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ninth day of August in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County
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of Mrs. Robinson in Berkeley Square there situate if so happened that he the said
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then and there instantly Died And to the Jurors aforesaid upon there
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on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisitions set their Hands
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and Seals the Day and Year abovementioned
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