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 And glad hould we be, could we inform the Reader that both thee Bodies had been attended with equal Succes; for thoe who undertook the Care of the Lady, ucceeded o well, that after the Fit had continued a decent Time, he again revived, to their great Satisfaction; but as to the Captain, all Experiments of bleeding, chafing, dropping, &c. proved ineffectual. Death, that inexorable Judge, had paed Sentence on him, and refued to grant him a Reprieve, though two Doctors who arrived, and were fee’d at one and the ame Intant, were his Council.

Thee two Doctors, whom to avoid any malicious Applications, we hall ditinguih by the Names of Dr. Y. and Dr. Z. having felt his Pule; to wit, Dr. Y. his right Arm, and Dr. Z. his left, both agreed that he was abolutely dead; but as to the Ditemper, or Caue of his Death, they differed, Dr. Y holding that he had died of an Apoplexy, and Dr. Z. of an Epilepy.

Hence aroe a Dipute between the learned Men, in which each delivered the Reaons of their everal Opinions. Thee were of uch equal Force, that they erved both to