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[inward?] [above the letter "a":ch] fishes put according to the number of the Monks of that place. Many [and?] of them happen to be Sick, there is a fish Seen to float & Swim above water half dead, & if the monk shall dy, the fish a few days before dieth. In some parks in Walos [underlined], [doath?] lights [above text: of corps candles] (as they call them) are seen in the night going from the [Ports?] where Some body will shortly dy, & passing into the Chruchyard. of this my dearly honoured & [in margin: L p. 137.] never to be forgotten friend mr Richard Bascher [underlined] [(Rt?] hath given an account in his book about witchcrafts [lately?] published. what to make of Such things except they be the effects of Some old inchantments, I know not. Nor what naturall [Leason?] [to?] of Sign for that which I find amongst the Observations of the Lamperiall Academy [underlined] for the year 1687, viz. that in an orchard where there are [chous?] Damafeon plumbs tho mastor of the family being Sick if a [Quartan?] [Agnd?], whilst he continued very ill, four of his plumb trees instead of [Damafeons?] brought forth a wild sort of yellow plumbs: but recovering hi health the next year the tree did (as fomerly) bear Damafions again. but when after that he fell into a fatall dropsy on [the?] trees were Seen not damafions but another sort of fruit. the [illegible] Author (I) gives misterous [after?] he had the certain knowledge, concerning apple trees & pear tress that the fruit of them would on a