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abfolutely her P^/^^ from that Moment without depriving 
her ofher Underftanding or Speech.. 
M^ de Saint Mere who took this faintnefs at firft for an ef- 
kCt oiVapours y was not A Harmed at it, till feeling her 
Arme , he found her without anjr Pwj^^. This privation 
joyned with a mortal Palenefs amufingjiim, he fent a man 
to intreat me to go and fee her. A , , / 
I came to her about Eight of the QoCK in the Evening, 
I found her cold and wholly without any Pulfe^ her Coun- 
tenance deadifhand covered with a clammy and cold fweat^ 
haveing ftill an entire Underftanding and her Speech 
ikong. 
She complained of a great Cc&;^ in the Region of the 
rightgroine^ which terminated at the Reines; Thisfo- 
/if^was fo violent, that as I was going to touch the place, 
{he prayed me not to prefs it , and told me I ftjould make 
her fall into a Swoon. 
In a moment after, ftie felt all the Pr^/W^Ws of an im- 
minent Travel i fhe called her Chirurgeon and dyed in his 
ArmsTaying, lam Delivering^ I amDelivering\ there ap« 
p^aring outwardly neither diftillation > nor flooding^ nQt^ 
any mark of this diforder* \ ' 
A Death fo little expeiSed amazed every tody, and 
fupprized fo much M, de st. Men ^ that he was defirous; 
to know , whether the opening the body would not dif- 
cover the Caufe. M. de la Chefe a Chirurgeon was made 
Choifeofto doit, and I was prayed to 2ii[\&Me£ieurs de 
Montdu^on Advocate of Perigueu^^ dela Porte Gentleman of 
M. leComte deT^akran, /^<3!/r Apothecary to St, Meres 
and two Falets de chambre of the houfe>defired tobe prefent 
at the opening , and this is what, w# found. 
As foon as the Chirurgeonhsid opened the Integuments 
of the belly v e faw in the EpigafinckKtgioti all the EntraJs 
floating m Blood ; I caufed Two Pound to be taken forth 
with a fpoon ; to avoid changing the fituation of the parts/ 
after which feeiiig that there remained in the riglit Flanlc 
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