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or_o may_v appertain_v we_o who_o name_n be_v under_o write_v aswell_o resiante_n and_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o town_n of_o burton_n upon_o trent_n in_o the_o county_n of_o stafford_n as_o other_o greetinge_v whereas_o we_o have_v be_v request_v and_o desire_v to_o certify_v our_o knowledge_n concernninge_v the_o strange_a handle_n or_o be_v take_v of_o one_o tho._n darling_n of_o late_a grievous_o handle_v and_o torment_v and_o that_o in_o such_o strange_a manner_n as_o be_v wonder_v full_o to_o be_v bold_a whereof_o wâ—_n wear_v eye_n witness_n we_o therefore_o for_o the_o better_a satisfy_v of_o all_o those_o that_o be_v desirous_a to_o know_v the_o truth_n in_o that_o behalf_n have_v think_v good_a to_o signify_v that_o we_o be_v persuade_v and_o do_v very_o think_v that_o the_o say_a tho._n darling_n do_v not_o dissemble_v or_o counterfeit_n in_o any_o of_o those_o his_o fiâ—â—es_n or_o strange_a betakeinge_n and_o the_o cause_n or_o reason_n which_o move_v we_o so_o to_o 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