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 ding to his wives after-relation) that he often tarted and awakened himelf out of his leep, uppoing that he heard the ringing of bells in ome other place. At length fearing to be prevented, he aroe, and made hat to the walls of the Tower, and commanded the Engineer to dicharge even Canons, and the eighth he would dipatch himelf; he therefore took the Pearch, and gave fire. But oh the terrible judgement of God! the Gun brake aunder, and the plinters retorted upon him, which tore both his legs, both his thighs, the one arme, the one ide, and in fine, took away the skull of his head. This was the reward which this unhappy man received from divine vengeance, for his treachery and tyranny: But the miracle was the greater, for that none of the tanders by (being fourteene in number) were hurt, or o much as touched, excepting onely a certain old hunter, whom he thrut out by force beyond the Bulwark, to be received by the Guns, if they had fallen into the bottom: but his girdle, ticking upon a pale which was et in hurdles for a protecting basket filled with earth) did preerve him from falling, untill houting out for help, he was drawn up and aved by thoe which were there preent. This he afterwards related to the Prince, and obtained a priviledge, that he hould not be compelled to forake his Religion. Surely this was an evident example of divine vengeance: yet notwithtanding, blind men attributed this, even as all others, not to divine appoint-