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to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner the said
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came to his death say upon their oath that the said Richard
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Woody on the fifth day of August in the year aforesaid being in and on board
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did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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oath aforesaid do say that the Said
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aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune came to his death and not otherwise
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In Witness where of as well the said Coroner as the said
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the foreman of
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the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have
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to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals the day year and place first above
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