow directed such
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