







 
   
     
       
         The wonderfull and true relation of the bewitching a young girle in Ireland, what way she was tormented, and a receipt of the ointment that she was cured with.
         Higgs, Daniel.
      
       
         
           1699
        
      
       Approx. 17 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 9 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images.
       
         Text Creation Partnership,
         Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) :
         2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).
         B03653
         Wing H1959A
         ESTC R178028
         47012475
         ocm 47012475
         174441
         
           
            This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of
             Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal
            . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
          
        
      
       
         Early English books online.
      
       
         (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B03653)
         Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 174441)
         Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2689:3)
      
       
         
           
             The wonderfull and true relation of the bewitching a young girle in Ireland, what way she was tormented, and a receipt of the ointment that she was cured with.
             Higgs, Daniel.
          
           16 p.
           
             s.n.],
             [S.l. :
             1699.
          
           
             Signed at end: Daniel Higgs.
             Reproduction of original in: University of Glasgow. Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford.
         Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors.
      
       
         EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO.
         EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org).
         The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source.
         Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.
         Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.
         Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.
         The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.
         Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).
         
          Keying and markup guidelines are available at the
           Text Creation Partnership web site
          .
        
      
       
         
         
      
    
     
       
         eng
      
       
         
           Demoniac possession -- Case studies -- Ireland -- 17th century.
           Witches -- Ireland -- 17th century.
           Exorcism -- Early works to 1800.
           Devil -- Early works to 1800.
           Folk medicine -- Ireland -- 17th century.
           Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
        2008-10 TCP
        Assigned for keying and markup
      
        2008-12 SPi Global
        Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images
      
        2009-01 Scott Lepisto
        Sampled and proofread
      
        2009-01 Scott Lepisto
        Text and markup reviewed and edited
      
        2009-02 pfs
        Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
      
    
  
   
     
       
         
         
           THE
           WONDERFULL
           and
           TRUE
           RELATION
           Of
           the
           Bewitching
           a
           Young
           Girle
           in
           IRELAND
           ,
           What
           Way
           She
           was
           tormented
           ,
           and
           a
           Receipt
           of
           the
           Ointment
           that
           She
           was
           cured
           with
           ,
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           true
           and
           wonderfull
           Relation
           of
           the
           Bewitching
           of
           a
           young
           Girle
           in
           Ireland
           ;
           What
           Way
           She
           was
           tormented
           ,
           and
           a
           receipt
           of
           the
           Ointment
           She
           was
           cured
           with
           .
        
         
           IT
           seemeth
           hard
           to
           unruly
           Minds
           ,
           that
           GOD
           should
           keep
           intellectual
           Souls
           so
           strange
           to
           the
           unseen
           World
           of
           Spirits
           ;
           that
           We
           know
           so
           little
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           our
           Knowledge
           of
           them
           is
           no
           more
           by
           the
           Way
           of
           Sense
           ;
           But
           there
           is
           in
           it
           much
           of
           GOD's
           
             Arbitrarie
             Soveraign
             Power
          
           ,
           and
           much
           of
           His
           Wisedom
           ,
           and
           much
           of
           His
           Justice
           ,
           and
           also
           of
           His
           Love.
           
        
         
           But
           to
           see
           the
           Devils
           and
           other
           Spirits
           ordinarly
           would
           not
           be
           enough
           to
           bring
           our
           Atheists
           to
           the
           saving
           knowledge
           of
           GOD
           ,
           without
           which
           al
           other
           knowledge
           is
           vain
           .
           They
           that
           doubt
           of
           GOD
           ,
           the
           most
           perfect
           ,
           eternal
           ,
           and
           infinite
           Beeing
           ,
           while
           they
           see
           the
           
