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now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King
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year aforesaid not being of sound mind memory and understanding but lunatic
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violently cast and throw herself from and out of a certain window of the said room
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last aforesaid at the Parish last aforesaid in the Ward aforesaid in London aforesaid
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well the said Coroner as the said
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the foreman of the said Jurors
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on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to
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