Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave].
- Joseph Blagrave
- Date:
- 1671
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Blagraves astrological practice of physick discovering the true way to cure all kinds of diseases ... being performed by such herbs and plants which grow within our own nation, directing the way to distil and extract their vertues and making up of medicines. Also a discovery of some notable phylosophical secrets ... relating to a discovery of all kinds of evils, whether natural, or such which come from sorcery or witchcraft ... directing how to cast forth the said evil spirit out of any one which is possessed with sundry examples thereof / [Joseph Blagrave]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![& Practice of Phyftck^ I much fufpefted to be a Witch, and minding to make fporr with her, calls her old witch, demanding whether Hie was going, fhe not anfwering, he threw feveral Hones at her, with that fhe began to be angry, and faith untp him ( as the boy after he could fpeak related) ftrrah I will make you hold your tongue, ufing many threatning fpeeches 9 and indeavoured to run after the boy, who was too nimble on foot for her: After which time during three years, as abovefaid, he became lpeechlefs and Teeming fimple. and fo might without qucftion have continued unto this day ( without miracle) had not the Aftrological way been ufed both for the difcovery and re¬ covery of his diftemper. The Ftiends of this boy told me they had fpent much mony about his cure, but to nopurpofc, having as they faid rryed many Doctors and others, infomuch that they thought him uncureable .» But by accident hear¬ ing of me and of the many cures by me done, the friends of this boy came unto me, defiring to know whether I would undertake to help him to his fpeech again : I ask’d them, if they could tell the time, when he firft loft his fpeech , which they readily told me. It being done upon a holy day,rhcv could the better do it, whereupon having erefted a figure, according unto the day or time given, I quickly found the caufe of his di- ftemper C without which there could be no cure wroughtjand told them, that I was confident through Gods blefting, that f could help them The Planetaffifting was 17 a cold, dry, me- lancholly,earthy,evil Planet: the defeat lay wholly in the Vvi< la or Garga.rean\ and as men who are taken with extream cold which u ually fetrleth in this part,are feemingly fpcechlels, or at leaft fpeak with little or low voice, fo this boy being more vehemently affiifted under fo fad a cold planet, could-not fpeak at all •' And likevvife he feemed to be foolifh, for there was a great cold defeft in the brain and head, fo well as in the Vvula. Now having by the Rules of Art difeovered the caulc fo well as thediftemperitfelf; the friends of this boy and my ftlf agreed upon a price for the cure, which I performed in. Jefsthen a months fpace. The cure was effected as follow¬ ed;], having in the firft place by theruks hereafter mentio¬ ned, endeavoured to affiift the Witch, thatfo file might be difeouraged to aft any further in her mifehitf. /ufed herbs antipathetical unto the afflifting planet being Saturn, Herbs under the dominion of the Sun and Jupiter, according unto their numbers and virtues, being gathered at their right planetary hours, three of which hetbs being under the doini- o'n of the un. J caured him to wear about his neck, it being id virtue anfvverable unto gold, and a number which properly be-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30330610_0132.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
