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left pocket of his breeches, and the metal clafps of 

 a Common Prayer- Book, in his coat-pocket, were all 

 uninjured *. His death was truly inftantaneous , he 

 hath left a widow and two children in diftreffed cir- 

 cumftances, who were entirely dependent on his la- 

 bour. His name was Goodfon, aged thirty-four, by 

 trade a taylor, at N° 3. Craven-Buildings, Drury- 

 Lane. 



P. S. The ftuds above-mentioned will be fent to- 

 gether with this paper (as a curiofity) for the in- 

 fpecl:ion of the members of the Royal Society. 



* The corps, after lying two or three days on a table, feemed 

 not more difpofed to putrefaction, than bodies at that time gene- 

 rally are, which die a natural death. 



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