A choice collection of wonderful miracles, ghosts, and visions.

Date:
1681
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Credit: A choice collection of wonderful miracles, ghosts, and visions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mirroftic/' MEDIC _ ' A Choice COLLE O F Wonderful Miracles, Ghofts, and Crookhornf. i68;; 'j'hc following accv'unc of an ^xciaor'dinary Cufc of cbc Evil is fent (rom Croo^horn in the County ot Sorn'crfit, ac- tcftcd by HfnryC/av^Minifterof the faid Parifh, Curtain Jxmes Bxle, Captain Richxrd Shirloc^^ John StacC.lcrk, miliim PikSf Simntl Vaubeny, G'orge S^rong^ John Gretn- 'epijy Robert Chijlet. J/l/li rtfbofe Names are unde^-written, do certife tit Truth of a ^ ' Miraculous Cure of a Girl of this Town about zo years of ■4gt by Name Elizabeth Parcel, a poor mdows Daughter, ‘rvho had lapguifhed under the fad uniting Diflestper oj tfie Kings Eyil, tearmed. t%e Joint Evil, (being faid to be the worft Evil J for about loor ii years time-, She had in her right hand (our running forts, (^viz.J one on the infide, and three on the bac!^ of her hand *, and two more in the fame arm, one in her hand- wrifl, the other abaveher Etbow. She had betwixt her Arm-pit and Breafk a Bunch, which the DoBors faid fed thofe 6 feyeral forts-, Ihi faid vi^emper was li^ewife on her left Ejefinfomuch that fhe was almo^ blind-, Her Mother defpairing of her fight^ and not being able to fend her to London, to be touch’d by the King, being mifttttbly poor, and having many fmail Children f and this Girl not being able towor^-. Her Mother (defirom to havt her Daughter cur’d,} went to thechirurgeons for help, who tamper’d with it for a time, but could do\no good, went lii^e- wift lo or n miles to afeventh Son, but ait in vain -, no vifible hopes of a Cure remain'd, and. nothing was expeBtd but a Grave Rut ntwy in this Girls extremity, God, the great Phijician, dictates unto her (tbusj langui(hing in her miferahle , hopeltjs eonditonf) what courjt'. to tat^e,. and what to do for. a Cure -, which spas to go and touch the Du^e of Monmouth*, which the gM tdU her Mother, that if (he ‘cojsld but touch the Dukf, (he ^ould be wtU'-, Her Mother reprov’d'her for her fooliflt conceit-. But the Girl did often perfwade-ber Mother that (be might go to Lackington to the D. (who then Jay at Mr.Spckcv,} For certain* Ij (faid fbe,) Ifhoxx)^ be well if I could buttouch him/ Her Mdther 'flighted ibe prefflng Requefts of her .Daughter'-, And the more her Mother flighted it, and reprov'd her; the more earnefi was the Girl for it ■, in few days after, the Girl having notice that SiTtjo^Sidenham intended to. treat the />. at WhitCvLodge rienconPark j to which place, this Girl, with many of her Nefghbours^wfkt t'e the faid Parl^-, fhe being tl^ere tifnefy, wait¬ ed! the Dunes' coming. Firfi, [he obferved the'Perfon of the y. to .have T^Howlidge vf him, as he w.is paffing by-y (he prt^ in amngft .tbf sjoud, andjatcht him^by the hand, hit Glove he- ingjon -, \nd fhe had a Glove li^ewife to cover her very [ons -, Sbeyidt beikg hlfewith fatisfled with thisfir(t attemptp} touch- ing'his Glove 'ofdy-, bufher mind.Was, fhe mufi fdkehfame part of hfs-ndk^d, fit(h *, She waiting his coming forth, intended 'a {econd. attempt: The pqpr Glrf, tfips bepwien Hope and ..Fear, •miteKhU Motion -, and on. a fiidden rpas.news brought of the cording,' wihich [p'e (to be prepared) rent off her Glove that vpHs^clnnt tithe fores, in fuch ha[lr, that (he tore her' Glove, and brou^'t -away not. only-tipe Sores, but the sfin* 'Th'e pul^es Glove, (as Providence order’d itj) the upper part hung down. nopi^a. iiftii tranfported.with-Jaer goodfuchfs .,..camejtnd told her fiends that now (he. (hould be well -, came home to her pother with great Joy,,and told herfat 'had been toucht by the threatned to beat her for it-, Sht'eryei oux, O Mother, I fhalj bewell^ain, and be cured of my Sores; And as God aL mip)ty..(^f great Phyfleiav). 'WoMd.jj^qfiJt^, (taji^.. ad-miratia^n inch no flgfi Btf flitJhat was gJvin fPT.Jig^^ ptYftiily,we\l, and^ pht^ij{r^in g'pp'd health.i t^'Max^ pfher 'feyeralf^r.is,are yet' Wbln^ h‘erMp.iid.,attd ArmyiaJi-^fphjJjipt'h.fetr^discovered io \i^9ikjy,mt^'tSiyDanghitr. sfni^^ that \nowher. A True AcvntKt (f a-Wondirfnl Q'dxc of the Kinos- Evi!, perform’d by f irs. If-Sifier to- his cZee . thcDukyof MO N MOVIf H. 