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22 he inquired if there was any appearance of rain, they ſaid they ſaw none. He ſaid, Theſe braes look very burnt-like, being a cold eaſt drought. Gavin ſaid, we fear, if the Lord ſend not rain, there will be a ſcarcity of bread. He ſaid, I have been thinking upon that ſince I came into this wood; but if I be not under a deluſion (for this was his ordinary way of ſpeaking when he gave his thought of what was to come) you need not fear that, as long as this perſecution laſts: For the Lord hath a greater reſpect to his own ſuffering people, than to ſuffer ſuch a rough wind to blow in ſuch an eaſt wind; for, if that were, the heavy end of that ſtroke would come upon his own people. For me, I am to die ſhortly by the hand of this bloody enemy; but you that outlive this perſecution, as I am of the mind you will both do (which they did both, and ſaw the ſad accompliſhment) you will ſee cleanneſs of teeth, and mony a black pale face, which ſhall put many a thouſand to their graves in Scotland, with unheard of natures of fluxes, and fevers, and otherwiſe; and there ſhall be great diſtreſs in the land, and wrath upon this people. Mr. Peden did forſee and foretel the ſame things, but in his own peculiar way of expreſſing himſelf, ſaying, As long as the lads are upon the hills, and in glens and caves, you will have Bannock o'er night; but, if once they were beneath the bield of this brae, you will have clear teeth, and mony a black and pale face in Scotland. The ſad accompliſhment of theſe ſayings will lamentably appear in theſe following inſtances.

In the year 1694 in the month of Auguſt, that crop got ſuch a ſtroke in one night by eaſt miſt or fog ſtanding like mountains, (and where it remained longeſt and thickeſt, the badder were the effects,) which all our old men, that had ſeen froſt, blaſting and mildewing, had never ſeen the like, that it got little good of the ground.

In November that winter, many were ſmitten with may fore fluxes, and ſtrange fevers, (which carried