A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, (lame almost ever since she was born), on Sunday the 26th of November 1693 ... To which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood.

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1787
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Credit: A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, (lame almost ever since she was born), on Sunday the 26th of November 1693 ... To which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' ( 44 ) ^ | « * » A ‘ fecn, and with 'whom I have often fpoken. 1 have always obferved, when I daw her handing, that her Body bent backwards, and that when fhe walked, fhe threw her- felf firft on the one Side, then on the other, as if fhe would have broke her Back. I have not entered into the fame Examina¬ tion concerning the Eftate of her Leg, as Monfieur Debat at that Time ; but having feen and vifited her with him to Day, in the prefent Condition wherein fhe now is, I can atteft, that all which he hath faid of her is very true. Given at London the iQth of December, 1693. ju^at 20 Die Decern. Lcfargue. 7antes Debal. W illiam Afhhurll, Mayor. ^ y t The Certificate of Monfieur Dela Menardiere. I Do hereby Certify that Mrs. Laulan was known in France by many Perfons of Worth and Honor, to be a very virtuous, honefl Woman, and that fince her coming here, upon the Account of her Religion, file has lead a very exemplary, pious Life ; and is refpebted as fuch by all thofe that know her. As to what relates to the Girl, fhe has taken into her Service within thefe three Years, who was Lame, and halted to a very confiderable Degree, having endured violent Pains in one of her Ilips, from her Infancy, it is moft certain that fhe was con- fiderably eafed on Sunday being the 26th of November. I law her the very next Day myfelf, in a Condition which has railed Admiration in all thofe that had feen ' ’ f < ^4 * « 4 j. 1 her great