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charged to inquire do Our said Lord the King, when how, and by what Means the said Man Unknown
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came to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Man Unknown on the Seventh day of
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how or by what Means he became Drowned and Suffocated, no Evidence thereof doth appear to
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the Jurors. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and
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