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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
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sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
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