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
          
           ,
           and
           Stars
           ,
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           Land
           ,
           would
           not
           know
           Him
           by
           seing
           created
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           finding
           that
           almost
           
           all
           the
           
             Atheists
             ,
             Sadducees
          
           ,
           and
           Infidels
           ,
           did
           seem
           to
           profess
           that
           were
           they
           but
           sure
           of
           the
           Reality
           of
           the
           Apparitions
           and
           Operations
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           it
           would
           cure
           Them
           ;
           I
           thought
           this
           the
           most
           suitable
           Help
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           it
           is
           very
           difficult
           to
           expound
           the
           Causes
           of
           all
           mentioned
           in
           these
           Histories
           of
           Witches
           and
           Spirits
           :
           But
           proved
           Maters
           of
           Fact
           must
           not
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           improved
           as
           well
           as
           well
           as
           We
           can
           ,
           and
           And
           I
           confess
           very
           manie
           cheats
           of
           pretended
           Possessions
           have
           been
           discovered
           which
           have
           made
           some
           weak
           injudicious
           Men
           think
           that
           all
           are
           such
           .
           Two
           sorts
           of
           persons
           have
           oft
           been
           found
           Deceavers
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Persons
           prepared
           and
           trained
           up
           purposely
           by
           
             Papist
             Priests
          
           ,
           to
           honour
           their
           Exorcisms
           ,
           You
           may
           find
           in
           Print
           of
           the
           Boy
           of
           
             Bilson
             ,
             Petrius
          
           who
           afterwards
           I
           heard
           turned
           Quaker
           at
           Bristol
           ,
           many
           such
           like
           are
           recorded
           in
           History
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Lustfull
           ,
           rank
           Girls
           and
           young
           Widows
           ,
           that
           plot
           for
           some
           amorous
           procacious
           Design
           ,
           or
           have
           Imaginations
           conquered
           by
           Lust
           ,
           tho'
           I
           think
           when
           they
           
           come
           to
           a
           
             Furor
             Vterinus
             ,
             Sathan
          
           oft
           setts
           in
           .
        
         
           The
           Instances
           tell
           Us
           ,
           1.
           that
           the
           state
           Converse
           ,
           Policy
           ,
           Laws
           of
           the
           
             Aerial
             World
          
           or
           Regions
           ,
           are
           much
           ,
           tho'
           not
           wholly
           ,
           unknown
           to
           Us
           here
           .
           2.
           
           And
           so
           is
           the
           natural
           State
           of
           the
           departed
           Souls
           of
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           having
           Bodies
           or
           no
           Bodies
           ,
           their
           Power
           ,
           their
           Witts
           ,
           their
           Motions
           ,
           and
           Passions
           .
           3.
           and
           also
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           proper
           Devils
           when
           joined
           with
           ,
           or
           of
           another
           Species
           .
           4.
           
           And
           't
           is
           hard
           to
           know
           by
           their
           Words
           or
           Signs
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           a
           Devil
           ,
           &
           when
           is
           an
           
             Humane
             Soul
          
           that
           appeareth
           .
           5.
           and
           it
           is
           unsearchable
           to
           us
           ,
           how
           far
           God
           leaveth
           invisible
           ,
           intellectual
           Powrs
           to
           free
           will
           about
           inferiour
           things
           ,
           suspending
           his
           predetermining
           motion
           tho
           not
           his
           generall
           motion
           and
           concourss
           &
           whether
           those
           called
           Fairies
           and
           Goblins
           are
           not
           such
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           more
           such
           ,
           are
           unknowen
           to
           us
           ,
           so
           GOD
           seeth
           it
           meet
           for
           us
           that
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           we
           should
           not
           so
           much
           as
           desire
           or
           indeavor
           that
           it
           might
           be
           otherwise
           .
        
