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they have applied to them mercurial plaiderS; the 
efFedl of which time will fhew. 
As he is now difcharged out of the hofpital, they 
have directed him to bathe continually in the ocean, 
which happens to be very convenient to his habita- 
tion ; and have directed him to anoint his limbs with 
the foapy juice of the quercus marina , which lies in 
plenty along the fhore. I fhall attend to the event 
of this procefs, and fend your Lordfhip a particular 
account of it. 
I am, with all regard, 
Your Lordfhip’s much obliged, 
and mod obedient humble Servant, 
Maf“+ h i759- William Henry. 
XVI. An Account of the Comet feen in May 
1 759. By J. Bevis, M.B . 
Read May 3, "l r Had acquainted fome of my friends, 
1 759* that was m y opinion a comet would 
hardly arife above our horizon of London Sunday 
April the 2 $th; but that probably we might fee one 
April 30 th. 
Sunday was very clear 3 but I could not fee it. 
Monday, not fo clear : however, I law what I 
took for the comet thro’ the fmoke of the town, 
about ten, near the horizon. 
Tuefday, May 1 . faw it very plainly, at Mr. 
Short’s, from nine to eleven. We compared it by 
means 
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