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was a short squash Fellow, had a great Head and goggle Eyes, and us’d to slobber and drivle when he spoke, which was but seldom. He was very surly, and would run after and beat the Children that made Sport at him. He would do nothing without Beating. He had a large Stomach, and would eat up a great Shoulder of Mutton at a Meal, and a Luncheon of Bread and Cheese after it.

The Manner how Nixon was discovered to be a Prophet, was on this wise: His Master being one Day at Plow, and Nixon ''following him, the Boy stopt on a sudden, and dropt his Bottle and Budget, and stood as in a Trance; they beat him, but to no Purpose, for he stood still in the same Manner above an Hour. At last he told them, in a very rational Manner, of divers Things that were done some Time before, and of others that would come to pass.''

Nixon, our Prophet, was an Ideot, and was employed by several Farmers in Cheshire as their Plowman and Drudge,