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good and lawfull Men of the said City and Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and there
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duly Sworn and charged to inquire for Our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what means
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, not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and
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distracted, on the Second day of May in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid within the
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City Liberty and County aforesaid one End of a Certain piece of small Cord unto the Wooden
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Banisters upon the Staircase in the dwelling House of
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Almery, in the said Parish City Liberty and County, and the other End thereof about his own
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Neck, did fix, tye, and fasten, and therewith did then and there hang, suffocate, and strangle himself,
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of which said hanging suffocation and strangling he the said
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the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and
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