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King at the
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the Oath of
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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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h er Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick &
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distracted on the said twenty ninth day of June in the Year
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aforesaid one End of a certain Worsted Garter unto a Wooden Teg
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in a Closet within the Apartment of her the said
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in the dwelling House of
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within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid and the other end thereof about her
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suffocate and strangle herself of which said hanging suffocation
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by the Means aforesaid did till herself
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of the said Jurors on the
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behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their
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presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands & Seals
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the Day Year and Place abovementioned
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