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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the Said
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came to
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his Death, do upon thier Oath say, That the said
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on the
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Sixth day of September in the Year aforesaid, going into the River
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near unto Chelsea Bridge, in the Parish Aforesaid within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid, there to bath himself, It so happened that
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Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune, he the said
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was in the Waters of the said River then and there suffocated and
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drowned; of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said
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William Osborn
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then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally Casually,
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and by Misfortune came to his Death, and not otherwise.
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In Witness Whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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Richard Burton
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place first
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above written
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