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fSrance of sny diat pjCt or was done to him all that 
while. S<> ii^ tcli again to his Husbandry as he u d to 
do, and rcarcnn d WC'^ 'torn that time till A^fgnji the if'^h^ 
Anno 1697^ when ;a the morning he complained of a 
fliivcring and coMr-cls in his Back, vomited once or twice, 
and thai fart?" o iy tell into his Sleeping fit ag-tin. 
Being ^^^htr. a't the Bdth^ and hearing ot it, I tookHorfe 
on the 2^d, to inform my felf of a mat(er of fad I 
thought fo ftrange. When I came to the Houfe, I was 
by tl^e Neighbours ( for there was no body at home ac 
that time befidesthis fick man, ) brought to his Bed lide, 
where I found him afleep, as I had been told before, 
wiiha Cup of Beer and a piece of Bread and Cheefe upon 
a Stool by his Bed within his reach : I took him by die 
Hand, felt his Pulfe, which was at that time very regu- 
lar 3 I put my Hand on his Bread, and found his Heart 
beat very regular too, and his breathing was eafie and 
free 5 and all the fault I found was, that I thought his 
Pulfe beat a little too ftrong ; He w^as in a breathing Sweaty 
and had an agreeable warmth all over his Body, I then put 
my Mouth to his Ear, and as loud as I cotfd called him by 
his Name feveral times, pulFd him by the Shoulders, bincht 
his Nofe, ftopt his Mouth and Nofe together, as long aa 
I durft, for fear ot Choaking him, but all to no purpofe^. 
for in all this time he gave me not the leaft fignal of his 
being fenfible, I lifted up his Eye-lids, and found his 
Eye-balls drawn up under his Eye-brows, and fi>:t with- 
out any motion at all. Being baffled Vv^ith all thefe try^ls, 
I was refolv'd to fee what etfefts Spirit of Sal Armonlac 
would have, which I had brought with me, to difcover 
the Cheat, if it had been one 3 fo I held my Viol under 
one Noftril a confiderable rime, which being drawn from 
Quick-lime, was a very piercing Spirit, and fo ftrong I 
could not bear it under my own Nofe a moment without 
making my Eyes water j but he felt it not at alL Tlien I 
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