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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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William Hempson
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Benjamin Cann
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Robert
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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 said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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Elizabeth Gilbert
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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said
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Elizabeth Gilbert
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, not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on
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the Nineteenth day of September in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, a great Quantity of Yellow Arsenic, being a
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deadly Poison, into a certain Quantity of hot Water, did then and there put
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and mix, and the said Yellow Arsenic so put and mixt as aforesaid, she the said
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lunatic and distracted as aforesaid, did then and there take drink and swallow
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down; by Means whereof she the said
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became then and there Sick
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and distempered in her Body, and of the Poison aforesaid and of the Sickness
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and Distemper thereby occasioned, did languish about five hours at the
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Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and then and
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there did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say,
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that the said
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Elizabeth Gilbert
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Understanding, but lunatic and distracted, in Manner and by the Means
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aforesaid, did Poison and kill herself. In Witness whereof as well the
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said Coroner as the said
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Edward Britten
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written.
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