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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, 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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memory and understanding but Lunatic and distracted on the Twenty Eighth Day of July
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in the Year aforesaid herself out of a Three Pair of Stairs Window in the Dwelling House of
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Ground there did cast and throw By Means whereof she the said
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and there receive divers mortal Bruises in and upon the Head Body, Back and Arms of her
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and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said
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their Presence, have to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
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