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in the thirty ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,
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by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,
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lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and
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Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and
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there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by
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did poison and Kills himself
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set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.
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