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now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King
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when how and in what manner thesaid Sarah Orme came to her death say
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upon their oath that the said Sarah Orme not being of sound mind memory and
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understanding but lunatic and distracted on the eighth day of April in the
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and there die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the
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said Sarah Orme not being of sound mind memory and understanding but lunatic
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and distracted did hang and Kill herself. In Witness whereof as well the said
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as the said
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Thomas Cotterell
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the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of
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himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set
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their hands and seals the day year and place first abovewritten.
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