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it to haVe run above ^oo fuch Miles in 2 Minute; 
which is a Swiftnefs wholly incredible, and fuch, that 
if a heavy Body were projeded horizontally with the 
fame, it would not defcend by its Gravity to the Earth, 
but would rather fly off, and move round its Center in 
a perpetual Orb, relembling that of the Moon. 
Of feveral Accidents that were reported to have at- 
tended its Paflage, many were the effed: of pure Fan- 
cy ; fuch as the hearing it hils as it went along, as if 
it had been very near at hand : others imagined they 
felt the Warmth of its Beams ; and fome there were 
that thought, at lead wrote, that they were fcalded by 
it« But what is certain, and no way to be difputed, is 
the wonderful Noife that follow’d its Explofion. All 
Accounts from Devon and Cornrval and the neighbour- 
ing Counties are unanimous, that there was heard 
there, as it were the Report of a very great Can- 
non, or rather of a Broad fide, at fome diftancc, which 
was foon follow’d by a rattling Noife, as if many fmall- 
Arms had been promifcuoufly difcharged. What was 
peculiar to this Sound was, that it was attended with 
an Uncommon Tremour of the Air, and every where 
in cliofe Counties, very fenfibly Ihook the Glal^Win- 
dows and Doors in the Houfes, and according to fome, 
evert the Houfes themfelves, beyond the ufual Effed of 
Cannon, though near ; and Mr. Cruvpjs at Tiverton^ on 
this occafion, lofl a Looking-Glafs, that being loofe 
in its Frame, fell out on the fliock, and was broken. 
N&rvjdo We yet know the Extent of this prodigious 
Sound, which was heard, ^gainft the then Eafterly Wind, 
id th^fe Neighbourhood of London^ as I am inform a ; and 
by the Learned Dr. who difliodly heard it be-, 
yond Lems< in .Sujfex : So that I cannot help thinking, 
a Meteor.as jthis might hav.e oecafion’d that 
: F arcus Pfcrum cnUor, &c 
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