         
         
           But
           we
           may
           know
           (
           which
           must
           suffice
           us
           )
           That
           no
           Spirits
           can
           doe
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           by
           GOD's
           will
           or
           permission
        
         
           But
           now
           to
           come
           to
           this
           true
           relation
           which
           my
           eyes
           did
           see
           all
           along
           and
           many
           Hundereds
           did
           see
           which
           they
           can
           atest
           to
           this
           day
           say
           Atheists
           what
           they
           will
           I
           was
           not
           blinded
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           At
           Antrim
           in
           Ireland
           a
           litle
           girle
           in
           the
           ninth
           year
           of
           hir
           age
           ,
           for
           beauty
           ,
           education
           ,
           or
           birth
           inferior
           to
           none
           where
           she
           lived
           ,
           having
           inocently
           put
           into
           hir
           mouth
           a
           Sorrel
           leaf
           ,
           which
           was
           given
           her
           by
           a
           Witch
           that
           begged
           at
           the
           door
           ,
           to
           whom
           she
           had
           first
           given
           a
           peice
           of
           bread
           ,
           and
           then
           some
           Beer
           ,
           it
           was
           scarce
           swallowed
           by
           her
           ,
           when
           she
           began
           to
           be
           tortured
           in
           her
           bowels
           ,
           to
           tremble
           all
           over
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           be
           convulst
           ,
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           to
           swon
           away
           &
           fall
           as
           one
           dead
           .
           Severall
           Doctors
           being
           caled
           (
           for
           at
           the
           forsaid
           place
           wher
           these
           things
           happned
           in
           May
           1698.
           it
           is
           customary
           for
           to
           practise
           physick
           )
           tho'
           they
           so
           ▪
           manie
           Days
           experimented
           the
           Remedie
           usual
           in
           this
           Case
           ;
           The
           Child
           found
           no
           relief
           ,
           but
           was
           still
           aflicted
           with
           very
           freqent
           
           and
           most
           terrible
           Paroxisms
           ;
           whereupon
           ,
           as
           the
           custom
           of
           the
           Country
           is
           ,
           they
           consult
           the
           Ministers
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           but
           they
           had
           scarce
           laid
           their
           Hands
           on
           Her
           when
           the
           child
           was
           transformed
           by
           the
           Daemon
           in
           to
           such
           shaps
           as
           a
           man
           that
           hath
           not
           beheld
           it
           with
           his
           eyes
           ,
           would
           hardly
           be
           brought
           to
           imagine
           .
           It
           began
           first
           to
           rowl
           it self
           about
           ,
           and
           nixt
           to
           Vomit
           
             Horse
             Dung
             ,
             Needles
             ,
             Pins
             ,
             Hairs
             ,
             Feathers
             ,
          
           bottoms
           of
           Threed
           ,
           Fieces
           of
           
             Glass
             Window
             Nails
          
           draven
           out
           of
           a
           Cart
           or
           Coach
           wheels
           ,
           an
           iron
           knife
           above
           a
           span
           long
           ,
           Egg
           and
           
             Fish
             shells
          
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           hir
           parents
           and
           those
           of
           the
           neighbourhood
           ,
           observe
           that
           whensoever
           the
           Witch
           came
           near
           the
           House
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           turned
           her
           eye
           towards
           it
           ,
           even
           at
           the
           distance
           of
           two
           hundreth
           paces
           ,
           the
           poor
           Child
           was
           in
           much
           greater
           torment
           then
           befor
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           she
           could
           by
           no
           means
           be
           easie
           of
           her
           fitt
           ,
           or
           shew
           one
           sign
           of
           life
           until
           she
           was
           at
           a
           very
           great
           ●…nce
           from
           Her.
           This
           Witch
           was
           soon
           〈…〉
           pprehended
           ,
           and
           confest
           both
           this
           ,
           〈…〉
           ite
           other
           the
           like
           Feats
           ,
           for
           when
           〈…〉
           ngled
           and
           burnt
           ,
           being
           desired
           
