( 5 H0 ) 
and cdmiDg into a warm room, cry^d oW of ejci^e^m tor- 
ments m all parts of his body- He affirmed, that the Air,, 
and the Winds (which were then fomewhat high) werefo 
unfufFerably cold, that he was in utter defpair of comiDg 
home alive 5 yet all that day nothing but moift dew fell 
"under our fcet. If w^e fay^ the Earf h did (end forth warm 
fteams to keep this freezing rain diflblvc^d on her Surface . 
whence fliall we fay, the Air and Rain and Winds got thefe 
freezing Icicles, which opprefTed men and plants > When 
the candid Frofts do cover ourEruit^trecs perfedly white 
(as I have oft-times feea it hold for fome weeks together) 
it is io far from doing hurt to the Trees^ that we have it in 
a proverb for a good fign of abundance of fruit in the en- 
luing year : But f or this Freezing rainjasfoon as it touched 
any bough, ietled into Ice, and by multiplying apd eni 
larging the Icicles (efpecially where it could l%^id,on 
Mofs or other afperities of theTree)it broke all dof n with 
the weight* 
As foonas thefe Frofls were over, we had glowing heats, 
which cauftd a general complaint amongfl us of exafTive 
fweatingj by night and day* The buflies and many flow- 
ers in the Garden appeared in fuch forwarddefs , as if it 
Vftftm Jpril ox May. I faw young Colcworts growing > 
roots and leaves ; on the top, leaves of an older Colwortu 
Not far from my abode, an Apple-tree bloflbmed before 
Chriftmafs : This I do not mention for extraordinary 5 but 
I think, ^tis more than ordinary^ that before New-years- 
tidethis Apple- tree bore Apples perfcftly knitted, and as 
big as ones fingers end* I had fbme of thefe apples brought 
to me, which I intended to fend you ^ but they fo withe- 
red in my pocketjthat they have little refemblance of what 
they were a fortnight fince, when they were green and 
plump* 
It were to be wilhed, that fome ingenious men would 
(inftead of the cooje^lufes of weather tocomej give a 
faithfu! and judicious accomptof the weather, and other 
remarkable accideots aad pbsenomena^ as they fell out ou 
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