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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen
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who being then and there duly Sworn and Charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when, how
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and by what Means the said Margaret Rouviercame to her Death, do upon their Oath
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say, That the said Margaret Rouvier on the Fourteenth day of November in the Year
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aforesaid was found drowned and Suffocated in a certain Waters Tub, containing therein
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a great Quantity of Water, in the Garden adjoining to the Dwelling House of her the said
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and Suffocated, no Evidence thereof doth appear to the Jurors In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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