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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chose, and who being then and there duly
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sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
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Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said
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on the twenty
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second day of January in the year aforesaid One End of a Silk Handkerchief
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to the Foot Rail of his Bed in the Lodging Room or Apartment of him the
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
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their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
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Foreman
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