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(3) to bring her to life again, by giving her comfortable cordials, but all proving ineffectual, her father was sent for, as were also several neighbours, who all gave her over for dead, there not being the least sign of breath left in her. So she continued all that day and night to the sorrowful lamentation of her parents, who loved her beyond measure, insomuch, that the Reverend Mr. Dalton, Minister of that parish was lent for to comfort them.

On the second day, her body began to be cold, so it was proposed among some of her friends to have her buried that evening; but by good fortune an uncle of her's living in Northamptonshire could not be at her funeral till the third night, upon which it was put off until that time.

Notice being given to the Reverend Mr. Dalton, the Minister, who came to preach her funeral sermon, on account of her sudden death which abundance of the neighbouring country people came to hear, so that it was difficult to get into the church, the crowd was so great and pressing. When about seven o’clock in the evening, all the things being made ready to carry her to the church, after the relations, friends and acquaintance, had viewed her as long as they pleased. the corps was ordered to be nailed up at which interim of time, to their great astonishment, the suppofed dead body raised herself up, and reached out her arm to her mother who stood just by, in order if possible, to be one of the last that saw her; who was so