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August 1762

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the Milk she beg'dSays all was not Sufficient
for Natureshe told the Father of ithe would
Answr. let her Die & be damn'd for a Bitch & the
Witness was oblig'd to quit the House for she had no
Money for Necessaries even for herself Says the Father
Jno. Bedford< no role > wd. (during the Time she Nurs'd it take
the Child from one Room into the other & throw it
upon the Bed & Lay these you may his & be
damn'd you bitch & cry till you burstThinks
the Child was starv'd & wanted Victuals but dont
Think the Father hurt itbut it Wanted Victuals
Says she was to receive 6d. a day but for her weeks
Nursing reced only one 6d.Says she usualy
came in the Morning at 5 o'Clock & return'd
home at 9 at Night & that during that time
the Babe was fed wth. Bread & water & Sugar
wth Milk of her own begging That the Child
was fed abt. 8 times in the day

The Mark of
Hanah [mark] Robins< no role >

Elizabeth Loyd< no role > Corbets Court Browns Lane
Spital Fields Widow never was in Jno. Bedford< no role > ,
House but oncenever saw the Child but once
but says that the day the [..] went to the Hospl.
wch. was before Hanah Robins< no role > came to Nurse the Child
& abt. a fortnight before the Queen was brot. to Bed
she ask'd the Father what he intended to do wth.
the Childhe answed. he did not Knowshe then
recommended it to the Father to get a Proper Person
to Nurse it for as it was then taken from the Breast
it would require a Proper Person to take Care of it




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