           by
           the
           Minister
           who
           assisted
           Her
           in
           Her
           last
           Agony
           ,
           and
           at
           that
           Moment
           on
           which
           depends
           Eternity
           ;
           when
           the
           Executioner
           had
           now
           fitted
           the
           Rope
           to
           her
           Neck
           ,
           that
           she
           would
           dissolve
           the
           Spell
           ,
           and
           ease
           the
           Child
           ,
           she
           said
           it
           was
           not
           in
           her
           Power
           because
           the
           Ember-Weeks
           were
           past
           since
           she
           had
           bewitched
           Her
           ;
           adding
           ,
           that
           should
           she
           undo
           the
           Villanies
           she
           had
           perpetarted
           ,
           the
           child
           would
           not
           so
           quickly
           recover
           ,
           for
           the
           two
           other
           Witches
           ,
           whom
           she
           named
           ,
           had
           also
           given
           her
           mortal
           Infections
           ,
           from
           the
           Effects
           whereof
           she
           could
           not
           without
           Difficulty
           ,
           and
           much
           time
           ,
           be
           delivered
           ,
           the
           Mother
           as
           in
           a
           despicable
           case
           ,
           brought
           her
           Daughter
           to
           me
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           September
           ,
           and
           I
           had
           her
           with
           Me
           some
           weeks
           What
           I
           then
           saw
           ,
           heard
           ,
           and
           handled
           ,
           because
           I
           know
           many
           Physicians
           ,
           those
           especially
           that
           are
           averse
           that
           there
           can
           be
           Witchas
           ,
           will
           hardly
           believe
           it
           upon
           my
           Narrative
           ;
           So
           may
           GOD
           help
           Me
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           most
           truly
           relate
           what
           I
           saw
           .
           The
           Day
           after
           this
           unfortunat
           child
           came
           to
           my
           house
           I
           took
           care
           to
           send
           for
           a
           Minister
           who
           still
           lives
           here
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           yet
           50
           paces
           from
           
           my
           Chamber
           ,
           the
           Girle
           fell
           down
           as
           one
           deprived
           of
           Life
           ;
           I
           took
           her
           for
           dead
           ,
           For
           she
           had
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           least
           breath
           :
           her
           Fingers
           and
           Toes
           ,
           (
           which
           if
           I
           had
           not
           seen
           it
           my self
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           have
           believed
           it
           ,
           )
           were
           so
           writhen
           and
           convulst
           ,
           that
           the
           exterior
           or
           third
           Joint
           ,
           sttuck
           so
           hard
           unto
           the
           second
           ,
           a
           thing
           which
           is
           scarce
           possible
           narurallie
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           fastned
           together
           with
           the
           stiffest
           Glue
           :
           I
           endeavoured
           to
           thrust
           a
           Golden
           Bodkin
           betwixt
           them
           ,
           and
           after
           an
           Iron
           Nail
           ,
           a
           Wooden
           Spindle
           ,
           &c.
           but
           all
           in
           vain
           ;
           the
           Mother
           seing
           the
           Child
           fall
           ,
           For
           she
           would
           never
           go
           one
           step
           from
           her
           ,
           said
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           were
           comeing
           ,
           she
           had
           no
           sooner
           said
           this
           ,
           but
           they
           knocked
           at
           the
           Door
           :
           when
           they
           were
           come
           in
           and
           lighted
           a
           Candle
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           they
           had
           read
           the
           first
           Words
           of
           a
           Chapter
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           S.
           Matthew
           ,
           the
           Girle
           which
           hitherto
           had
           lain
           more
           immovable
           than
           any
           dead
           Corps
           ,
           fell
           a
           shaking
           all
           over
           ,
           Her
           Fingers
           and
           Toes
           continuing
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           with
           that
           Violence
           that
           she
           could
           not
           be
           held
           still
           by
           six
           of
           us
           ,
           by
           no
           means
           We
           could
           use
           ;
           my self
           
           who
           with
           all
           my
           strength
           essayed
           to
           hold
           her
           Head
           ,
           observed
           it
           both
           by
           my
           sight
           and
           feeling
           ,
           to
           be
           writhen
           as
           by
           an
           
