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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<HEAD>A Sad, but a True RELATION OF A PERSON WHO On <HI>Munday</HI> the 15th. of this In&s;tant <HI>February,</HI> was found Dead in a Wood near HIGHGATE; Being Fir&s;t di&s;cried by the Dogs of &s;ome Gentlemen that were there Hunting.</HEAD>
<P>THere is but one way of coming into the World, but many pa&s;&s;ages out; nothing is &s;o &s;ure as Death, and nothing &s;o uncertain as the time. We may be two old to Live, but can never be too young to Die; for who knows when Death will Summon him, whether in Youth, in Man|hood, or in Old Age; we have frequent Examples of all; or who knows whether God will take away his Life by a long Death-bed Sickne&s;s; whether thou may&s;t Die by the Sword, or by any &s;udden Ca&s;ualty; of all which we have daily Examples in our Weckly Bills of Mortality, and this pre&s;ent Story Relates a Remarkable one, of one &s;uppo&s;ed by &s;ome Papers found about him,
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<PB N="2" REF="2">to be named <HI>John Higgens,</HI> who on <HI>Monday</HI> the 15th. of <HI>February,</HI> was in this manner found Dead.</P>
<P>Squire <HI>Fawcett</HI> and &s;ome other Gentlemen being a Hunting the day afore&s;aid, the Dogs running into a wood in the Pari&s;h of <HI>Finchley,</HI> near <HI>Highgate,</HI> in their Scent found the Body of the afore&s;aid Mr. <HI>Higgens,</HI> and made &s;ome &s;top, upon which the Gentlemen coming up &s;aw the &s;aid Body lying on one &s;ide, and was &s;o putrified they were fain to get the weather &s;ide: His Eyes were both Eaten or pocked out, but that which was mo&s;t remarkable, the in&s;ide was eaten with Vermin, and the Skin in a manner whole; he had on a Black <HI>French Hat,</HI> and a Mourning Hat-band, with a white Cloth bound about his Head; he had al&s;o a Black Suit almo&s;t New, but that part which was downward Rotted away, by the dampne&s;s of the Earth: He had a pair of Fring'd Gloves, a new pair of Shoes, with &s;teel Buckles, a Bam|boon Cane with a Silver Head. The Gentlemen leave|ing off their Game, orders were given for his removal to one Mr. <HI>Ralph Brad&s;haw</HI>'s Barn, after which he was Cried in tho&s;e parts, but no Relation could be given of him; then the Ma&s;ters of the Pari&s;h &s;ent for Mr. <HI>Hari|&s;on</HI> the Coroner, who i&s;&s;ued out his Warrant to impan|nel a Jury, which done, they &s;at upon the &s;aid Body at Mr. <HI>Brad&s;haw</HI>'s Hou&s;e, formerly the <HI>Kings-Arms</HI> with|out <HI>Highgate;</HI> his Shirt was marked with <HI>F. D.</HI> In his Pockets were two Neckcloths, &s;ome &s;mall matter of Money, and three written Sermons, each of which had the name of <HI>John Higgins;</HI> which Sermons are in the Hands of the afore&s;aid Mr. <HI>Brad&s;haw,</HI> where any Per&s;on may go and Read them: The Text of one was in the 19th. of St. <HI>Luke.</HI> and the latter part of the 13th. Ver&s;e, <HI>Occupy till I come.</HI> The other <HI>I&s;aith</HI> 53 the latter part of the 8th. Ver&s;e, <HI>For the Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion of my</HI> <GAP DESC="missing" EXTENT="1 span"></P>
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