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cannot liquify till the Hereticks are drove out of 

 the Church -, and then all Proteftants mufl: imme- 

 diately depart, and think themfelves well off, if 

 they fare no worfe than receiving a few Blows 

 and Knocks. In the mean while, the Prieft is 

 trying with his warm Hands to ferment and 

 caufe a Motion in the Coagulated Blood, which 

 is no fooner perceived, than vifible joy appears in 

 all Countenances of the Congregation, juft as if 

 it ferved for an unanfwerable proof of the Miracle. 

 I was formerly intimate with an ingenuous as well 

 as learned Romaniji^ who had alfo been an Eye- 

 witnefs of this Ceremony, and indeed confeffed 

 that it was an Artificial fort of Miracle, or Piece 

 of pure Legerdemain in his opinion. There is a 

 Tradition (fays M. Mijjoit^j That St. yamiarhis^ 

 and fix other Chrijltam^ were expofed for a Prey 

 to Wild Beafl:s, but the Beafts adored, inftead of 

 devouring them. Sometime after, thefe {z\'^n 

 Champions had their Heads cut off, near Solfa- 

 tara^ in the Place where now a Church is 

 built, and dedicated to St. yanuarius, Thefe 

 Words are written on the Altar : Locus Dccolla- 

 tionis S, Jamiarii, & Sociorum ejus, 



14. I took a walk one day lafl Week to a 

 pleafant Village cdWtA Goldington, (about a Mile 

 from hence) on purpofe to fatitfy my curiofity, 

 with the fight of a Pollard AHi-trce, which raifes 



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