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and when thefe fail concUmAtum efi. But to 

 return, 'Tis wonderful what inftueiice the 

 Air has over Mens Bodies, whereof I had 

 my felf fad aflurances ^ for tho' I was in a 

 very clofe warm Room, where was a Fire 

 conftantly kept, yet there was not the leaft 

 Alteration or Change, whereof I ,was not- 

 fenlible when I was lick of the Gripes, of 

 which Diftemper I may give a firther ac- 

 count in its proper place. When a very Ip- 

 genious Gentlewoman was vifited with the. 

 fame Diftemper, I had the opportunity of 

 making very confiderable Observations. I 

 ftood at the Window, and could view the 

 Clouds arife: For there fmall black fleeting 

 Clouds will arife^ and be fwiftly carry'd crofs 

 the whole Element \ and as thefe Clouds 

 arofe^ and came nigher, her Torments were 

 encreafed, which were grievous as a labour- 

 ing Womans -, there was not the leaft Cloud 

 but lamentably afFedled her, and that at at 

 confiderable diftance \ but by her Shrieks it 

 feemed more or lefs, according to the big-^ 

 iiefs and nearnefs of the Clouds. The Thun- 

 der there is attended often with fatal Cir- 

 cumftances: I was with my Lord Howard oi 

 E^^gham the GovcrnouVj when they brought 

 Word that one Dr. ^. was killed therewith, 

 after this manner : He was Smoaking a Pipe 

 of Tobacco, and looking out at his Win- 

 dow v/hen he was ftruck dead, and imme- 

 diately became fo ftiff^ that he did not fall, 

 but ftood leaning in the Window , with 

 the Pipe in his Mouth, in the ftme pofture he 

 was in when ftruck: But this I only deliver 

 as Report, tho' I heard the fame Account 

 from feveraL without any coutradiding it. 



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