to the balm of Gilead, and always consult the great Physician there; this is a restorative: but to swelling humours, white swellings, boils, and ruptures, or breakings out, figs for a plaister is my choice remedy; such figs as grow upon the good fig-tree, the humbling graces of the Holy Spirit, an effectual remedy for all swellings or breakings out, for all running sores, such as run in the night and cease not, at which times the patient refuses to be comforted. I generally recommend bandage, and order it to be put tight, and to swaddle the part affected with many folds; the best rollers or swaddling bands are those called the cords or bands of love; and I have now been in practice thirty years, and to my knowledge, I never observed this remedy to fail: but for all ricketty, hobbling, or halting complaints, or relaxation in the nerves or muscles, I prefer the girdle of truth; "Gird "Gird up the loins of your mind, watch and be sober." As for crutches, stilts, sticks, and all iron bows and stays, I never recommend. Cold water for thirsty souls; good news from a far country for melancholy complaints; bathing up to the ancles, knees, and loins in the water of life for stiffness in the joints, I am very partial to; sincere milk I recommend to young ones, whose teeth are too weak to mump a hard crust, or grind strong meat. Strong drink I generally make use of to those that are ready to perish, and old wines on the lees to those of heavy hearts. Honey I generally give to lying-in women, when

their legal labour is over, and love has cast out fear; this so sweetens their spirits as to make them forget their anguish, for joy that the new man is brought forth: but in all dangerous symptoms, perilous cases, or chronic disorders that have any desperate appearances, I generally apply the leaves of the tree of life; that is more sovereign in such cases than either the pope's extreme unction, wafer, or holy water; it revives the expiring, and gives life even to the dead. Now though I know that you do not make use of my medicines in your line of practice, yet I think you will acknowledge the salutary effects of many of these prescriptions.

Brother trade, Doctor Sack's kind love to the Doctor, and wishes that your trade may decrease; and that mine may increase; so prays the gentleman of the faculty. Love to Dame; excuse the ins and outs, spelling, and inditing; the thoughts soon came, and were as soon down.

W. H. S. S.

LETTER LXV.

To Mr. B. CRANBROOK.

56 Behold, this dreamer cometh."

GEN. XXXVii. 19.

BELOVED,

ABOUT ten years ago I saw in the visions of the night, and behold wooden fences, exceeding strong, made in imitation of the best sort of post and rail, but very stout and strong, and so high that they reached above the clouds. On the other side of these lofty fences, in the air, and above the clouds, I saw an innumerable herd of black bulls, running by droves to and fro in the air; their appearance was fierce and furious to the last degree.

After running to and fro for some time, I saw them attempt to leap the fences, and some few I saw went fairly over, and running about in the air as if wild or mad; but what astonished me most was, they were, to my view, many miles high in the air. I awoke and behold it was a dream. But when so great a part of Europe was overrun, I thought of my dream; and I considered the lofty fences to be the laws of nations, of churches, and of states, and the human forces engaged to

protect these; but the fat bulls of Bashan went over them all.

Some time after this I dreamed again, and £ saw in the visions of the night a most extensive open plain, on the border of which I stood. I lifted up my eyes a second time to see the vast extent of the plain, and to my surprise, I saw two vast armies mustering; I considered myself placed there, not to fight, but make observations, and to bear tidings. I looked on till both the armies were marshalled and drawn up in battle array, and as soon as they began the fight I set off with the tidings. I went from off the plain down into> a hollow road, at the end of which road, or lane, was a little mean village, at which I was to deliver my tidings; but as I ran, a sudden fear seized me, that I was in imminent danger of being shot. I looked on my left hand towards the plain, and it appeared to me about forty feet above my head, and at the verge of the plain, a strong old stone wall, which reached so high as for the top of it to be on a level with the field of battle. Seeing my safety, I mended my pace, and when I came to a gate which led into the village, I was in so great a hurry that I attempted to throw myself over it, and the violent exertion fetched me out of my sleep; this also was a dream.

Soon after the above, I dreamed that I was in a low valley, somewhat like Romney Marsh, in which valley I saw a great many deep ditches, broad rivers, and little brooks; in this valley a

battle had been lately fought, and I was brought there to see the slain, and the dead were so innumerable, that the rivers, the brooks, and ditches. were so filled with corpses, that the bridges were choked up with the dead, and the water so stopped in its courses, that it begun to deluge the country; and the fear of being drowned awakened me out of this sleep also.

I one night after this dreamed that I was in the land of promise, and saw at a considerable distance many noble, lofty, and ancient piles of stone buildings, interspersed with avenues of stately and very high trees, through which the windows, pinnacles, towers, &c. shone with wonderful lustre, the sun appearing in his meridian. I looked on my left hand, and saw an extensive valley, and in the valley a great many rows or streets of new houses, in building; some few appeared finished, some just covered in, others going up in their walls, and some just founded, with an innumerable number of workmen, and all very busy; and this work was going on in this large open valley. While I was looking and wondering at these buildings, and at the beauty of this country with its hills and vales, I looked on my right hand, and there stood a little old woman with a black cloak and black bonnet; I asked her what that noble pile of buildings were which shone so bright through the avenue of trees; she said, "That is Jerusalem old town:' then I pointed her to the row of houses building in the valley, and