The mirrour of true nobility & gentility. Being the life of the renowned Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius Lord of Peiresk ... / Englished by W. Rand.

  • Gassendi, Pierre, 1592-1655
Date:
1657
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Credit: The mirrour of true nobility & gentility. Being the life of the renowned Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius Lord of Peiresk ... / Englished by W. Rand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Life of Peiteskius, ^ — BcokI. [foil 1590. this Faber of ours froma Town in his Mothers gs juridiction, which is called in’ Latin Peerifcum pit? andin French commonly Peirefe ; from whence {**! he had his moit renowned name ; whichI roche | | ^ _end it might berightly pronounced; haverender- | 4 ed it Perresbium, and notas many. others Peref- ‘a cium, Perez um, or the like, » dn Ic 1s reported that when be was hardly two | aba months old, an ancient woman chat wassa flo witch. entered the Chamber; and threw down J itt! before his Mother:anchatcher,, which fhee held § Inn in her hand, faying that fhee had brought icher jue againe ; from which; time thé mother. loft Her Ff shec ipeech, and the child: his crying;and both their | ¢da heads were (o depreffed upon oné-fhoulder,and 4 4j held {oitiflyin.chat potture, that they contd: not jus, bend them. The {tory fàies further, that-when tont his Uncle knew it, he caufed the Old Woman | [| bu: ' to be beaten who was found in the chimney wich ff Ww: ber.neck upon.one of her fhouldets, who.as foon J judi as,ever fhee lifted up her-head ro fighifie that thee | Hil bad beating enouch and to de(t& them to. hold. | the their hands, fhee faid, which appéated: tobe a: true ,! Thatthemotherand the Child. were bork. | une well. This. heardj noc only from others; bunt. f uncle from Peiresbius himfelf, who did relate. the § ma: flory to me juítas his Uncle was wont totell ir, Bw Doubtleffe tis a very ftrange thing, that an Old, | mi: Hag bowineg her own neck ; fhould'dart ‘out fpi« f dom, ris. with{o ftrong a Nerve, as.to.tninthe Head. | uii; of one diftant from her , inlike manner afide,. [yes and tye the tongue of another with thelike vio« | wi, lenceito: it, wherewith fhee held«her own sofor dis. that ieithertheir Heads could Ee dirred, nor their. choy tongucs looled, untill {kee remitting of her. riz Wehbe eo For. * > ~ += Amm S risit! Bran SEL I T - eee are Rig cat mts ] ou. )