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Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE. ← Page 2 of 5 →
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To The Editor Of The Scientific Magazine.
under a feigned name , hired himself as secretary to the commissioners , who , upon the 13 th of October , 16 49 , met , and lookup their residence in the king ' s own rooms : his majesty ' s bed-chamber they made their kitchen , the council-hall their pantry , and the presence-chamber was the place where they sat for the dispatch of business . His majesty ' s dining room they made their wood-yard , and stored it with the Wood
of the famous royal-oakfrom the High Park , which , that nothing might be left with the name of king about it , they had dug up by the roots , and split and bundled up into faggots for their firing . ' Things being thus piepared , they saton the 16 th of the same month for the dispatch of business , and in the midst of their first debate , there entered a large black dog ( as they thought ) which made a dreadful
' howling , overturned two or three of their chairs , and then crept uiir dera bed and vanished : this gave them the greater surprise , as the doors were keep constantly locked , so that no real dog could get in or put . The next day their surprise was increased , when sitting at dinner . ; in a lower room , they heard plainly the noise of persons walkingover fheir heads , though they well knew the doors were all locked , and there
could be nobody there ; presently after they heard also all the wood of the king ' s oak brought by parcels from the dining-room , and thrown with great violence into the presence chamber ; as also all the chairs , stools , tables , and other furniture , forcibly hurled about the room ; their own papers of tlie minutes of their transactions torn , and the inkg lass broken . When all this noise had some time ceased , Giles Sharp , and in
their secretary , proposed to enter first into these rooms , presence of the commissioners , of whom he received the key , lie opened the doors , and found the wood spread about the room , the chairs tossed about and broken , the papers torn , the ink-glass broken , ( as has been said ) but not the least tract of any human creature , nor the least reason to suspectone , as the doors were all fast , and the keys in the custody of the commissioners . It was therefore unanimously agreed , that the power who did this mischief , must have entered tlie room at the
key-hole . ' The nig ht following , Sharp , the secretary , with two ef the commis- ' sioners servants , as they were in bed in the same room , which room was contiguous to that where the commissioners lay , had their bed ' s ' feet lifted so much higher than their heads , that they expected to have their necks broken , and then they were let fall at once with so much violence as shook the whole houseand more than ever terrified the
, commissioners . On tlie night of the 19 th , as all were in bed in the same room for greater safety , and lights burning by them , the candles in an instant went out with a sulphurous smell , and that moment many trenchers of wood were hurled about the room , which next morning . Were found to be the same their honours had eaten on the day before , 'which were all removed from the pantrythough not a lock was found
, opened in the whole house . The next nig ht they still fared worse , the candles went out as before , the curtains of their honours beds were rattled to and fro with great violence , their honours received many pruel blows and bruises by eight great pewter dishes , and a number
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Editor Of The Scientific Magazine.
under a feigned name , hired himself as secretary to the commissioners , who , upon the 13 th of October , 16 49 , met , and lookup their residence in the king ' s own rooms : his majesty ' s bed-chamber they made their kitchen , the council-hall their pantry , and the presence-chamber was the place where they sat for the dispatch of business . His majesty ' s dining room they made their wood-yard , and stored it with the Wood
of the famous royal-oakfrom the High Park , which , that nothing might be left with the name of king about it , they had dug up by the roots , and split and bundled up into faggots for their firing . ' Things being thus piepared , they saton the 16 th of the same month for the dispatch of business , and in the midst of their first debate , there entered a large black dog ( as they thought ) which made a dreadful
' howling , overturned two or three of their chairs , and then crept uiir dera bed and vanished : this gave them the greater surprise , as the doors were keep constantly locked , so that no real dog could get in or put . The next day their surprise was increased , when sitting at dinner . ; in a lower room , they heard plainly the noise of persons walkingover fheir heads , though they well knew the doors were all locked , and there
could be nobody there ; presently after they heard also all the wood of the king ' s oak brought by parcels from the dining-room , and thrown with great violence into the presence chamber ; as also all the chairs , stools , tables , and other furniture , forcibly hurled about the room ; their own papers of tlie minutes of their transactions torn , and the inkg lass broken . When all this noise had some time ceased , Giles Sharp , and in
their secretary , proposed to enter first into these rooms , presence of the commissioners , of whom he received the key , lie opened the doors , and found the wood spread about the room , the chairs tossed about and broken , the papers torn , the ink-glass broken , ( as has been said ) but not the least tract of any human creature , nor the least reason to suspectone , as the doors were all fast , and the keys in the custody of the commissioners . It was therefore unanimously agreed , that the power who did this mischief , must have entered tlie room at the
key-hole . ' The nig ht following , Sharp , the secretary , with two ef the commis- ' sioners servants , as they were in bed in the same room , which room was contiguous to that where the commissioners lay , had their bed ' s ' feet lifted so much higher than their heads , that they expected to have their necks broken , and then they were let fall at once with so much violence as shook the whole houseand more than ever terrified the
, commissioners . On tlie night of the 19 th , as all were in bed in the same room for greater safety , and lights burning by them , the candles in an instant went out with a sulphurous smell , and that moment many trenchers of wood were hurled about the room , which next morning . Were found to be the same their honours had eaten on the day before , 'which were all removed from the pantrythough not a lock was found
, opened in the whole house . The next nig ht they still fared worse , the candles went out as before , the curtains of their honours beds were rattled to and fro with great violence , their honours received many pruel blows and bruises by eight great pewter dishes , and a number