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fomething being in the way, it turned her upon her broadfide, fo that I was difmounted and carried away by the rapidity of the ftream; but there being a foot-bridge a little below, about knee-deep under water, and no rail either to be a guide or to lay a hand on, and the water being reduced to a narrow compass, hurried me violently along, and drove me with my breast against the bridge with fuch force, that it very near knocked the breath out of me; but before I touched the bridge I happened to hold up my hand, and John Dodgson seeing the danger I was in, jumped off his horse, and ran at a venture (feeing the water ripple) to hit the bridge, and juft caught hold of my fingers, and held my head above water, until Henry Levins, who was got over, came to his affiftance.

But by the ftrength of the water in my boot-tops they being large, and by a nail (in the timber under the bridge) catching hold of my great coat, which held me faft, it was impoffible for one man to free me, and not without fome difficulty for them both to get me out, the nail holding fo faft that it tore out a great piece of my coat, lining and all; but upon Henry's difmounting, his horfe ran away to Scarbo rough, and mine fwam back to the company, and when they had got me out, Henry ran on foot to get his horfe, and found him at the ftable door where he

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ufed to ftand, and in the mean time John Dodafon kept me in motion by dragging me along, having very little or fometimes no hopes of my recovery. When the horfe returned, they got me back to Scarborough, but I was not fenfible how, and they had me to Dorothy Jaques's houfe, and when there, they could perceive my lips move, but could not hear what I faid, until one laid an ear close to my mouth, and fo understood that I faid, If they gave me any thing that was ftrong, it would carry me off; which made them very cautious however, they ftript me and changed my fhirt, and put me into a warm bed, and applied warm flannel to my feet for three hours together, which I knew nothing of, being then altogether senseless.

Ifaac Skelton, who had been a companion of mine, in the fervice of the truth, through feveral counties, hearing of this accident, came immediately and got into bed to me, and kept me clofe in his bofom, which many thought was a great means to preserve my life. John Dodgson, though he intended for the monthly-meeting, expreffed fo great a concern for me, that he faid, He would either fee me in a way of recovery or die, before he left me; yet it pleafed the Lord, of his infinite mercy, fo wonderfully to raise me up again, as to enable me to be at the meeting next day, and alfo to bear fome teftimony, which was very acceptable and comfortable to friends, as it

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was also to see me there beyond their expectation; but yet I was much troubled with pain, the fleshy part of my shoulder being rent by the violent hauling me out of the water.

In gratitude, my foul can do no less than praise and magnify the Lord for this great deliverance, and all his other mercies, who alone is worthy. And I cannot but take notice of friends kindness and goodwill to me, in doing whatfoever they could for me, but more especially my worthy friend John Dodgson, who hazarded his life to fave mine.

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