'Y H E Extraordinary Cure of tlie Kj^^gs-F-vil, lately ppr- ■A form’d by his Grace the D. of'Af. in his Weftem Progrefs, h*s (n r doubt} aiarm’d many People, and open’d the cys of the rnolV Unbelieving, to ftc Heaven by this Miracle proclaim his Legitimacy, and God Almighty declare for the BUc^Box. Neither has there been wanting afecond Tcfli* mony Eo this Illultriouis D’s Family, in aCurc both as ftrange and as true as the former; that lo according to the Apoftle, Ou- of the'mouth-of Two or 'Asree mtneffe; every word might be efiiblifhid, Mrs. F. Sifter to this moft Excellent Prince, for. mtrly a Roman Catholtcl^, but fince (by the convincing Argu¬ ments, and exemplary Piety of her Husband Mr F- Maftcr of the Reque-fts,) brought over to his Religion, Lmfan the true . fincere FTotrfia»f F(iirti,' has been as, remarkable in a wonder¬ ful Cure of the fame malignant Diftemper, as the D. her Bro¬ ther; The truth of which whole matter of Faft, Wewhofe Names are under-written engage our felves to be refponfible for, 'Now the matter o{ Faft was thus; One Jonathan Trott was born of poor, but virtuous Parents; his Father was dead but his Mother thaefurviv’d, by iheBIcfl'ing of God accom¬ panying her honeft Endcavours> had got together a fum of Money very confiderable to the Trade fhe drove, her chief Vocation being felling of Apples, Pears, Oranges, ^d other Fruit, not far flomemHtGurr/rw Church Dore; th? Inter¬ vals of which Calling fhe ftill imploy’d in being very bufie with her Needle in footing Stockins, mending Breeches, and fuch like Eoneft labours. But her greateft affliftion was, the fad fad fpcftacle of the poor wretch her only Son and Heir /the aforementioned Jonathan Trott, who had for many years’ hecn-lbrc afflifted with z continual Running of a moft noyfona Matter in his Neck, and many other parts Ef his.Body, ac- cbmpanyed- ofeen-with fo great Tumours and SVvcllings'abouc hisThroat, as a?moft choak’d him. Upon this. Son of hers /now abput the Age of rp,) Ihe had fpenc the greattft part ofihQr Livelihood, to pitiful, Quacking, Ignorant Phyficians fuchias her Purfe could beft procure, :atid;fu'ch as kill the potonat' the moft cafie and confcionablc Rates .* Thefe her Dodors could never rightl)( inforiri her whac' was her Jons true Di-ftemper; till at- laftifhe her fclf /fidpeifting it was the Kjxgsr RvUif) had the Advice of- fomt able Phyficians^ 4> Dr. Lowers Dr* Minjhel; Uc. who all agreed that it was th^ Kings .Evidjipnijothit he was in very.great danger, unlcfs he were very,fpeedjly touch’d. This-happned to be .when HisMajefty zt .windfor, winthcfr fhe (good woman} was dtfigning her .journey with her Son; But the night before fhe refolv’d oj^.beT Prpgrefs, ft;e d reamt that fhe heard a Voice that com¬ manded her Son to, beTouebt by Mrs. F,.. The,poor woman you may imagine, was infinitely furpriz’d at this Command, never having fo much as heard of fuch aWGm.an.. as Mrs.^F* i-Thcf Life; 'Biir lie was fnuoh more aftpniljic when her Sbn cable to het, and told her that hc’vvas rcfolv^i not to take his lourhey to mndfor^'.^cip.ibzt he had heard’a Voice that N;jgtiv,three times fucceftiydyi. fTwhich by the Pffcrlpcion he gave of it, \vas the very fame that.his Mother had heard, and ■eoTfinrthdtfi the Tame i Hifig,] tclling him, tha t one Touch of Mri.'F' would'make hitn Ajvhole.'' Upon this the poor \V*iw achyainttd fevcral bfltcr Ndghbours-.vvithTiiC/uniifi'.al C^cmTvftances.of lier Dream,fo cx,idJy concurring wkh Iwr Sons; andby ,th«ra Was inform'd that there w^ fuch s Lady- Si ft'irtti His Grace the D. Whotli they therefore all con¬ cluded ro be tile Perfon ihicnded in the Dream, by reafanof hcHVffvPtfla.tjon roHisGrace, and the Crown- The youth .Jonathan hearing this, was extreme glad, and fhew d violent li^is of iri, in urging and' prtffiiig )iis Mother as yigoroufly as tv^'hd^ooilld: to'pr^dut^rhtr lea'vewho a: firft was very Urtct'riling* to let him go upon this Adventure- He ftill in¬ fixed bpou'pye Argucyyntrwhich even inafrli^ion made the pok Wiqmao- finile, Tlui; ^wving heard of tfie-D. of ^W’s Cure, whieK was‘known }'ong‘heforc, if was Publifhcd.l He *dmot know wh’i'Mcs. 'r: ritight not tier Mmher iehc.'Csfiag';bf thcrIltK©(T-ou»g MAi by^*ro«tH of her N»_ V.cU as.tJlcipilicjr^otheiftJiad Ironvhis Failicr ths
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