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it skip into his sheenes, & thence by the same way I [ 'cha' deleted] chasd it into his ankle & Instep, [ 'he' deleted] whence he complaind that it was very grevious whence having stroakd it to the roots of his Toes he said it was the[altered from 'they'] more tormenting['r' inserted] then ever & by his looks & moanes seemd[altered from 'sh'] be much disorderd, & when by stroaking I drove['s' at end of word deleted] the paine (as he sayd) toward the extreme parts of his Toes he appeard to bee more tormenteed[correct reading is tormented] then ever, & expressd an Impatience that at my delaying to stroake that I might inquiro what manner of paine he felt, & how Intense, & it seemd to me but I am not sure of it, that when he said the paine was come into his Toes there was a visible alteration in some of them, afterward by stroaking the Extreamitys of his Toes both above & below with the glove, especially that part which had been contiguous to the palme of Mr G's hand [ 'as well as mine' deleted]) as also his heele into which he complaind some paine had be[correct reading is been] driven, he affirmd that paine to be quite stroakd away.