be_v manage_v while_o sir_n e._n b._n godfrey_n be_v miss_v towards_o the_o find_n out_o what_o be_v become_v of_o he_o p._n 202._o viii_o when_o how_o where_o and_o in_o what_o manner_n the_o body_n of_o sir_n e._n b._n godfrey_n be_v find_v and_o what_o pass_v till_o the_o coroner_n inquest_n sit_v upon_o the_o view_n of_o it_o p._n 212._o ix_o a_o jury_n summon_v to_o sit_v upon_o the_o body_n of_o sir_n edmundbury_n godfrey_n and_o some_o difficulty_n start_v about_o it_o p._n 220._o x._o the_o subject_a of_o the_o debate_n and_o first_o of_o the_o position_n of_o the_o body_n as_o it_o lay_v in_o the_o ditch_n p._n 226._o xi_o the_o jury_n find_v sir_n e._n b._n godfrey_n to_o be_v strangle_v and_o not_o kill_v with_o the_o sword._n the_o surgeon_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n and_o give_v their_o reason_n for_o it_o p._n 231._o xii_o the_o juror_n reason_n for_o the_o verdict_n they_o give_v upon_o the_o view_n of_o sir_n e._n b._n godfrey_n body_n p._n 242._o xiii_o the_o 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