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the Death of
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on his Oath saith That he David with the Deced
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Martin Cascater last Sunday (Decr. 13th) at his House in
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left the Deced at his own House about three oClock
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after Seven o'Clock Mr. Quiet brought the Boat to
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about twenty foot from the Stairs, they found the
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upon his Rivers, and the Clothes upon his Back above
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after carried upto his own House, That he fetched
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Mr. Norton the Surgeon who opened a vein in the
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Deced's Arm. but he did not Bleed, and Mr. Norton
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he had not been lone in the Water, The Tide being
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then Ebbing. Says that the Deced was very weak
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and had lost the use of his left Arm. and believes that
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if the Deced fell down in the Maid, where Dept. found
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him that he was unable to get up wishout Assistance
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Suffocated and Drowned
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