⟨ſno⟩rted, at, and ruled to go on; of which ⟨we⟩ ſhall hear more preſently.
His matter's horſe being got paſt the dif- ⟨ficulty⟩, needed no ſpurs, but (as frighted ⟨hor⟩ſes will) flew away like the wind; and the ⟨rain⟩ continuing, his master, who on many ⟨acc⟩ounts-was willing to be at home, let him ⟨go,⟩ so that he was at home and got into the ⟨hou⟩ſe, long before his man Gervais could . ⟨get⟩ up with him.
The maſter, as ſoon as he came into the ⟨light⟩ ſwooned away, and the fright had ⟨such⟩ an effect upon him, that when with ⟨much⟩ difficulty they had brought him to ⟨him⟩ſelf, he continued very ill; and when his ⟨lad⟩y and a ſiſter he had in the houſe with ⟨him⟩, as much oyer-run with the Hippo as ⟨him⟩ſelf, came to enquire what had happen- ⟨ed⟩ to him; he told them a formal ſtory, that ⟨at⟩ such a bridge he met the Devil; that he ⟨pla⟩ced himſelf juſt at the coming of from the ⟨ed⟩ge, on his left hand, at the corner of {{reconstruct|the wall; that he ſtood and ſtared in his face, ⟨and⟩ that he could diſtinctly perceive it was Devil in the thape of a Bar: He gare: 0. fr deic.iptions, fo punctual 200 particolar, t there was no room to doubt but it was A apparition, and that it was in the shape 2 great bear. GERVAIS came tome ſoon after and ing into the table directly, as was his bu- eſs, to take care of his inafter's horle as | as his own, there he told thoitory his
