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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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Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said
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Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and distracted on the Twenty fourth Day of November
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died and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said
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their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
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