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good and lawful Men of the said County duly chosen as by Law, required, and who being then and there duly sworn
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and charged to enquire for our Lord the KING, when, how, and by what means the said new born female
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Jurors aforesaid as yet unknown not having the Trear of God before his, her or their Eyes but
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being moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil on the Thirteenth Day of
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the Year aforesaid with Force and Arms at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid in and upon
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the said New born Female Child in the Peace of God and of our said Lord the King then and there being
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feloniously Wilfully and of his, her or their Malice aforethought did make an Assault and That
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the said Person or Persons so as aforesaid unknown her the said New born Female Child feloniously
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Wilfully and of his her or their Malice aforethought into his her or their Hands Did take and into the
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aforesaid unknown her the said New born Female Child in Manner and by the Means
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aforesaid feloniously Wilfully and of his her or their Malice aforethought Did kill and murder
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against the peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity
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the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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