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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR , A Friend has communicated to me , an account of an extraor-J \ . dinary young man ; but as he sends it without date , . and quite in the abstract , I shall copy his account verbatim ; and am , Your humble servant , CAPPER LLOYD ,
" John Collett , son of a farmer , at Slaughter ( now at Burford school ) , weighs 2 . 3 stone , horseman ' s weig ht , measures round the body 4 feet 10 inches , round the thigh 3 feet 10 inches , round the legs 2 feet 1 inch , 5 feet 10 inches high , aged 15 years . " . Upon comparing this account with one which I have in my possesr sion , of the celebrated Edward Bright ( making allowance for the difference , of their ages ) , it seems equally curious .
Edward Brig ht was a grocer at Maiden , 111 Essex , where he was born in the year 1 . 721 . At twelve years and a half old he vyei g hed 10 stone 4 pound , horseman ' s weig ht ; before he was twenty , he wei ghed 24 stone , or 33 6 lb . and thirteen months before he died his wei ght was 42 stone 12 lb . or 5 cwt . 1 qr . iz lb . ; supposed when dead ( as he grew considerably fatter after the last time of wei ghing ) 44 stone , or 5 cwt . 2 .: he was five feet 9 inches and a half high ; his body round
qr . the chest , just under the arms , measured 5 feet 6 inches , and round the belly 6 feet 11 inches ; his arm , in the middle pf it , was 2 feet 3 inches , and his leg 2 feet 3 inches . It was his practice , when bled , tp have two pound of blood taken away at a time . He died on the 10 th of November 1750 , of a lethargy , and was buried at Maiden . : His coffin feet 6 inches broad at the shouldersand 2 feet inches
was 3 , 3 and a half at the head ; 2 ? inches at the ' feet , and 3 feet j inch and a half deep . It was drawn to the church by 12 men , amidst a vast concourse of people , who . flocked from all parts of the adjacent country to see the interment . The body was let down into the grave by an engine , fixed up in the church for that purpose .
Forty-three years hath pow elapsed since tnis extraordinary man descended tp the grave . It may be grateful to sentimental curiosity to remark , that the trivial circumstance of his having been fatter than other men , is likely to rescue from oblivion the name of Edward Brig ht ; while thousands , and tens of thousands of his contemporary actors on the great stage of human life—are now for ever forgotten . A good full length portrait , and also the last coat which he wore Stre now in the possession of Mr . John Fry , Newingtpn Green , '" ' " ' " '"' ' B b 2 " .
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
SIR , A Friend has communicated to me , an account of an extraor-J \ . dinary young man ; but as he sends it without date , . and quite in the abstract , I shall copy his account verbatim ; and am , Your humble servant , CAPPER LLOYD ,
" John Collett , son of a farmer , at Slaughter ( now at Burford school ) , weighs 2 . 3 stone , horseman ' s weig ht , measures round the body 4 feet 10 inches , round the thigh 3 feet 10 inches , round the legs 2 feet 1 inch , 5 feet 10 inches high , aged 15 years . " . Upon comparing this account with one which I have in my possesr sion , of the celebrated Edward Bright ( making allowance for the difference , of their ages ) , it seems equally curious .
Edward Brig ht was a grocer at Maiden , 111 Essex , where he was born in the year 1 . 721 . At twelve years and a half old he vyei g hed 10 stone 4 pound , horseman ' s weig ht ; before he was twenty , he wei ghed 24 stone , or 33 6 lb . and thirteen months before he died his wei ght was 42 stone 12 lb . or 5 cwt . 1 qr . iz lb . ; supposed when dead ( as he grew considerably fatter after the last time of wei ghing ) 44 stone , or 5 cwt . 2 .: he was five feet 9 inches and a half high ; his body round
qr . the chest , just under the arms , measured 5 feet 6 inches , and round the belly 6 feet 11 inches ; his arm , in the middle pf it , was 2 feet 3 inches , and his leg 2 feet 3 inches . It was his practice , when bled , tp have two pound of blood taken away at a time . He died on the 10 th of November 1750 , of a lethargy , and was buried at Maiden . : His coffin feet 6 inches broad at the shouldersand 2 feet inches
was 3 , 3 and a half at the head ; 2 ? inches at the ' feet , and 3 feet j inch and a half deep . It was drawn to the church by 12 men , amidst a vast concourse of people , who . flocked from all parts of the adjacent country to see the interment . The body was let down into the grave by an engine , fixed up in the church for that purpose .
Forty-three years hath pow elapsed since tnis extraordinary man descended tp the grave . It may be grateful to sentimental curiosity to remark , that the trivial circumstance of his having been fatter than other men , is likely to rescue from oblivion the name of Edward Brig ht ; while thousands , and tens of thousands of his contemporary actors on the great stage of human life—are now for ever forgotten . A good full length portrait , and also the last coat which he wore Stre now in the possession of Mr . John Fry , Newingtpn Green , '" ' " ' " '"' ' B b 2 " .