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1. Upoa Friday 1675.) aWomanof this Town, 
bought in the Market a Neck ofVeal^ which feetned well colour* 
tdjand well conditioned in every refpefl : The Ga!f\a cow-calf, 
was killed in the evening the day before ; it was himgtoa Shelf 
in a liccle Chamber, where (he and her Husband lay ; Upon the fol- 
lowing Saturday, about 9 in the night, the Neck of Veal fliined fo 
bright, that it did put the Woman into a great afFrightment.^ She 
calls up her Husband ; he hafteus to the Light, as fearing fire and 
flames,and feeing the light come only from the Flefl),he caught the 
Flefli in his left hand, and beat it with his right hand, as endea- 
vouring to extinguifli the flame,but without effed. The Flelh (Li- 
ned as much, if not more,than before, and hishand,with which he 
did beat the *Flefh,became all in a flame ,as bright,and vivid,as the 
Flefhof the Veal was, and foic continued, whilft he went from 
place to place,fiiewing It to others. Then he thrufts his blazing 
hand into a pail of pure watery this could notextinguift the flame 
at all, but his hand fliined through the water; at laft he took a nap- 
kin, and wiped his hand,cill he wiped off all the Light, The next 
day (being f>^r.2 7.>he Veal was dreired,and fome of the Neigh- 
boursjwho faw it fliini«g,were invited to eat of it^all efl:eemed it 
as good,as any they had eaten. A part of it was kept for lebrai^ 
and 29.in which timeitlofl: nothing of its fweetnefs.Other circum- 
ftances I omit for brevity. . 
2. And now ! want not a parallel inconfort for that part of this 
ReIation,Wfeich feemerh ftrangeft : For on Tuefday (being Afr,^. 
i676.)a fatPork was killed for my Family; within tvvodays,the 
Guts, or fas fome call them J the chitterlings^ and feet of the Pork 
were boy led, and after they were throughly cold, they were put, 
in due order,in foufe driak,or picklc,in a l0w room,on theNorth- 
fide, which had little light at mid-day, and was very .dark,as foon 
as night began. Apr^%. all i:hofe parts of the guts,and the claws of 
the feet, which floated on the top of the picklc,began to lhine, and 
the parts iramerfcd under water gave no light ; the light increafed 
daily more and more in alJ\the parts that floated. >^/>r»i3.the light 
feem'd as bright as the brighteft Moon fliifie ; thus it continued to 
(hine (but fainter and fainter, and ii^fewer parts) almoft:avveek 
Iongcr^for,being often tumbled up>and down,by flow degrees all 
funk into the pickle,and then all the light expired. Wbilfl: the light 
was vivid, I caus'd a Maid-fervant to rub one of her hands upon 
the fhining part • after whicbj'lhe came through three rooms, into 
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