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Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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good and lawful Men of the said
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Liberty duly chosen, and who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said
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Lord the King, when how and by what means the said
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Elizabeth Beck
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came to her Death, Do upon
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then Oath say, That the said
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not having the fear of God before her Eyes but being
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moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil, on the thirtieth day of April in the
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Year aforesaid with Force and Arms at the Parish aforesaid in the City and County
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aforesaid , in and upon herself feloniously wilfully and of her Malice fore thought did
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make an Assault, and that the said
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one End of a certain Cord of no Value, to a
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certain Iron Holdfast in the Wall of the Lodging Room of her the said
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in the Parish aforesaid in the City
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and County aforesaid, and the other End thereof about her Neck feloniously wilfully
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and of her malice fore thought did tye and fasten, And herself the said Elizabeth with the
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Cord aforesaid then and there feloniously wilfully and of her Malice fore thought did
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hangs suffocate choak and strangle, Of which said hanging suffocating choaking and strangling
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then and there instantly dyed; And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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herself in manner and form aforesaid
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feloniously wilfully and of her malice fore thought did Kill and Murder, against the Peace of
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our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity. In Witness whereof as well
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