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fome psftlal Men here are more than fufpefted to fet on the Wi- 
dow. Pardon^ Sir^ this Interruption^^ and believe me, 
r0urs^ Sec. 
PiriVi Nor, 30, 1669. 
Ah Extract of a Letter 
Written bj Dr, Durfton/rm Fljmomh Novemb. 28, 1669. gi- 
'ving m Account f why the late 3ig-brea(lcd Wman 
not ppend after her Death, 
SIR, TT was defigtfd to have examined the r/^-^r^ of Eliz. 
X 'Lravers ^ but her Aunt, who was with her and 
took care of her, fell into fuchapaffionupon the propofal of 
opening her, that flic fcem*d to be (or the time btfides her 
felf 5 and I could not by any art get her out of the Chamber, 
where the Corps was laid out^ till flic faw her nail'd op in her 
Coffin. I never faw fuch fondnefs fliewn to a dead Body ? and 
I was fufficiently troubled to be thus difappointed by a fond ex- 
travagant Woman : But yet I believe , if i had examined the 
Entrails, I fliould have feen little or nothing extraordinary. For, 
to the laft,I could perceive no ill fmell from her Breath,or ftreight* 
nefs upon the Cheft, or painfulnefs in her Breathing 5 and the 
Ege^a per urinm , &c. were w^ell enough. If any thing 
worth Obfei vation do further occurr inthefe parts, I fliall upon 
every oppoitunity coaimunicate it to you^ who am^ 
An Appendix 
to the Bifcourje concerning the Salt-mrk^ puiliflt in Numb. 5 J. 
communicated hy the fame Boct&r Jzckioxi^in 4 Letter of 
Novemb, 2d. 1669. 
Qu, I. % J \JBaher thofe Salt-fprings do yield lefs water, and 
¥ w ^^ye of the Salt, in great Drought than in wet 
feafons f Avs,Om Springs do not fenlibly alter in their decreafe 
or increafe in either dry or wet feafons -/or^being plentiful Springs, 
we have alwayes the Pitt full : Only this is obferv'd by the Bri- 
nersy that they make more Salt with the fame quantity of Brine 
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