38 Mr. Lifter to Mr. Wray.' 



nihil mihi refcribis, cujus tamen, quod fcio, nemo 

 ha£fcenus vel leviffimam mentionem fecit. # # # # 



ikfr. J effop j?o Mr. Wray, 



TT Have done the moft Part of that you enjoin'd me, 

 1 I have fluffed the Skins of a Moore-cock and 

 Moore-hen : I have gotten a black-legged Linnet ^ 

 and gathered a few of the Vaccinia Rubra 5 but can- 

 not feparate the Seeds, as you directed : As they are 

 I fhall fend them you. I have procured the Skin of 

 a great Bird, which he that gave it me calPd a Scarfed 

 but I believe it will prove a Bernicle. The Defcri- 

 ption of it I fent to Mr. Willughby. I have gather'd 

 fome Words and Proverbs which I believe you have 

 not yet met with 3 and received from Mr. FijJoer an 

 Account of the Hauke Butterfly. I {hall fend you all 

 when I know which way I may do it fafely. Richard 

 Wright is come from London^ and hath done little 

 there ^ only the Judge hath advifed him to indite 

 the Man and the Maid, if Stephen trouble him any 

 more. This only is obfervable, which I was not ac- 

 quainted with when you was with us, that Kurlew y 

 the Foreman of the Jury, who, the Spirit faith, was 

 bribed by Stones^ died raving mad within three Days 

 after he had pafled his Verdi6t, crying out, that he 

 faw the Devil, and fuch-like Expreflions. This is 

 very true, for I had it from one who was at his Bu- 

 rial. The Coroner alfo hath lingered away ever 

 fince the Affizes, and died about the Time that Wright 

 went to London. The Maid at Overhaddon ftill liveth, 

 and eateth nothing. She hath been watched twice 

 for fear of Impofture once by the Directions of a Phy- 

 fician who lives thereabouts : And for about a Fortnight 



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