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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon
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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
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say,
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on the thirteenth day of March in the year aforesaid
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being Skaiting upon the
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in the Parish and County aforesaid, It so happened
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that Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune the
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See then and there broke, and the said
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fell into the said Canal, and in the Water therein was
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then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally
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Casually and y Misfortune came to his death, and not
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otherwise In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner, as the said
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in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands
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