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“There was
a young man endeavouring to subdue a young horse; and a rope at one end of it
was fastned about the horses neck, but the horse running with great speed,
the other end of the rope caught the foot of this young man, as in a snare,
and was so entangled therein, that he was drawn ten rods upon his back in a
very rough and uneven place of land, he being unable to free himself, and
none at hand that could help him; and thus it being come to this extremity,
the horse of himself stood still so long, and no longer time, than that the
young man did clear his foot out of the rope; and thus was delivered out of
the danger, and suffered not a broken bone, nor any considerable bruise or
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"There
was another young man, who sat upon a plough-beam, and suddenly his cattle
moving, his plough turned, and one of his legs were entangled within the
plough, and the plough irons pressing hard against some part of his body, but
could not free himself; and the more he called to the cattle the more
speedily they moved, and thus was in danger of being torn in pieces; but in
this extremity it was not long before the cattle of themselves stood still. |
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“There was
another young man, who did fall about ten foot from some part of the mill
timber into deep waters, and a place of many rocks, a stream very violent,
and he was carried about eleven rod down the stream, where there was a great
piece of ice; and while he was in this confounded and amazed posture, his
hand was guided to take hold of that ice, and there to hold, until one who
saw him fall, did adventure upon that ice, and drew him out of the waters,
and thus they were both delivered. |
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"There
was a very aged man among us, who, riding in his cart over a river; and when
the cattle were coming out of the river, he endeavoured to come out of the
cart; but he did fall down so nigh to the wheel, that it began to press hard
against his breast; and he only speaking to the cattle, they stood still, and
ceased moving till he was removed out of the danger, otherwise, if they had
moved a few inches more, he had been prest to death." |
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From: A History
of God’s Remarkable Providences in Colonial New England by Increase Mather,
pag. 258-260, 1997, Back Home Industries,
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