556 Dr. Fothergill on Longevity. 
above fources, I have now added fundry remark¬ 
able inftanc'es of a fimilar kind, as they have 
occurred to me in the courfe of reading; and 
have annexed the authorities, (fo far as was 
practicable) that you may be enabled to judge 
of the degree of credibility, that may feem due 
to the refpedive fads, and of the allowance 
which it may appear neceffary to make, for that 
natural propenfity, which mankind have ever 
betrayed for the marvellous. Now, admitting 
that many of the ages may have been fomewhat 
exaggerated, yet kill there can be no pofiible 
doubt, that even thefe have extended far beyond 
the ordinary period of life, and may therefore 
be entitled to a place in the following tables, 
which I fubmit to your confideration, as a fmall 
fpecimen of what might be more worthy your 
attention, if conduded hereafter on a larger 
fcale, and purfued with chronological accuracy. 
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