             Ophisthonick
             Convulsion
          
           ,
           together
           with
           Her
           Neck
           towards
           her
           shoulders
           ;
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           her
           belly
           was
           ra●ed
           up
           to
           a
           prodigious
           bigness
           and
           was
           nearer
           her
           Throat
           ,
           than
           Her
           Thighs
           :
           and
           that
           with
           so
           great
           a
           Noise
           &
           Grumbling
           of
           Her
           Bowels
           ,
           that
           all
           present
           could
           hear
           it
           at
           above
           ten
           Paces
           distance
           .
           The
           Sound
           was
           the
           nearest
           to
           that
           which
           is
           caused
           by
           tempestuous
           Waves
           under
           the
           Prow
           of
           a
           ship
           ;
           all
           this
           while
           the
           child
           vomited
           sevral
           of
           the
           abovementioned
           things
           I
           begg'd
           the
           Minister
           ,
           out
           of
           Compassion
           to
           Her
           ,
           to
           forbear
           his
           reading
           ,
           he
           had
           scarce
           pronounced
           the
           last
           sillable
           ,
           when
           in
           an
           instant
           she
           lay
           as
           quiet
           as
           possible
           ,
           and
           after
           He
           had
           quited
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           was
           at
           a
           considerable
           distance
           off
           ,
           she
           undid
           her
           fingers
           and
           Toes
           ,
           and
           open
           her
           Eyes
           ,
           &
           straight
           way
           stood
           up
           ,
           and
           when
           she
           had
           weept
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           chid
           her
           mother
           for
           sending
           for
           the
           Minister
           ,
           tho'
           she
           never
           saw
           them
           ,
           nor
           as
           she
           said
           ,
           heard
           them
           ,
           she
           presently
           began
           to
           eat
           ,
           drink
           ,
           and
           play
           with
           her
           equals
           
           just
           as
           if
           nothing
           had
           ailed
           her
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           
           Minister's
           returning
           to
           do
           his
           office
           ,
           she
           was
           as
           formerly
           ,
           I
           saw
           her
           this
           while
           cast
           up
           Feathers
           ,
           Bundles
           of
           Straw
           ,
           above
           the
           bigness
           of
           my
           thumb
           ,
           with
           pins
           stuck
           across
           the
           straws
           ,
           Points
           woven
           of
           Threed
           of
           several
           Colours
           ,
           and
           a
           row
           of
           Pins
           stuck
           in
           a
           blue
           paper
           ,
           as
           fresh
           and
           new
           as
           any
           sold
           in
           the
           
           Pedlar's
           stall
           :
           In
           fine
           ,
           every
           thing
           as
           the
           innocent
           child
           affirmed
           ,
           which
           she
           had
           seen
           in
           the
           Witches
           basket
           when
           she
           begg'd
           ,
           which
           favours
           plainly
           of
           Devilsm
           ,
           &
           which
           all
           the
           Philosophers
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           are
           not
           able
           to
           solve
           ;
           for
           by
           what
           Operation
           could
           every
           thing
           she
           had
           seen
           in
           the
           basket
           ,
           be
           conveyed
           in
           the
           same
           kind
           and
           tale
           into
           the
           Bowels
           of
           the
           child
           ,
           except
           the
           Devil
           himself
           was
           not
           assisting
           ?
           But
           when
           I
           saw
           all
           she
           had
           cast
           up
           ,
           was
           perfectly
           dry
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           least
           wet
           ,
           I
           told
           the
           Ministers
           and
           several
           learned
           men
           present
           (
           for
           I
           cal'd
           many
           out
           of
           desire
           of
           being
           the
           better
           informed
           )
           that
           surely
           our
           Eyes
           were
           inchanted
           ;
           for
           that
           these
           things
           could
           not
           possibly
           come
           out
           of
           her
           Body
           ,
           For
           how
           could
           it
           be
           that
           the
           pricking
           of
           so
           many
           Pins
           ,
           
