In this Opinion he was ſeconded by the Surgeon, who gave ſo many Reaſons for bleeding, and quoted ſo many Caſes where Perſons had miſcarried for want of it, that the Squire became very importunate, and indeed inſiſted peremptorily that his Daughter be blooded.
Sophia ſoon yielded to the Commands of her Father, though entirely contrary to her own Inclinations: For ſhe ſuſpected, I believe, leſs Danger from the Fright, than either the Squire or the Surgeon. She then ſtretched out her beautiful Arm, and the Operator began to prepare for his work.
While the Servants were buſied in providing Materials; the Surgeon, who imputed the Backwardneſs which had appeared in Sophia to her Fears, began to comfort her with Aſſurances that there was not the leaſt Danger; for no Accident, he ſaid, could ever happen in Bleeding, but from the monſtrous Ignorance of Pretenders to Surgery, which he pretty plainly inſinuated was not at preſent to be apprehended. Sophia declared ſhe was not under the leaſt Apprehenſion; adding, if you open an Artery,I pro-
