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An Account Of The Death Of The Countess Cornelia Baudi, Of Cesena;
which , bv having kindled in the entrails , naturally tended upwards ; finding the way easier , and the matter more unctuous and combustible , left the legs untouched : the thighs were too near the origin of the fire , and therefore were also burned by it ; which was certainly increased by the urine and excrement—a very combustible matter , as one may see bits hosphorus . Galenclass . I . lib . 3 . de temperam .
y p , says , That the dung of a dove was sufficient to set fire to a whole . house : and the learned father Casati , a Jesuit , in his p hysic , dissert , part 2 , p . 4 8 . relates to have heard a worthy gentleman say , that , from the great quantities of the dung of doves , flig hts of which used for many years , nay , ages , to build under the roof of the great church of Pisa , sprung originally the fire which consumed that church . And .
Galen , de Morb . i ' ai ther observes , that pigeon ' s dung , when it is become rotten , will take fire . The author concludes , that , certainly , the lady was burned to ashes standing , as her skull was fallen perpendicularly between her legs ; and the back part of her head had been damaged more than the fore part wasbecause of the hair and nerveswhose principal seat is there - ,
,, , and , moreover , becaus 3 in the face there were many places open , out of which the flames might pass . We a Id two instances similar to the above relation : one of John Hitchell of Southampton , whose body being fired by lightning , continued burning for near three days , without any outward appearance of fire , except a kind of smoke which issued from it . The other , of
one Grace Pett , a fisherman ' s wife ' of Ipswich . ; who , going down into the kitchen , when she was half undressed for bed , was there found the next morning , lying on the right side , extended over the hearth , with her legs on the deal floor ; her body appeared like , a block of wood , burning with a glowing flamy fire ; the trunk coveredlike charcoalwith white ashes ; and her head and limbs much
, , burned . There-was no fire in the grate : the candle was burned ' quite out of the socket : a child's cloaths on one side of her , and a paper screen on the other , were both untouched ; and the deal floor was not discouloured , though the fat had so penetrated the hearth , as not to be scoured out .
Short Description Of Austria,
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF AUSTRIA ,
THE PRESENT SEAT OFTHE ARMIES UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES _ Si ) ( .. NE ¦ M P . l'OVA PM 1 TE . AUSTRIA is one of the principal provinces of the empire of Ger * many towards the east ; from which situation it takes its name , Oost-rvck , in the German language , signifying the East Country . It is bounded on the north ' by Mor-via ; . on the east by Hungary ; on
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An Account Of The Death Of The Countess Cornelia Baudi, Of Cesena;
which , bv having kindled in the entrails , naturally tended upwards ; finding the way easier , and the matter more unctuous and combustible , left the legs untouched : the thighs were too near the origin of the fire , and therefore were also burned by it ; which was certainly increased by the urine and excrement—a very combustible matter , as one may see bits hosphorus . Galenclass . I . lib . 3 . de temperam .
y p , says , That the dung of a dove was sufficient to set fire to a whole . house : and the learned father Casati , a Jesuit , in his p hysic , dissert , part 2 , p . 4 8 . relates to have heard a worthy gentleman say , that , from the great quantities of the dung of doves , flig hts of which used for many years , nay , ages , to build under the roof of the great church of Pisa , sprung originally the fire which consumed that church . And .
Galen , de Morb . i ' ai ther observes , that pigeon ' s dung , when it is become rotten , will take fire . The author concludes , that , certainly , the lady was burned to ashes standing , as her skull was fallen perpendicularly between her legs ; and the back part of her head had been damaged more than the fore part wasbecause of the hair and nerveswhose principal seat is there - ,
,, , and , moreover , becaus 3 in the face there were many places open , out of which the flames might pass . We a Id two instances similar to the above relation : one of John Hitchell of Southampton , whose body being fired by lightning , continued burning for near three days , without any outward appearance of fire , except a kind of smoke which issued from it . The other , of
one Grace Pett , a fisherman ' s wife ' of Ipswich . ; who , going down into the kitchen , when she was half undressed for bed , was there found the next morning , lying on the right side , extended over the hearth , with her legs on the deal floor ; her body appeared like , a block of wood , burning with a glowing flamy fire ; the trunk coveredlike charcoalwith white ashes ; and her head and limbs much
, , burned . There-was no fire in the grate : the candle was burned ' quite out of the socket : a child's cloaths on one side of her , and a paper screen on the other , were both untouched ; and the deal floor was not discouloured , though the fat had so penetrated the hearth , as not to be scoured out .
Short Description Of Austria,
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF AUSTRIA ,
THE PRESENT SEAT OFTHE ARMIES UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES _ Si ) ( .. NE ¦ M P . l'OVA PM 1 TE . AUSTRIA is one of the principal provinces of the empire of Ger * many towards the east ; from which situation it takes its name , Oost-rvck , in the German language , signifying the East Country . It is bounded on the north ' by Mor-via ; . on the east by Hungary ; on