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"An Extratt 
of a Letter, mitten by W. Nathan. Fairfax to the Publifher, 
about a Bullet voided ' by Vrine. 
Qlr 0 I fent a while fiace by Mr. AC. to Mr. B. for your felf a 
certain Leaden-Bullet, voided by a Woman at the paffage of 
Urine, the circumftances relating to which I defign'd to commit 
prefently after to a Letter, but was diverted from it till now. The 
rude hiftory of it you may pleafe to take as follows, 
G. Eliot of Mendlefham in Sujjolh^ a pale, middle-ag'd, full-bo- 
died woman, forely affiled for fome yeares with a torment of the 
Bowels, was prevailed with by a Neighbour, who had fuffer'd 
much in the like cafe, to fwallow two fit Bullets : whereupon 
fhe found fas he had done before her) prefent eafe 5 but after- 
wards her pains returned and increased, and flie having many con- 
flicts for about if years, then apply'd her felf to my Apothecary, 
Mr, Gib/on of Stow market^ who adminiftred to her in the fit a 
dofe of Lady Hollands Powder, which (he took in PofTet-drink 
in the Morning, was mov'd gently by it in the after- noon,fpenr 
that night in torture of body with Vomitings, and next morning, 
during the ufe of the Chamber-pot, together with the Urine 
there came that from her, which giving a twang againft the fide 
of the Veffel, furprifed her with wonder, what it fhould be; and 
the Urine being poured off wanly, there was left in it a heavy 
and (to appearance) gravelly Stone, of a colour between yel- 
low and red, near as big as on's Thumbs-ends (as lhe confi- 
dently afferts to me> ) but making ufe of an Hammer, and 
knocking off the outer pars of its craft, they came at a Bul- 
let inclofed in it, of a kind of Brazen colour on the out-fide h but 
cutting a little with a Knife, it proved Lead within : which being 
difcover'd could eafily be accounted for. Asking her, if no in- 
quiry had been made of fuch a Bullets comming from her be- 
fore , lhe told me that fome dayes after fhe took them 5 the 
Stools had been flightly examin'd 5 but finding neither 0 they 
gave over fearch. She being further ask'd about the bignefs 
of the Bullet * She told me, it was apparently bigger when (lie 
took it ; than when fhe voyded it. The ftate of her Body in re- 
ference to the Stone being inquired into, (he faid, that lhe had, 
before and fince that befell her ? been a voyder of abundance of 
