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 great tendernes. After twelve hours, the friends brought in a coffin, whereinto they deired the corps to be put, as the cutom is: but Mr. Welch deired, that for the atisfaction of his affections, they would forbear the youth for a time, which they granted, and returned not till twenty four hours, after his death, were expired; then they returned, deiring with great importunity the corps might be coffined, that it might be peedly buried, the weather being extreamly hot; yet he perited in his requet, earnetly begging them to excue him for once more; o they left the youth upon his pallat for full thirty ix hours; but even after all that, though he was urged, not only with great earnetnes, but dipleaure, they were contrained to forbear for twelve hours yet more; after forty eight hours were pat, Mr. Welch was till where he was, and then his friends perceived he believed the young man was not really dead, but under ome apoplectic fit, and therefore purpoed to him for his atisfaction, that tryal hould be made upon his body by doctors and chirurgeons, if poibly any park of life might be found in him, and with this he was content: o the phyicians are et on work, who pinched him with pincers in the flehy part of the body, and twited a bow tring about his head with great force, but no ign of life appearing in him, o the phyicians pronounced him tark dead, and then there was no more delay to be deired; yet Mr. Welch begged of them once more, that they would but tep into the next room for an hour or two, and leave him with the dead youth, and this they granted: Then Mr. Welch fell down before the pallat, and cried to the Lord with all his might, for the lat time and ometimes looked upon the dead body, continuing in wretling with the Lord till at length the dead youth opened his eyes, and cried out to Mr. Welch whom he ditinctly knew, O Sir, I am all whole, but my head and legs: and thee were the places they had ore hurt, with their pinching.

When Mr. Welch perceived this, he called upon his friends, and hewed them the dead young man retored to life again, to their great atonihment. And this