Valentine Greatrakes. Line engraving, 1794, after W. Faithorne, 1666.

Valentine Greatrakes. Line engraving.

Wonders no miracles, or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates [sic] gift of healing examined, upon occasion of a sad effect of his stroaking, March the 7. 1665. at one Mr. Cressets house in Charter-House-Yard. In a letter to a Reverend-Divine, living near that place ... / [David Lloyd].

Valentine Greatrakes. Oil painting after W. Faithorne.

Valentine Greatrakes. Line engraving by W. Faithorne, 1666.

Conway letters : the correspondence of Anne, viscountess Conway, Henry More, and their friends, 1642-1684 / Collected from manuscript sources & edited with a biographical account by Marjorie Hope Nicolson.

Wonders no miracles, or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates gift of healing examined : upon occasion of a sad effect of his stroaking, March the 7, 1665, at one Mr. Cressets house in Charter-house-yard : in a letter to a reverend divine, living near that place.

Animal magnetism : a ballad - with explanatory notes and observations containing several curious anecdotes of animal magnetisers, ancient as well as modern / by Valentine Absonus, Esq.

A brief account of Mr. Valentine Greatrak's, and divers of the strange cures by him lately performed / Written by himself in a letter addressed to the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq. Whereunto are annexed the testimonials of several eminent and worthy persons of the chief matters of fact therein related.

A brief account of Mr. Valentine Greatrak's, and divers of the strange cures by him lately performed / written by himself in a letter addressed to the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq. ; whereunto are annexed the testimonials of several eminent and worthy persons of the chief matters of fact therein related.

The great cures and strange miracles performed by Mr. Valentine Gertrux : who restoreth the blind to sight, the deaf to hearing, the lame to strength, and cripples to walk without crutches : as also, he cureth all manner of diseases, with a stroak of his hand and prayer.

A brief account of Mr. Valentine Greatraks, and divers of the strange cures by him lately performed / written by himself in a letter addressed to the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. ; whereunto are annexed the testimonials of several eminent and worthy persons of the chief matters of fact therein related.

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Valentine Greatrakes

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The great cures and strange miracles performed by Mr. Valentine Gertrux : who restoreth the blind to sight, the deaf to hearing, the lame to strength, and cripples to walk without crutches : as also, he cureth all manner of diseases, with a stroak of his hand and prayer.

Valentine Greatrakes

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The great cures and strange miracles performed by Mr. Valentine Gertrux : who restoreth the blind to sight, the deaf to hearing, the lame to strength, and cripples to walk without crutches : as also, he cureth all manner of diseases, with a stroak of his hand and prayer.

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