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were both lightly fcorched ; he in the loft from head 
to foot, and the other in the face only : but it is re- 
markable that his hat, which hung on a nail juft 
above him, was cut in two pieces. In the other place, 
the lightning entered juft over the defk and pulpit, 
and fell in like manner on a pillar that ftands in the 
vicarage feat j but here it was a great deal more 
violent, and, as the object of its fury was my lifter, I 
hope you will excufe my being very particular. Upon 
this pillar refted a large oak foil, the bottom of which 
was burft into fix pieces, and one of the pieces, be- 
ing a very large one, was thrown from its place to 
the diftance of about 20 feet, and appeared to be 
burnt, the other pieces did not fall. From thence 
the lightning came down the pillar with great force, 
tore the feat into many pieces, knocked down my 
fifter, and made its way through the bottom of the 
feat into the earth. She had pattens on, and the 
wooden part of one of them was broke into three 
pieces j the holes, through which the ribbon is put . 
to tie them together, were quite burnt out, and the 
ribbon found in the feat without the leaft damage, 
or fo much as the knot loofened j her Ihoe was 
burnt, and rent from the toe to the buckle j but the 
buckle, which was of filver, remained unhurt j her 
flocking was burnt and rent in the foot, juft in the 
fame manner as her Ihoe, and fcorched along to the 
garter, and two little holes were burnt through in the 
leg of it: her apron, petticoats, &c. were burnt through 
and through, and Ihe had feveral flight burns on fe- 
veral parts of her body, befides two bruifes on her 
head and breaft, caufed by the rubbilh that fell into 
the feat. As Ihe was carrying out of church, flie 
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