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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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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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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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on the Ninth day of
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February in the Year aforesaid, being walking along the Road or King Highway
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and being then and there hastily crossing the said Road, It so happened that
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then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune forced down
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to the Ground near unto a certain Loaded Cart then and there drawn
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by two Horses in the said Road, and that the Off Wheel of the said Cart
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mortal Fractures he the said
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from the said Ninth day of
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February in the Year aforesaid until the Seventeenth day of the
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same Month and Year at the Parish and in the Liberty and County
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day of February aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, he the said
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did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid,
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Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to his death, and not
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otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place first abovewirtten
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