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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at the Parish of
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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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 Means the said Female Child came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said new born Female Child on
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the Twenty Seventh day of August in the Year aforesaid was found
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dead in a certain Passage leading out of Lyon's Inn into
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid,
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That no Marks of Violence appeared on the Body of the said Female
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Child, And that the said Female Child died soon after the Birth
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in a natural Way, and by no other means whatsoever
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In Witness where of as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to
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this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and
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Place first above written.
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