A vindication of the Surey demoniack as no impostor, or, a reply to a certain pamphlet publishd by Mr. Zach. Taylor, called The Surey impostor. With a further clearing and confirming of the truth as to Richard Dugdale's case and cure. / by T. J.

  • Thomas Jollie
Date:
1698
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Credit: A vindication of the Surey demoniack as no impostor, or, a reply to a certain pamphlet publishd by Mr. Zach. Taylor, called The Surey impostor. With a further clearing and confirming of the truth as to Richard Dugdale's case and cure. / by T. J. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fyivg his Hand. -—* As to the bufinefs of R. D’s Certificate be¬ fore a»d James, Gregfon,under liisjoWn Hand July the ioth i6py, I-dar^e take mine Oath upon ;it, that he did in ail opt ward appearance <Joft voluntarily ; I doubt not but James Greg/on will do the fame : I am ready alfo upon Oath to teftify to a true Copy of thq Certi¬ ficate. • ' Here alfo follows William Seller's, and my Certificate drawn up fliortly after, and figncd by us, which we are ready to take our Oath upon. ' , Whereas Richard Vug dale, upon the 27^ of July 1695, was cal¬ led before Jufiice Braddd, and feveral others, to give account as to fome particulars relating to his firange Fits; we who'fe Names ,are fubfiribed, being then and there pi efent upon that occafion, do cer¬ tify thac the laid Dugdale did at the faid time own the Certificate which he had fubfcribed with his own Hand, not difowning his freedom in the fubfci ibing of it: Moreover we do certify that the faid Dugdale did then fay to this pur pole, That he could not certainly judg upjn his own knowledge what the nature of his faid Difiemper was, be tan ft when he was out of his Fits, he could not tell how it was with him whilft he was in his Fits: Moreover, he did not deny the benefit he had to lus Body by Phyfitk, fo far as bis Difiemper was Bodily: But that the faid Dug- dale was guilty of ary Confederacy, in order to getting of Gain, or any other pnifter end by his being in that condition, he utterly denied. Thomas Jolly. William Sellar. ' So he fiiil doth with Indignation deny thofe falfe and unworthy Imputations. In. Mr. Baily s Certificate, on the 20th of July 169$;, which was not fubfcribed by Dugdale, he confelleth hi$ fubfcribing the faid Cer¬ tificate before me and J. Gregfon =, and in that he faith, he thpugfit his Difiemper was from fome natural Caufe, and not fupernatpral or divine: Tho D. doth not deny wfrat he is charged with in Batl/s Certificate. How any have wrought upon fiimfipce in his Circumftajices, I know not: for.what D. is faid ;o exprefs before Mrt)p Gallery of the Old Hall, in Whally^yvas but faid by one yVitnefs, „aiid we are two againfi him. As to what Mr. Nowel, fay they had lately from Vis^gn Myiith *
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