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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    the Curirg of Young Women by a T ouch of HI*. HoweTar, his Motha haTing check’d him for this faying, wa» refolt’d to fend him ; Accordingly he went to Mni f ** Honfc rear St. Jimes'Si and having defir'd admiinon, asTooa a* ever Mrs. F> appear’d, he falls down upon his Knees before^ her, begging Faidon for boldncfs, the occafion whereof he told her in the Relation which he made of all that had hap¬ pen'd to his Mother and Himfelf : Then grafping her hands with all the Violence and l^aifion imaginable, kils'd them a thoufand times, and dirtQed them (lot the Lady was not fo Uncharitable as lo deny it upon any fnch good account,^ to his Neck, and his Throat, and a’l the other parts of his body wherein he was afflifted *, which fhc vouchfafed to broke, wjrtiirg wit hall, that it might do him as much good is he believ’d i-^ would. This done, die left him, and il^ Youth went home v< ry well frisfy’d with the Hopes of his being very fpcedily Cur d, as accordingly it fuccecdcd *, For Within T.irie or Four Days time, his Running ceafed i And in a Weeks time, the Swelling in his Throat was not only abated, but Pcrfcftly and Imircly Cured ( And Mrs. F. by many of this Pei fons Neighbours and Acquaintance, fand mod of the A^plt-women about thefe Parts, _) is to this day called Princt/s F. Now it is well known, That this Guift of Htdling was drfl imparted to King tht Conftjfor^ aGoodKing. thoogh a P«pi(h SJint, to Dcfcend upon his Ugitirntte Suecijfcrs j And if none of them cter Excrcifed it before They crnie to the Crown till now', We muft cither fay, that They had it, but forbore the Ulc of it 5 Or cKe we nmft admire the Excellency of the Advantages that PrtttflAnt Princts^ and Prtncejfts nave above thofe formerly that were Since Prettltants, though Two or Three Removes from the cr«w«, can do as much with a Touch, Edward tht Conftffor^ when He was not only a but a Saint* And now who is there that can Queftion the Ltgitimacy of cur moft Excellent Prince J. D. of M. when this Remarkable Witnefs that Hea¬ ven hath given Him and his Sifter of Curing the Kings £vr/, pleads fo loudly in his behalf? There is but One Other Natural Argnnjent to prove the legitimacy of this Pr/acr, and his being the True and Right SncefJI'ori And that is the Inftinft by which Ljions are taught to Reverence, and to do them Homage, without ever hurting them i And This too I am told His Grace docs defigne to (hew the World in his own behalf; For it is Credibly Re¬ ported, that on Saturdaj next the D.of A/^defigos lobe fliuc wp with one of the Grcatcft Ljons in the Tewtr of unian^ There to be feen, to the great Satisfaftion of all that behold how Secure He muft needs be of his Ugitimacy^ that dare* put it to fo Dangerous a Tryal i Sir 7b. Ar. and /. H. Efq-, have proffered their Service to attend in the next empty Den, in Quality of Bcd-chatnbermen to his Grace*, and the Earl of S. Earl of E. Lord G. and feveral other Noble Peers, have engaged to Accompany Him to the Place of Tryal. (For my part, 1 wilh for the Day, not at all Doubting, but TO fee Old CHAKLES^ the Kings Ly$n^ give him his BIcfting, by laying his Impnrial Paw upon his Head, in which all Ly- §ns have we know by Nature ftampt the Image of » Crtwn. Thii 1 will anfwer for the Lyon •, That if he do not Declare a Trut Sncctffor, yet He will ffew another fort of Royalty^ and Remove one of the worft forts of the Kjngs Evil. The Perfons above mentioned for Witneflics of thh Ex¬ traordinary Cure, are We whofe Names arc fubfcribed. Kr, Lord Gtrard, Ool. Langley. Mr. Rom r, Sir Gilh. Gtrard, Tb. Kernon Efq; VLt%.Nttdbam. Advert ifement. True and pctfcdl Relation of a Strange and Won¬ derful Apparition which appear'd to Eliszabetk FR EEAiANy at BtfiofS’-Hstfitid in fjlartfordjhirf^ JafLij, i68i.Commanding her to^eclarea Mtf- fage to His Majefty, As it was taken before Sir Jofipb Jordan Knt, and Richard Lee Dr. ofjyivi'* n/ry, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majefty. She gives an Account. I *hlat on Monday Ni'pbtt jan. 2^tk, (ho X hy her Mothers firt'^fide bettveen 5 and StX 'J theCloc^in the Evrning^ with a Child in her Ljpy Jhe heard a Voice behind her.