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of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain,
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what by Means the said
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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on the Thirteenth day of
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August in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid to wit
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going into the Serpentine River there to Bath himself, it so happened
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that accidentally casually and by Misfortune he the said
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then and there instantly Died. And so the Jurors
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in manner
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and by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death
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and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the Foreman of
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the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and at the Place abovementioned.
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