C 4iJ ) 
* A Girl i6 Years old, a Daughter of Elizabeth Worth 
* of this Town, had about the end of laft April a. few 
‘ hot Pimples rife on her Cheeks, which Bleeding and a 
‘ Purge or two cured. She continued very well 'till about 
‘ a Month afterward, when her Face, fo far as is ufual* 
‘ ly covered with a Vizard mask, fuddenly turned black 
^ like that ot a Negro, This furprizing Accidentmuch 
^ amaz’d and frighted the Girl : efpecially after fome 
‘ foolifh People perfuaded her fhe was bewitch’d, and 
‘ never to be cured : By Prayers, Exorcifms, and other 
* Incantations they endeavoured to relieve and take off 
^ the Fafcination 5 which proving ineffedual,' the Paffion 
‘ and Terror of Mind encreafed to a great degree, 
‘ even to Diftraftion, and ohen they demanded my Af- 
^ ftance. 
By the Arguments I ufed, and fome compofing Anti- 
hyfterical Remedies, the Violence of her Fits became 
much pacified. I alfo directed a Lotion for her Face, 
which took off the Difcoloration, but it returned fre- 
quently, but with no regularity, fometimes twice or , 
thrice in Twenty Four Hours, fometimes five or fix 
times. It appears infenfibly to the Girl, without Pain, 
Sicknefs, or any Symptoms of its approach, except a 
little warm Flufhing juft before it appears- It eafily comes 
away, and leaves the Skin clear, and white, but fmuts 
the Cloth that wipes it from the Face 5 it feels Unchious, 
and feems like Greafe, and Soot, or Blacking mixt. It 
hath no Taft at all, which is to me very ftrange, that 
a fuliginous Exfudation ftiould be infipid. 
She never had the Menfes-^ is thin, but healthful 5 the 
Blacknefs appears no where but in the prominent part of 
her Face. There are a thoufand Eye-witneffes to the 
truth of this Wonder; but I am not able to find, or 
S f f con- 