^ which mildly faidj Swtct-hcart: fVherenpon {he turned her Face baek^ fjtv an appearance of a hVoman^ as fhe eoneeived, at in fVhite^ covered with a white Vail-, fo that fhe faw no Faee^ but a very white Hand was Uid on the baeJ^of her Chairf and faidto her^ The lyb.dzyof May it is appointed for the ROYAL b LOOD to be Foiibned *» and further ftid-, Be not afraid^ for I am Cent to tell thee; And JovaniJhetL If. 7batonTaddsy, Jan. the 2^tb. between the hours of Five and Six at Nighty fhe going to her Mothers houje^ coming within five or fix ?ole of her door., the fame Apparition appeared to her again in fVhite^ and vailed at before^ and faid Do you re¬ member what 1 (aid ? And fhe anfwered, Yes, And Jho further faid In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Gholi, What art thdu/ And imr mediately it appeared in a very Glorious Sbapoy and with a more harfh Voice faid^ TeH King Charles from me, and bid Him not remove His Parliament^ and Band to his Council * and faid Do as 1 bid you. To which fso anfwered, Yes^andfo vanifhed, 1IL Yhat oH]tn,tbo 26th, between the faidbomo of five and fx in the Evening., fhe fit ing hythefircp and her Mother fitting hy ber, the fame Apfarstion came again to her, whereat fhe could not fpeak 1 And her Mother preeeiving her to he troubledf and fixing her eye/, Daughter, Seeft thou any thing/ And ^e, not able to fpeak,^, Sodded with her Head and Hand; whereat her Mother faidy Shall I go out > And thereupon Jhe being enabled tajpeak,, the Appa* r it ion Nodded to her, fire faidy Yes; whereat her Mo¬ ther going out, the Apparition feid Do your MciVage, And ffe anfwered, I will, fo (boo as God ftiall En¬ able me; And it faid. Be not aftraid, and fo vanifis- td: And then (he cried. Mother, Mother; and then her Mother, and jome other Friendsy came in. TTff Grace to perform thU Famcttt Tryal of Skill, with great Migniftcence and Solemnity, order'd that hit Militia, the Porters, Yink^ersy and Chimney- Sweepers and Bcooin-tncn of London, together with his Sqniresof the Body-, commonly caVd Black-guard, jhould be ready with the afortfaid Attendants to wait upon h'n Ferfon to the place af Execution, followed with feveral Pageants and artificial 'Devices, eurioufiy repire- feniing the Famoui Adventures of ancient Heroes, par- ticuhrly, Don Quixot’s (forming the Windmil for ms inchanted Ca(fle. Bm before th<fe extrardinwey prepa¬ rations could be compleated, the malitiout Papifis have JfitefuUy pay fin'd' ail the Lyons in the Yowety except the Duk/s', whereupon his Grace is advis*d by hisTrivy Couufil tho Rabble, not to venture on that Popijh Lyen, but rather try the good nature of the Leopard, who they fay wot Of cettainly begot by a Lyon, at hUGrace hy a i. and therefore cannot hut favour fueb pnundert to Rc)» alty, in hopes himfelf may at lafi become K. of the Betfis iy.7hefaid Appnritton appear*d to the faid Maid on Thurfday/If fhe Evening, hjetween the sforefaid hours of five and fix. jhe being at a Neighbours Hoife bu$ faid nothing to her. This was taken from the Maids own mautb, by me Xieb^ Wiihjnfon, Schoolnufter in the fold Town of Hatptld.. A True Relation of a ffrange Apparition whieb afpoarA to the Lady GuCommanding her to deliver a Meffaga to Hit Grace the D»of M, AFtcr the Powerful RhetOrkkof that Noble Peer fthf fiarl of £. at his delivery of the Petitioa of 15 mor< as Noble Peers as Himfelf} had fail’d of its dcfign d Sue cefs; what could we hope for, or exped that would pre ▼ail upon His Majefty to alter his Refolution of ConvcniO{ hif Parliament at Oxfoid? Surely no Humaue Perfon won!* be thought forcible enough, and an Hei^cnly muft be tm