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5. " They began their Diforders, by running 



" round the Holy Sepulchre, wiih all their might 



'^ and fwiftnefs, crying out as they went, Huiay 



*' which figniiieSj 'T'bis is he^ or 'This is it-, 



*' An expretlion, by which they afiert the 



" Verity of the Chriflia?! Religion. After they 



" had by thefe vertiginous Circulations and 



*' Clamours, turned their Heads and inflamed 



'^ their Madnefs, they began to ad the moft 



'' Antick Tricks and Poftures, in a thoufond 



*' Shapes of Diflraclion, Sometimes they drag- 



*' ged one another along the Floor, all round 



the Sepulchre ; fometimes they fet one Man 



upright upon anothers Shoulders, and in this 



pofture marched round ; fometimes they took 



*' Men with their Heels upward, and hurried 



^^ them about in fjch an indecent manner^ as to 



^^ expofe their Nudities ; fometimes they tumbled 



*' round the Sepulchre, after the manner of 



*' Tumblers on the Stage. In a word, nothino[ 



** can be imagined more rude or extravagant, 



^^ than what was acted upon this occaficn. 



6. " In this tumultuous frantick Humour, 

 ^' they continued from Twelve till four of the 

 '' Clock : The reafon of which delay was, be- 

 *• caufe of a Suit that was then in debate, be- 

 ^.^ fore the Cadi^ between the Greeks and ^r- 

 *^ menians ; the former endeavouring to ex- 

 " elude the latter, from having any fhare in this 

 "^^^ Miracle. Both Parties having expended (as I 



was 



