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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 their Oath say, That the said William Buckmire
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on the Seventeenth day of August in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and
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in the Liberty and County aforesaid going into the
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there to bathe himself, It so happened that Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune the said William Buckmire then and there
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in the Water of the said River was suffocated and drowned of which
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said Suffocation and drowning he the said William Buckmire then and
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there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say
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that the said William Buckmire in Manner and by the Means aforesaid
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Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as
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of the said Jurors on the hehalf
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of 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
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