The Surey impostor : being an answer to a late fanatical pamphlet, entituled The Surey demoniack / By Zach. Taylor.

  • Zachary Taylor
Date:
1697
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Credit: The Surey impostor : being an answer to a late fanatical pamphlet, entituled The Surey demoniack / By Zach. Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vattfcev ifflffleiSiateW laid him down. The Reverend Mr. IfUtc lifting an Hat ntVtn which R *s light nets, was by font© trembled) and not holding it the fecona of a^nme a^j p'the Father, did they hold him thus long ? No faith he, they .m- •-nediatelv laid him down again; from w ich it apptareu to us to be a Trie! A, who bvViving his Body a Spring, deceived the Peoples Fingers, and made them SM vehf was wondrous light; whereas, had they held him long enough, to poize him' they might have made a truer Judgment of his weight; For fome that were at the Sti'ty, as frequent as any of the Deponents, plainly ttU roe. There was no fuch at the a« y, 1 • w;j] ci0fe this Head with giving you an Account, whariowwi/ the counterfeit Demoniack wasjable to do, amithat from Dwell, his tnAriifttrs Writings 5 for I cannot meet with Dr. idarfiuttts Narrative. And tin’s fame Somers ftemed to have a Swelling between the Fleftv and the Skin, which can along-the Body to the bignefs of a Monte, p. i ? 2^ Dcpr.vmg him of all Seme f>as being prickt deep with Fins he would apt ft«, nor Blood lffue. He would re ou his Tongue into his Threat, and foam exceffively, p. ico. He was,aid to be ,o hea¬ vy in his Fits, that 7 were fearee able to cany him, V- 92- He had a Voice in him thatfiemedc ntrary to h,s natural Voice, p.f>2. H,s Aims and Legs were infl-xr- ble and exceeding heavy above Nature, as Iron, f V- Hecou d fpeak with h« Mouth wide open, or at other times clofe (but. He wou’d turn his Face directly back. ,.ar[i his Eves feeming, as great as i-’eafts Eyes ; his Body doubled, and his Head between ^ Less, P. isy. He would cry moft hidecudy like a Bull, Bear, Swine, C; , W th many othft fuch like Pranks as thefeare ; and yet all, as you have heard before were ct unterfeir. In Dr. Hatreds Book, the manner how he performed thefe Tricks 7fmd was hinted at; but, wanting the Book, 1 can fay nothing more of them; nor oil’s 'Tricks neither, when 1 have defired you to remember, what an arch Youth r was for thence you may make what Conclufion you think good. 2 l will pafs to his Prediftions, which in the Depofitions relate only to the Mt- nifi«'s Meeting, or their fending him Mony : And both thefe Meffages coming from Mr ^Z/V when You call into your Mind the charge of Infincenty, which I have foil. nmVed aeainft him, you will not think much Credit ought to be given to [hem ? o If they prove any thing, it muft be a fecret Intelligence, under-hand con- veiahedtothe Demoniack from thofe that would be thought capable ofdifpoffeffingthe 7* evil Soirit But luppofing all Things to be fair and right, and that R. with- ™tkanf private Hints did JeMll what is there related; I fee nothing at all miraculous “ v Iw utat anv other might have told as well as R. Confider but the Perfons and their Offices, about R, and the Myffery is opened, a'dmjly (wears, That Mr. Jolly, S» word b, him to ibe faid R.'s Falter, tkar tie Mmff.tr, would be a. his Houfe, colled imJ. on fuel e Defy the Deponent, going the feme Day, bewasjpoientowttbhs Errand; ZTaid R declared it before this Deponent mentioned tt, as hkewtfe mbat Mimflers woudbe there This Walmfley lies about half a Mile from the Surey, and he went the f«me Day hat Mr loll fpoke to him ; but did no Body go before him ? He faith noth mg of that; and\mu S know thaTthis is a publick Houfe, fo that there might be Perfons enriwh to inform » before IValmtley came to him for he doth not fay, that he went Sht awav bu he went the fame Day. Befides, this was the Houfe, as 1 under- ftand°‘ frmjwhence the Minifters had their Ale, after their Faff ing-work was over; and for ought I know, mlmfiey might now bring the good Leathern Bottle along with him ; and if R- faw fuch Ammunition wagging towards him, he might eafily OU fs, Who would follow. And as he knew well the Perfons.that frequented him, To fhe Subftance of the Provifion would eafily inform him of their Numoer. Of the fame Nature is the Paffageof Sellers, who depo.eth. That Mr. fo ,7 having given him s >■ for R. D. before ibis Deponent cou d come up to the fatd R.V.be cried. There's a Man will bring Mony to Day; and fell a leaping and dancingtn the Barn, as a Token ’of for. Now Mr. foils tells this Sellers, when he gave h.m this- M ocy.Thatbe expected R. would have a Fit about 7 a Clock next morning: _ Whence it appears, ThaMie
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