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td, and Eyed it with a moli Gastly Look, not without Screeking and Noise;Thu soon convinc'd me that it was AquaTavor. I forthwith order’d a Veinto be opened in the Arm which was Bit, caus’d the Wound to be Scariffd anddrawn with Fesicatories, and the seine Plaifter to beapply’d to the Neck andLegs and the inside ofthe Arms ; I ordered the usual and samed Antidotes tobe given him as of Iheriaca , Cinis Cancrorum, Ruta, Agaricus, S<c. in Bo-lus’s. For it is to benoted, that Solid things in a Spoon he could take, butyet not without mu 1 h Tremh’.ing and Fear, and Cautio», and an earnest Re-quell that no Body would (iiddenly offer them to him, but give them intohis Hand gently; and then he would by degrees steal his Hand Softly to-wards his Moutb, and of a ludden Chop the Spoon in and Swallow whatwas irt it, vehtt Canis ad Offam ; and this he did more grtedtlj and readilythan any other Man could do. Ofthese Antidotes in B'dus he took a Dranrevery hour, and always in this Männer, for at least a dozen times taking ■and every hke, Drink was proffered him in the Nighr, but he could not seeit without Horrvur, and the fame Motions from his Stomach. Nay, he didaffirm that as oft as he by Chance swallowed any Spittle it went to his Hearr,,even as though he (hou’d Dye that very Moment. This Night pafled whol-ly without any Sleep or Reff.

Tueßay Morning I view’dhis Blood, which was, both as to theSmowandCake, well colour’d and in such Proportion as is usual in Hcalthfull Perlons,and of good Ctnfiftence. He had now a Vwlent Fewr upon him, and a veryQuick Puffe, IVater was offered him by my Order, but in vain, He begginghe might Dye unmolelted; nothing being such a Terror to him as the ap-proach of any Drink. I then, with much difficulty, pcrfwaded him to casthimfelf croß the Bed upon his Belly (for he had his Cloaths looscly abouthim) hanging his Head ovcr the other side; perfwading my seif that thisposturc might be advantageous to his D rinking, since that in the ercct po-flure ofa Man he could not so much as endure the approach of Liquor.In this Posturc then of a Dog, he suffered a large Bowl fill’d with Small-Beerto be brought under his Head, and imbracing it with Raptures of Joy, he de-clared he was infinitely refrcsht with the smell of it; that he now saw it withdelighr, and aflur’d us he fhould be able soon to Drink it all off. Andhe that now thought himfelf a Dying Man talked pleasantly, and seid ma-ny pailionate things to his Brother, Wife, &c. Wonderfully extollingthis Invention, and thanking me for it. He endeavour'd with great earneff-neß to put down his Head to it, but could not; His Stomach Riiß as offen ashe opened his L>ps; At length he put out his Tongue, and made towards itas though he would /«p; butever as his Tongue nevtr so little touched the (ur-face of the Beer, hestartedback Jffrighted. And yef all this whüe was plea*sed with the thoughts of DrC.king ; and would not ftiffer the Maid Servantto take it away from under his Head; and if (he did a little with-draw it, he seid he followed it by the sinell with Delight, Snuffingwirh his Nostrills. After a long time being mightily foil’d he alledg-ed that the faint Smell of the Small-Beer hindred him from Drin-ktng , and thereforc desired aBowI of Ale ; which was brought him: but

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