           should
           bring
           up
           no
           Blood
           ?
           How
           could
           a
           sharp
           knife
           come
           up
           the
           narrow
           throat
           of
           a
           young
           child
           without
           cutting
           the
           passage
           I
           added
           that
           it
           was
           my
           Opinion
           that
           these
           things
           must
           be
           convyed
           privatly
           some
           way
           from
           some
           other
           Place
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           the
           malicious
           Demon
           that
           took
           pleasure
           to
           deceave
           us
           ,
           drop
           from
           the
           Childs
           Lips
           into
           our
           hands
           and
           that
           I
           was
           brought
           to
           mind
           of
           a
           Verse
           in
           Ovid
           ,
           which
           I
           never
           understood
           ,
           but
           now
           less
           than
           ever
           ,
           it
           is
           this
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Devovet
               absentes
               simulacraque
               cerea
               singit
               ,
            
             
               Et
               miserum
               tenues
               in
               jecur
               urget
               Acus
               .
            
             
               Curses
               the
               absent
               ,
               then
               forms
               waxen
               shapes
            
             
               Runs
               into
               th'
               Liver
               Needles
               —
            
          
        
         
           The
           words
           are
           spoken
           of
           Maedea
           a
           Witch
           ,
           but
           the
           child
           herself
           being
           immixt
           with
           us
           in
           our
           debates
           and
           of
           a
           capacity
           above
           her
           years
           ,
           soon
           resolved
           this
           difficulty
           ,
           for
           we
           doubt
           not
           said
           she
           ,
           but
           that
           thes
           things
           com
           out
           of
           me
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           she
           caught
           my
           Hand
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           to
           her
           Throat
           ;
           feel
           ,
           said
           she
           ,
           a
           Pin
           without
           an
           head
           comeing
           up
           ,
           and
           which
           will
           come
           up
           presently
           ,
           I
           felt
           and
           immediatly
           when
           I
           thought
           verily
           I
           
           held
           it
           fast
           betwixt
           the
           fingers
           of
           my
           left
           Hand
           within
           her
           Throat
           ,
           I
           perceaved
           it
           to
           be
           forced
           violently
           from
           me
           ,
           and
           presently
           seeing
           the
           child
           about
           to
           spit
           ,
           I
           receaved
           in
           my
           right
           Hand
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           shewed
           since
           to
           several
           incredulous
           persons
           ,
           and
           still
           keep
           it
           by
           me
           to
           shew
           to
           the
           Curious
           ,
           with
           Parots
           Feathers
           ,
           Threed
           ,
           Straw
           and
           other
           like
           Materials
           .
           In
           like
           maner
           I
           have
           frequently
           at
           other
           times
           felt
           the
           ends
           of
           Points
           ,
           while
           they
           were
           yet
           in
           the
           very
           orifice
           of
           her
           stomach
           ,
           and
           while
           they
           were
           comeing
           up
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           come
           out
           of
           her
           Mouth
           ,
           all
           who
           were
           curious
           to
           make
           experiments
           imagined
           they
           could
           hold
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Point
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           her
           Throat
           ,
           but
           the
           crafty
           Demon
           defeated
           all
           their
           Attempts
           .
        
         
           After
           she
           had
           exorted
           for
           some
           weeks
           to
           no
           Purpose
           ,
           her
           mother
           had
           great
           desire
           to
           carry
           her
           to
           a
           Doctor
           near
           to
           Dublin
           who
           was
           belived
           by
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           to
           be
           verie
           famous
           in
           the
           curing
           of
           these
           but
           staying
           severall
           dayes
           without
           any
           effect
           they
           bring
           the
           child
           back
           to
           my
           house
           ,
           not
           on
           Jot
           the
           better
           but
           the
           worse
           by
           a
           Hydrophobia
           or
           as
           I
           would
           rather
           call
           it
           a
           Stygrophobia
           
