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CASE45627: Horary consultation concerning Rebecca Harley (PERSON31370)

Question asked by the patient on 20 October 1617 at 11:15

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Richard Napier Rebecca Harley of Clappā not sick. {illeg} 32 y octob. 20 h. 11. 15 ant m 1617

hath had 3 child but when she cometh to be brought a bed the live her labour ceaseth & she is so overcome wth water yt all her child how lively soever dye in the delivery

now is wth child neavr more healthy

wheathr she were best to leave her old mydwife though a paynfull & a laborious womā. because of her ill lucke

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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 95v (upper left part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE45627’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE45627, accessed 19 May 2025.