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<p n="23"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50566_n23-1">Elizabeth Cotton</rs>
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One of the Searchers of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50566_geo16">Spitalfields Parish</rs>
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Saith that last Tuesday Night Mrs Collins Come to Informants<lb></lb>
and left word for Informant to Come to her House<lb></lb>
That in the Evening Informant went there But Collins was<lb></lb>
not at Home and her Son told Informant that she could not<lb></lb>
see the Body till without his Mother was at Home<lb></lb>
That Informant went on Wednesday Morning about Nine<lb></lb>
to view the Body And found it Shrowded and put in a very<lb></lb>
Handsome Coffin with the Window and Window Shutters of the Room Shut<lb></lb>
CloseThat there was no Candle brot. and Informant<lb></lb>
Asking for more Light Mrs. Collins Desired her Son to open the<lb></lb>
Window Shutter a little further which he did But he held the<lb></lb>
Lid of the Coffin so that she could not see the Face of the Child<lb></lb>
That Informant Observed to Mrs Collins that there was<lb></lb>
something the Matter with the Childs Legs Upon which Mrs.<lb></lb>
Collins Answered that she had sat so near the Fire that<lb></lb>
they had been<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Scoreh'dThat Mrs. Collins told<lb></lb>
Informant that the Child had Died of Convulsions And that<lb></lb>
it Died on Saturday Night last</p>
<p n="24"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50566_n24-1">Elizabeth Cotton</rs>
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