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being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the
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King when how and in what manner the said
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not being of sound mind memory
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and understanding but lunatic and distracted on the third day of January in the
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year aforesaid one end of a certain peice of Cord Value unto and about a certain
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in the County aforesaid and the other end of the said piece of Cord round and about her own
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neck did then and there fix tie and fasten by means whereof she the said
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did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid
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memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted did hang and kill herself In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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