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92 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
that she had burnt his letter ; and as this was known to
none but herself, she nearly fainted at hearing it ; and was
always very courteous to him afterwards. He also related
the affair of the Countess de Marteville, from whose hus
band’s information, after his decease, he told her where a
receipt for a sum of money lay ; where she found it ; for
which she wished to make Swedenborg a handsome pre
sent, but he refused it. Also the story of the fire at
Stockholm : and that after he had gone out from the
company into the garden of the house at Gottenburg, he
returned, and told the company soon after, that his house
and garden were safe, and described how near the flame
had come to it, though no account from thence had then
arrived. The remarkably speedy voyage that Captain
Hodson had when he carried him to Stockholm, he
related to me, being but seven days on the voyage, and
that the captain never once dropped anchor all the time,
a thing he was greatly surprised at himself, and said that
he found Swedenborg’s company so agreeable, that he
was much delighted and taken with him. He once lived
in the Minories ; and after that in Cold Bath Fields,
where I often went to see him ; and he told me, some
short time before he died, that as it had pleased God to
take away the use of his arm by a palsy, his body was
now good for nothing but to be put into the ground. I
asked him whether he would take the sacrament, and
whether I should bring Mr. Fernelius, the Swedish
minister ? He said, Do : and we both returned soon
after. He told the priest to pronounce or read the bles
sing on it (or the consecration) , and leave the rest of the
form to him, as he knew very well what it meant and
was: this he did and after Swedenborg had taken it, he
perceived a strong degree of heat in his face. He was
quite clear in his mind at the time, and said all was then
properly done, and thanked the clergyman for attending.
This was on the Friday ; and he died on the Wednesday
following. Mr. Charles Lindegren sent his effects to
Sweden.
"Mr. Mathesius was an opponent of Swedenborg, and
said that he was lunatic, &c.; but it is remarkable that he
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