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MARY TOFT.
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count; and that his answer was, That he fully did believe it.
To which this deponent replied, Then I hope, Sir, you will
convince a great many unbelievers, when you return to Lon-
don, as some other gentlemen have already done; to which
he said he should, as this deponent apprehended.
‘ Eliz. Helmes.
‘ Jur. vicesimo quinto die Novembris,
‘An. Reg. Regis Geo. &c. 13, Anno Domini 1726, coram
‘ Jos. Burtt, Mayor.
‘ James Cliffton.’
‘ Olive Sands, the wife of John Sands, of Guildford, in
the county of Surrey, saddler, maketh oath, That she was
constantly in the room on Sunday, the twentieth instant, with
Mr. Ahlers, from eleven in the morning to three in the after-
noon. That Mrs. Helmes called him to dinner, that during
the whole time the woman was in violent labour, and that he
did not leave her, in all that time, but to go to dinner. That
this deponent saw Mr. Ahlers examine the woman’s breasts,
and found milk in one of them, and that she heard him say
he was ordered by his majesty to attend the said woman,
Mary Toft, till it was all over. And further saith, that the
said Mr. Ahlers said he would endeavour to get the woman
a pension from his majesty, or words to that effect, on his
seeming satisfied of the misery the woman underwent.
‘Olive Sands.
i Jur. Die et Anno supradict. coram
‘Jos. Burtt, Mayor.
‘James Cliffton.’
‘ Thomas Howard, of Guildford, in the county of Surrey,
surgeon, maketh oath, That on Sunday, the twentieth day of
this instant month of November, this deponent went to see
the poor miserable woman, Mary Toft, about three of the
clock in the afternoon, where he found in her chamber one
Mr. zlhlers, a surgeon, who told this deponent he was come
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count; and that his answer was, That he fully did believe it.
To which this deponent replied, Then I hope, Sir, you will
convince a great many unbelievers, when you return to Lon-
don, as some other gentlemen have already done; to which
he said he should, as this deponent apprehended.
‘ Eliz. Helmes.
‘ Jur. vicesimo quinto die Novembris,
‘An. Reg. Regis Geo. &c. 13, Anno Domini 1726, coram
‘ Jos. Burtt, Mayor.
‘ James Cliffton.’
‘ Olive Sands, the wife of John Sands, of Guildford, in
the county of Surrey, saddler, maketh oath, That she was
constantly in the room on Sunday, the twentieth instant, with
Mr. Ahlers, from eleven in the morning to three in the after-
noon. That Mrs. Helmes called him to dinner, that during
the whole time the woman was in violent labour, and that he
did not leave her, in all that time, but to go to dinner. That
this deponent saw Mr. Ahlers examine the woman’s breasts,
and found milk in one of them, and that she heard him say
he was ordered by his majesty to attend the said woman,
Mary Toft, till it was all over. And further saith, that the
said Mr. Ahlers said he would endeavour to get the woman
a pension from his majesty, or words to that effect, on his
seeming satisfied of the misery the woman underwent.
‘Olive Sands.
i Jur. Die et Anno supradict. coram
‘Jos. Burtt, Mayor.
‘James Cliffton.’
‘ Thomas Howard, of Guildford, in the county of Surrey,
surgeon, maketh oath, That on Sunday, the twentieth day of
this instant month of November, this deponent went to see
the poor miserable woman, Mary Toft, about three of the
clock in the afternoon, where he found in her chamber one
Mr. zlhlers, a surgeon, who told this deponent he was come