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aged about Twenty four Years on her Oath
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Attorney at
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for fifteen
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Months at the Yearly Wages of Seven pounds hath quitted her
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said Service about Two Months ago since which time she hath
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Saint Clement Danes
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(she being Poor and
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Anthony Heathcott
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Mr. Robinsons Chambers sometime in the Month of December
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last but the particular day she does not now remember and
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at different times afterwards at one of which times he got her
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Anthony Heathcott
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Father thereof.
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