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on the seventh Day of June in the year aforesaid One End of a small Cord to
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a Hook and the other End thereof about his own Neck did fix, tye and fasten and
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therewith did then and there hang, suffocate and strangle herself Of which said,
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died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the
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but Lunatic and distracted in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Did kill himself
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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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Hands and Seals the Day and Year first abovementioned
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