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it down upon the pavement; rifled tli6 moldings of 
the wainfcot under the chancel window, and, without 
breaking one pane of glafs, forced its way (as is ima- 
gined) through a cranny of the wall under the north 
corner of that window, which feems to have been its 
laft effort, as it palled up through the nave. In the 
north ifle, there was no material damage, the de- 
tached fide-fhootings of this flalh only rifling the 
plaifter in feveral places, and efcaping through a hole 
in a pane of glafs, like that of a mulket-ball. But, 
at the fame time, that the lightning broke into the 
church from the lower belfry, another part of the 
fame flafh, chiefly through the window over the 
tower door, forced into the fchool-houle belfry, tore 
and difperled the copy-books of the fcholars, (not long 
before difmiffed) which lay on the fchool table; and 
by that part, which rofe againft the north wall of the 
tower, the chamber over the fchool-houfe (though all 
of fquare granet, and excellent mafonry) was cracked 
for twelve feet high, the chink between one and fix 
inches wide, and feveral (tones were moved outwards 
from the wall. It is obfervable, that one of the four 
pinnacles of this tower has on its top a large fpill of 
iron, on which there is a brafs weather-cock: this 
pinnacle, however, was not touched, neither was any 
life or limb loft. A man then in the church-yard, 
l'omewhat to the north of the tower, was thrown 
violently againft the tower wall, but not much bruited.; 
fome others near by were blown off their legs; a 
fmith, then fhoeing the horfes in my ftable-yard, was 
thrown flat on his face. Being then writing againft 
a fouthern window, the lightning and thunder was 
violent enough, (being much more lb .than any I 
.ever 
