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There were some English Troops then quartered near that Place, and there being at that Time a great Frost after…

Date of account
Written 1691; later edited edition
Source
The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns & fairies
Reference
The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns & fairies · selected passage 53
Rights
public_domain
Language
English/Scots historical text
Record updated
2026-08-24

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There were some English Troops then quartered near that Place, and there being at that Time a great Frost after a Thaw, the Country was covered all over with Yce

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There were some English Troops then quartered near that Place, and there being at that Time a great Frost after a Thaw, the Country was covered all over with Yce. Four or Fyve of the English ryding by this House some two Hours after the Vision, while we were sitting by the Fire, we heard a great Noise, which prov’d to be those Troopers, with the Help of other Servants, carrying in one of their Number, who had got a very mischeivous Fall, and had his Arme broke; and falling frequently in swooning Fits, they brought him into the Hall, and set him in the verie Chair, and in the verie Posture that the Seer had prophesied. But the Man did not die, though he recovered with great Difficulty.

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