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(where they always
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into the Inn the Landlord said Mr. Church pray come
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into the Parlour and give your Assistance for some
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people have just brought a man
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supporting him, and Mr. Church immediately
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open'd a Vein in his right Arm put very little
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blood issued forth and Mr. Church then declared
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of the Faculty examined the deceased and
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taken divers
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on his Body Clockwise declared him take a dead man, this Deponent
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the deceased fell off his Chaise Horse
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then said Rid him Inn, that the Company had been
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Accidental Death
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