to the ground and dragged a short way on the ground in a
slanting direction; that the time when this machine thus
touched the earth was, as near as this deponent could judge,
about a quarter before four in the afternoon. That this
deponent being on horseback, and his horse restive, he could not
approach nearer to the machine than about four poles, but that
he could plainly perceive therein gentleman dressed in light
coloured cloaths, holding in his hand a trumpet, which had the
appearance of silver or bright tin. That by this time several
harvest men coming up from the other part of the field, to the
number of twelve men and thirteen women, this deponent called
to them to endeavour to stop the machine, which the men
attempted, but the gentleman in the machine desiring them to
desist, and the machine moving with considerable rapidity, and
clearing the earth, went off in a north direction and continued
in sight at a very great height for near an hour afterwards.
And this deponent further saith that the part of the machine in
the which the gentleman stood did not actually touch the ground
for more than half a minute, during which time the gentleman
threw out a parcel of what appeared to this deponent as dry
sand. That after the machine had ascended again from the earth
this deponent perceived a grapple with four hooks, which hung
from the bottom of the machine, dragging along the ground,
which carried up with it into the air a small parcel of loose
oats, which the women were raking in the field. And this
deponent further on his oath sayeth that when the machine had
risen clear from the ground about twenty yards the gentleman
spoke to this deponent and to the rest of the people with his
trumpet, wishing them goodbye and saying that he should soon go
out of sight. And this deponent further on his oath sayeth