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sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner
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on the twentieth day of November in the year aforesaid being on board a certain Vessell called the
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against and into certain mud and soil then and there lying and adjoining to the said River of
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and contusion in and upon the left side of him the said
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bruise and contusion he the said
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from the said twentieth day of November in the
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year aforesaid until the twenty first day of the same month of November in the same year
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did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said
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in manner and by means aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune came to his
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death and not otherwise In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence
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have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
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