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finding the man, flie called the fervants, who 
learched the houfe, and the well, into which they 
feared he had thrown himfelf ; but to no purpofe. 
In the mean time a rumour fpread, as is uiiial in fuch 
cafes, that this had happened, either by the inter- 
polation of the devil, or by a miracle. 
The keeper of the baths at Lucca gave orders for 
every body to make a diligent fearch ; and on the third 
day the Tick man w r as at laft found in a vineyard, about 
two miles from his houfe, hidden in a hut, where, he 
faid, that the day before, he with great aftonilhment 
found himlelf, without at all knowing how he came 
there. It feemed to me, that he muft have got down 
by the window of the bed-chamber, which was not 
far from the ground. What feems mod extraordi- 
nary is, that, in order to quench his third:, this man 
fwallowed a large quantity of fnow (with which the 
earth was covered, it being in the winter) ; and that 
neither this fort of drink, nor the cold air, did in 
the lead affedf him ; for though he had gone away 
from home all in a fweat, and with no other cover- 
ing than his diirt, yet he was freed from his fever, 
and is now redored to his former health. 
II. Of an extraordinary great Head. 
Not long fince, I went to Benabii, a town fituated 
in the territory of Lucca, to fee a man, whofe head, 
1 had heard, was much larger than is ufual. The 
lame curiofty procured me the honour of attending at 
the fame place on Princefs Lambertini, niece to Pope 
Benedict the XIV th, whofe health I had the care of, 
while (he drank the water of our baths. 
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