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_Olive Sands_, the Wife of _John Sands_ of _Guilford_ in the County of
_Surrey_ Sadler, 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 Afternoon. 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.