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, which us'd to be the chief Buſineſs of the Watchman, neither had they given him any Diſturbance, as he ſaid, from the Monday afternoon, when he heard great crying and ſcreaming in the Houſe, which, as he ſuppoſed, was occaſioned by ſome of the Family dying juſt at that Time: it ſeems the Night before, the Dead-Cart, as it was called, had been ſtopt there, and a Servant-Maid had been brought down to the Door dead, and the Buriers or Bearers, as they were call'd, put her into the Cart, wrapt only in a green Rug, and carried her away.

The Watchman had knock'd at the Door, it ſeems, when he heard that Noiſe and Crying, as above, and no Body anſwered, a great while; but at laſt one look'd out and ſaid with an angry quick Tone, and yet a Kind of crying Voice, or a Voice of one that was crying, What d'ye want, that ye make ſuch a knocking? He anſwer'd, ''I am the Watchman! how do you do? What is the Matter? The Perſon anſwered, What is that to you? Stop the Dead-Cart. This it ſeems, was about one a-Clock; ſoon after, as the Fellow ſaid, he ſtopped the Dead-Cart, and then knock'd again, but no Body anſwer'd: He continued knocking, and the Bellman call'd out ſeveral Times, Bring out your Dead'', but no Body anſwered, till the Man that drove the Cart being call'd to other Houſes, would ſtay no longer, and drove away.

The Watchman knew not what to make of all this, ſo he let them alone, till the Morning-Man, or Day Watchman, as they call'd him, came to relieve him, giving him an Account of the Particulars, they knock'd at the Door a great while, but no body anſwered; and they obſerv'd, that the Window, or Caſement, at which the Perſon had look'd out, who had anſwerd before, continued open, being up two Pair of Stairs. upon