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all over White ; but his Face, Arms and Legs are per. 
fedJy Black. 
III. A true atjd exaSl Relation of the difrnd 
and furprifwg EfFe^s of a terrible and un^ 
ufnal Clap of Thunder rvith Lightning, that 
fell upon ^fceTrumbuIl-Gallcy, (^//Thurfday 
the 26th Day of November, i6p6. Cow- 
mnnicated in a Letter unto Mr. VV. Griffith, 
M. A. by Mr. Robert Mavvgridge, Kettle^ 
Drummer unto his Majefty^ and then Chirur- 
geon of the /aid Galley. 
I Here give you a faithful Account of a fad and afto- 
nifhing Accident, that happened unto our Gal/ey by 
Lightning and Thunder. For as we lay at Anchor at 
Smirnay about One of the Clock in the Morning, up- 
on the 26th Day of November, 1696, She was llaved 
in feverai Places : The Bulk- Head of her RottnJ Houfe 
was ftaved all to Pieces into the Captains Cahbin^ and 
hurt his Shoulder. Her Mizen Majl was ftaved all to 
Pieces ; and the Spindle in the Head of the Mart was 
melted at both Ends with the Lightning. The Main- 
Top-SaiUTard w^as laih'd in the Top ; yet notwithftand- 
ing, the Yard was thrown our, and ftuck in our Awn- 
ing right an End. The Quarter- mafter (one John Page) 
was on the Deck by the Mizen-Maji^ and one John Al- 
len ; who were Beth ftruck down fkt thereon with the 
Lightning; Page had one Side of him ftupified for 
Three Days; but, under God, I recovered him in Six 
Days. Allen was very v;ell, when his Fright was over ; 
but 
