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and as foon as he heard it played on, he firft 

 began to move his Feet, then his Legs, and 

 afterwards he rofe on his Knees : From thence 

 a little after, he got up on his Legs and v^alk- 

 ed : And laiily, in about the fpace of a quarter 

 of an hour after, he jumped fo that he raifed 

 himfelf a matter of three fpans high from 

 the ground: He fighed, but with fo much 

 violence that it frightned thofe that flood by ; 

 and in lefs than an hour the blacknefs went 

 off from his Hands, and his Face recovered 

 its native colour. In the Caftle of La Motta 

 of Mo7itecorvi?io^ I had an opportunity to fee 

 five Perfons, that had been bit by a Tarantula 

 dance at the fame time, and in the fame place : 

 Four of them were Ploughmen, and the other 

 a very pretty Country Girl : In this company 

 I obferved fomething new, which was that each 

 of them had taken a ftrange Name, and the 

 proper Name of fome ancient King; and a- 

 mong them they thought they were related, 

 and fo treated each other with reciprocal Af- 

 fedion, and fuch Complements as caufed ad- 

 miration in the beholders. They performed 

 happily their ufual courfe of dancing in three 

 days; on the lafi: Evening of which, before 

 they parted, they heartily defired a band of 

 Soldiers ; upon which they had ten Mufquet- 

 teers granted them, which being divided into 



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