pafTing near Snovodon with a horrid black Cloud, attend- 
ed with frequent Lightnings and Thander. As yet^ I 
ftear no further of it Weftward, than out of Denifigh' 
fhire, where it left St. Afaph to the right, and did much 
Damage between it and the Sea, breaking all the Win* 
dows on the Weatherfide, and killing Fcukrj and 
Lambs, and at Sir *john Conweys at Defert^ a ftout Dog i 
and in the Ndrth part of Flint-Jhire leveral People had 
their Heads broke, and were gnevoufly bruifed in their 
Bodies. From Flint-Jhire it croffed over the Arm of the 
Sea that comes up to Chejier^ and was only felt in C^^- 
Jhire, at the very N. W. Corner of the Tcninfula^ caii'd 
Wirally between the of Chefter mdLeverpook^ 
at a Town call'd W. Kirkly, where it Hail'd but for 
three Minutes, it being on the extream Point thereof, 
on the right hand, but it Thundred dreadfully, and was 
here, about Three in the Afternoon ; but the main Body 
of it fell upon Lancajhire, in a right Line from Orms* 
kirk to Blacklorn;w\iich is on the Borders of York /hire ; 
and whether it crofs'd the Ridge of Hills into Tork-pire, 
we know not, but the breadth of the Cloud was about 
two r^iles; within which Gompafs it did incredible Da« 
mage, killing all forts of Fowl and fmall Creatures ; and 
fcarce leaving any whole Panes in any of the Windows 
where it pafled : but which is worfe, it plowed up the 
Earth, and cut of the Blade of the green Corn, Co as 
utterly todeftroy it, the Hail-ftones burying themfelves 
in the Ground ; and the Bouling-greens where tlie Earth 
was any thing foft, were quite defaced, fo as to be ren- 
dred unlerviceable for a time. This I had from an Eye 
Witnefs, The Hail ftones, fome of which weighed five 
Ounces, were of differing Forms, fome round, fome 
half round, fome fmooth, others embofled and crenu- 
lated, like the Foot of a Drinking-glafs, the Ide very 
tranfparcnt and hard, but a fnowy Kernel was in the 
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