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crutch, that lays hold of the pendulum, looked as if 
it had been cut off by a blunt tool, and heated by 
the blow, till it .was coloured blue, at the place where 
it was cut, It turned at a right angle, and might 
be about of an inch broad by 7- thick. As to 
the pendulum, which hung pretty near the wall, the 
upper part of the rod was ftruck with fuch violence 
again ft the wall, that a fmart impreftion thereof was 
made in the plaifter : and near the upper part of the 
impreftion appeared a circular fhady ring, of a black- 
ifh colour, fomething like as if a piftol had been dis- 
charged of powder, and the muzzle held near the 
wall. The caling of boards round the clock re- 
mained unhurt. 
In this ftory, on the north and fouth fide, are two 
narrow windows or air-loops ; againft the upper part 
of which, on the outlide, were fixed the timber 
dials belonging to the clock, both which were blown 
off, and broke to pieces, poftibly by the fall : and 
not only that, but part of the ftone jambs were 
broke out alio, near to where the rod pafled, that 
carried the hands. In this ftory alfo was a fort of 
window or air-loop on the eaft fide, that had com- 
municated with the church, but was flopped up 
with lath and plaifter : alfo feveral putlock-holes for 
the fcaffolding, which had gone thro’ the wall into 
the church, but were flopped up with ftone, and 
plaiftered over : all thefe were forced out into the 
church, and the plaifter torn from the wall. 
The ground-ftory of the tower or bellfrey is ex- 
preffcd in the plan ( See Tab. IV. Fig. 2.). The 
fouth entrance A and north B were fhut with 
wooden doors. The upper part of the eaftern C, 
that 
