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they would heedfully obferve her Manner of fpeak- 
ing and articulating the Sounds of thofe Letters and 
Syllables, in the Formation whereof the Apex of the 
Tongue fecms more particularly needful : And, in 
order to render their Examination more eafy, as well 
as more fatisfa&ory, he fent a Lift of Letters and 
Sounds, together with feveral fuch Sentences as he 
imagined would be mod difficult to be pronounced 
without the Help of the Tongue. 
Mr. Boddington , as foon after this as their Affairs 
would give them Leave, prevailed upon Mr. Notcutt, 
a Minifter, a learned and curious Gentleman, and 
Mr. Hammond , who perfe&ly underftands Anatomy, 
to accompany him to Wickham Market , about Twelve 
Miles from Ipfwich , where the young Woman lives ; 
wiiofe Cafe (after they had infpe&ed her Mouth, and 
examined her in the drifted Manner) is fet forth in 
the following Certificate ftgned by them all. 
Ipfwich , April 9. 1742. 
’VI 7 E have this Day been at Wickham Market , to 
fatisfy our Curiofity concerning Margaret 
Cutting , a young Woman, who, we were informed, 
could talk and difcourfe without a Tongue. 
She informed us, that fhe was now more than 
Twenty Years of Age, born at lurnftal , a Village 
^within Four Miles of Wickham Market in Suffolk , 
where fhe loft her Tongue by a Cancer [being then 
about Four Years old]. It firft appeared like a fmall 
black Speck on the upper Superficies of the Tongue, 
and foon eat its Way quite to the Root of it. She was 
under the Care of Mr. Scotchmore , a Surgeon of Sax- 
mundham , who foon pronounced the Cafe incurable : 
How- 
