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said Ann Gascoine informed Deponent that she was
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better the next Morning, but that said Ann Gascoine
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laid in Bed all that Day, being Thursday, Deponent says
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that she ordered said Ann Gascoine some Sack When
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that Evening upon her complaining that she was Dry,
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on friday Morning last about Eleven O'Clock, she found
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said Ann Gascoine sitting by the Fire there, says that
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the Servants were Ironing there and Wet Cloaths hanging
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before the Fire, Deponent thought it an improper place for
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said Ann Gascoine to be in, and ordered her to go into
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Deponents Room, says that said Gascoine came there soon
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, Deponent thereupon
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asked her the said Ann Gascoine if she
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was Married, and Charged her with having Miscarried,
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that Morning took her Chamber pot down
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