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obfcenely, and could not iorbear D.ncing, on which 
exercifc ihe was fo inttni, t-iar flie v\OuiJ wilhngly 
have given her Co^' for a Bagpipe. Tnus flie cjnci- 
nued tor (bme cimej till at length Ihe was taken with 
Epilepcick FiLS, ot which Dutemp^r, be.ng commirced 
to my Charge, ilie was r:on cured by rae comxon 
Method, and has now for feverai Years lived in perfeft 
Healch. What Q^iantity ilie eac is not kno.\n but on 
her growing Mad, fbme luch thing was iufpecled, and 
on (carch, a piece of Hemlock Root was found on her 
Trenciier. So far t..e Djcior. Ho.vbeit, I am in fome 
doubt, whether it was really the Root of Hem'ock 
which this Woman did eac, and which had this Effidi 
upon her, and not ioms other, becaufe i. jo, B^uhi^e 
Hij}. Plant. Tom. 3. Fart 1, Pag. 181. relating Two 
parallel Stories of Two feverai Fam lies in Monthelgardy 
■ during his abode there, which were in like manrier in- 
toxicaced by eating of Roots, which they took to be 
Parmeps, and which he h.mklf cured ; is of Opinion 
that tney were the Roots of Wild Cicely^ commonly 
cai ed by the Vulgar hereabout Cow weed', becaufeKine 
.in the Spring time willingly eat it, by Herbalifis in 
Latine, Cicutaria Falgaru, or Myrrhu Syhejlris ; be- 
caufc (faith he) the Roct^ of it are more hke to ParP 
neps, ihan thofe of Ckuta or Hemlock , and becaufe 
this Pianc was abundantly m^ore frequent in the Gardens 
thereabout then Hemlock. 2^ That skilful Herbalifl, 
my much edeemed Friend Mr. James Petiver alTured 
ine, That being in Company with one Mr. Henley^ an 
ingenious Friend and Neighbour of his, he law him eat 
Taree or Four Ounces of Hemlock^Root without the 
leaft Harm, whereupon- he himfelf was encou-'sged to 
do the like, eating about half an Ounce. They tafted 
fomewhat like the Root of Selert, or Sweet Smallage, 
and he perceived no ill Effedl or Inconvenience from 
the 
