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requed, however, he opened a vein; and Mr. 
Heartly bled freely, infomuch that the blood did 
not ceafe to ooze out of the orifice till the body 
was put in the coffin, which was on Thurfday 
evening, the fird indant, viz. October, and it was 
not even then cold. His hair, which he wore, 
was confiderably burnt, or finged on the right fide 
of his head, which was uppermod (for he lay then 
on his left fide) and the infide of his night-cap, 
on the fame tide, was finged or browned, though 
no where on the outfide marked at all. With- 
in the cap was found a fplinter from the bed-pod 
next to his head, which pod: was torn and Split 
into many fplinters or ffiivers, from the top to the 
bottom, though a drong oaken pod, and almod 
new. No wound, or mark of any fort, was dis- 
covered on any part of his body ; but the lower 
part of his right cheek was dwelled, and much 
hardened. So far I was told by Mrs. Heartly and 
her Servants, but I faw the bed-pod. 
In the chamber where this happened, there was 
a Small chimney to the north, made up, but not 
■quite dole, by a chimney-board, upon which I 
could not difcover any mark or hole, or other in- 
dication of the lightning’s palling that way. 
Between that chimney and the wed: end of the 
•room, Hands the bed, in the north-wed: corner of 
the room, clofe to the wed and north walis; the 
deceafed lay next to the wed wall, with his head 
near to the head bed-pod, in the north-wed corner 
abovefaid. 
There is only one window in the room, full 
cad, confiding of three pretty large lights, fepa- 
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