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gun as he came forth again • whereupon he flep'd afide 
tor ftielter within the Barn Door, and while thete, was 
llruck with a dreadful Flaih of Fire; aycung Woman that 
liv'd with her Father in tlie Houfe, that bdong'd to this 
Farm, being fadlj atfrigfited with the Thunder and 
Lightning (tor part of the Sulphurous Matter came down 
'the Chimney, and fili'd the Houfe with a ftrong Scent, 
like that of Gunpowder after firing) (be leaves the Hou(e, 
and not feeing the young Man about the Barn, goes 
with fpeed and tells the Family he was related to, that 
Ihe fear'd he was (lain. They came to the Barn and found 
it even Co: A fad Speftacle, the young Man cafl down 
and many Stones about bim 5 he was laid upon his Face, 
wholly naked, fave a (mall part of his Shirt about his 
Neck, and a very little or a Stocking upon one Foot, and 
fo much of a Coat-fleeve as covered the Wrift of one 
Arm, his Clogs driven from his Feet, one not to be found, 
and the other Cloven^ his Hat not to be found after 
fearch, and the reft of his Garments torn into fwa// 
Shreds^ and caft at confiderable diftances one bit from 
another, the Hair of his Head and Beard firged as tho' 
it had been with a Candle, and a Itttle Hole below his 
left Eye, which they fuppofed might be made with the 
Fall upon a Stone, for there was a great Breach made up* 
on the Barrv the Door tops, both of Stone, broken, and 
the wall above them falTn, with the Slate and Water- 
Tables. The Young Man would have been Two and 
Twenty Years of Age next June^ is faid to have been fo- 
ber and hopeful, was buried at Luddenden the Munday 
following, 'diz Dec. 2.6. 1698, 
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