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ed his fpeech, fpoke what he wifhed, had 
his perte&t underfianding, called by their 
names al! thofe who were in or out of the 
houle, and whom he had known before his 
malady, and was atftonifhed to find them 
grown fo old; but he did not recognize 
ane of thofe shom he had not known be- 
fore his diforder, although they had ap- 
peared daily before him during its pro- 
longed ftate. 
'. © Oluf confidered this decidetit as amere 
dream, without knowing whether it had 
Jafted a long ora fhort time. But what 
3s more remarkable is, that he cid not 
feem fenfibly to have lott his memory 
during thefe twelve years, and did not re- 
colieét any thing which had paffed during 
his malady. — 
“The people of the houfe feating them- 
felves at table for fupper, tre defired to 
read the ordinary prayers and grace, and 
he performed it without much “hefitation: 
Some days after, he defired to perform his 
devotions, and according to the account 
of Dr. Henfchens, he appeared to have a 
perfeé&t knowledge of the articles cf his 
faith. 
4 The opening of the veins mentioned, 
were followed by flight fears on the 
crown of his head, as alfo on the nofe, 
and by a red {pot on his chin; the wound 
in the middle remained open a longer 
time, and the fear gave the nofe an obli- 
quity it had not before. 
- «© When the patient had recovered the 
ufe of his fpeech, he {poke tor fome time 
with precipitation ; but ar the prefent 
moment in the mot orderly manner. His 
eyes appear fomevwhat dishgured ; but 
that ariles from his {quinting: In all 
other refpects he is in good health, gains 
corpulency, and performs his da: ly las 
bour. 
“© Scarcely had Oluf Olufson recovered 
his health, than I was informed of his 
extraordinary malady ; but its fingularity 
induced me to take the moft minute and 
wel|-authenticated information "ere I laid 
it before the Royal Academy. Thefe 
details,” therefite, are equally yemarkable 
and true.” 
Such is the fa&t, of which we fhall not 
probably meet nari a fimilar cafe. How- 
ever, the natural means by which the fud- 
den cure was " accomplifhed, is not {o in- 
conceivable. _ Hippocrates had forefeen 
the probabili:y in head-pains of an analo- 
gous kind, although not followed by that 
fate of ftapor and abfolute zsertta. % 
Cantabrigiana, 
{ June 1, 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
CANTABRIGIANA. 
CLXXVII.—-LINES by DR. LONG, fore 
 merly MASTER of PEMBROKE-HALL. 
TR William Jones’s lines, in the laft 
paper, will probably remind theread- 
ers of our promife relative to the verfeg 
of Dr. Long, the aftrenomer. 
Thefe verfes were {poken at the public 
commencement, July 6th, 1714, in St. 
Mary’s church. The occafion, as hint- 
ed in a former number, was as follows :—= 
The ladies of Cambridge had been a long 
time indulged with the privilege of fittin 
in the feats of the doétors, and heads bs 
houfes, ‘called the THRONE. They were, 
however, obliged at length to defcend 
trom this eminence, a place being affigned 
to them under the throne, inthe chancel, 
Dr., then Mr. Long, being appointed ne 
deliver \ the mulic. {peech, chofe for his 
fubjeét the complaint ‘of thefe ladies, 
which he delivered in the form of a peti- 
tion from them; fubjoining fome remarks 
on the proceedings at the time of taking 
doétor's degrees. The remarks, alfo, he 
threw into yerfe, and addreffed to his fair 
auditors. But enter the Aftrcnomer. 
The humble petition of the ladies, who are 
all ready to be eaten up with the fpleen, | 
Tothink they are tohelocked upin the chan- 
cel, where they can neither fee nor be feeny 
But inuft fit i? th’ dumps by themfelves, all 
ftew’d and pent up, 
And can only peep through the lattice like fo 
many chickens in a coop 3 
Whereas laft commencement the ladies had a 
gallery provided near enough 
To fee the heads fleep, and the fellow-come- 
moners take {nuff 
This will fuffice as a {pecimen of the 
petition; which is fo much in the manner 
of Swift,as to make it matter of furprize how 
the learned gentleman could deliver it in 
fo facred a place as St. Mary’s; for in 
good truth (though they fay good fun, 
like good cain, is current any where,) 
fome parts of it could hardly be admitted 
into the Cantabrigiana. . 
The following lines are extra€ted from 
the addrefs ip this whimfical performance, 
of whieh it may be faid, that it begins 
comically, and proceeds indelicately ; and 
after bubbling up into humour, flows off. 
very ferioufly. 
Some here, fince fcarlet has fuch charms to 
win yey d 
For fcarlet gowns have latd out many a gui- 
Pei: 2.’ Weve Si ebaee tated ees da? : 
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