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Westmr. Taylor on his
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Oath saith That he Lodged in the First Floor
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the Deced who was
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apprentice to Mr. Wade, who appeared
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to be well and hearty. That she looked
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every Day when he saw her, and
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last Friday the twenty third Instant
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about five o'Clock in the Afternoon she was
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bringing in a Pair of Water, and then
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looked as usual but either Mr. or
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that the Deced had a Diziness in her
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Head and that her Hands sh
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Say, that on Saturday last
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in the Forenoon being the 24th day of this instant January
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Mrs. Wade called Dept. down Stairs and
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desired him to go to see how Deced
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had no answer, excepting,
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upon
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which Dept. went down into the Cellar
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which was dark and when Dept. had
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a lighted Candle he found the Deced
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upon her Knees on the Ground, at the
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End of some Robert Hutches, upon which
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there was a Bed, and two Blankets, and
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he thinks a Sheet, Says that he spoke to
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the Deced who made no answer, and
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Dept. thought that she was dead,Says that
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he
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