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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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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 is Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the twenty seventh day of August
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in the Year aforesaid, the said Female Child was found in a certain
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leaden Stink trass in the dwelling House of
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in the Parish aforesaid within
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the Liberty and County aforesaid, That no Marks of Violence
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appeared on her Body, and that the said female Child was
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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of 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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