           or
           fearfullness
           of
           moist
           things
           ,
           so
           called
           ;
           very
           sad
           and
           disconsolat
           ,
           and
           disparing
           of
           her
           life
           ,
           Yea
           ,
           praying
           for
           her
           death
           she
           came
           back
           to
           me
           ,
           about
           the
           midst
           of
           Autum
           refusing
           not
           only
           wine
           ,
           beer
           ,
           meed
           ,
           and
           all
           water
           ;
           but
           also
           boiled
           meat
           ,
           and
           bread
           steept
           in
           broath
           or
           wine
           ,
           and
           att
           last
           wheat
           &
           wheaten
           bread
           I
           belive
           because
           the
           one
           was
           made
           with
           milk
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           with
           water
           ,
           as
           is
           usuall
           with
           us
           ,
           for
           which
           reason
           for
           forty
           dayes
           time
           ,
           she
           lived
           on
           nothing
           but
           Apples
           ,
           Raisins
           ,
           Nuts
           ,
           Almonds
           &
           other
           fruits
           proper
           to
           the
           season
           yet
           for
           all
           this-the
           rosie
           blush
           in
           her
           cheeks
           was
           not
           diminished
           ,
           nor
           the
           milky
           snow
           of
           her
           forehead
           ,
           at
           last
           for
           fifteen
           dayes
           and
           nights
           together
           ,
           she
           took
           neither
           meat
           nor
           drink
           how
           she
           could
           Pass
           so
           many
           dayes
           without
           eaither
           meat
           or
           drink
           :
           I
           confess
           my selfe
           ignorant
           ;
           but
           that
           so
           it
           was
           ,
           I
           doe
           avow
           ,
           and
           all
           my
           family
           are
           ready
           most
           solemnly
           to
           depose
           upon
           Oath
           ;
           on
           the
           sexteenth
           day
           when
           she
           had
           of
           her
           own
           accord
           ,
           asked
           for
           some
           drink
           ,
           and
           taken
           it
           she
           no
           longer
           refused
           food
           .
           I
           thought
           then
           season
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           naturall
           means
           ,
           
           not
           omitting
           divne
           exercise
           and
           I
           prepared
           the
           decoction
           
             ex
             fuga
             Daemonum
          
           of
           southeren
           wood
           ,
           Mugwort
           ,
           Vervene
           &c.
           and
           after
           I
           had
           used
           her
           a
           while
           to
           that
           drink
           ,
           I
           sent
           her
           home
           :
           in
           the
           Intrim
           tumbling
           over
           all
           the
           books
           ,
           I
           could
           find
           ,
           at
           last
           I
           light
           on
           
             Bartholemew
             Carrichters
          
           ,
           secret●
           who
           in
           XII
           .
           Chap.
           of
           his
           2
           book
           describs
           a
           certain
           medicine
           proper
           to
           this
           malady
           finding
           this
           mightly
           recomended
           in
           Horstius
           his
           medicinall
           epistles
           ,
           Epist.
           I.
           Sect.
           VII
           .
           in
           
             Hector
             Schlands
          
           letter
           to
           
             Grigory
             Hostrus
          
           dated
           in
           the
           year
           1612.
           
           I
           write
           to
           the
           Apothecary
           in
           Dublin
           in
           whose
           shops
           I
           thought
           it
           was
           sold
           promising
           any
           rate
           for
           the
           unguent
           and
           prescription
           but
           receving
           no
           advice
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           being
           day
           and
           night
           solicitus
           for
           the
           Childs
           recoverie
           I
           took
           Carrichter
           again
           into
           my
           hands
           ,
           and
           having
           much
           adoe
           to
           understand
           him
           by
           reason
           of
           a
           mistack
           of
           the
           printers
           who
           had
           printed
           in
           one
           word
           
             Hoter
             bletter
             beer
          
           which
           should
           have
           been
           in
           three
           ,
           I
           at
           last
           a
           long
           time
           after
           for
           want
           of
           necessarie
           materials
           ,
           caused
           the
           folowing
           unguent
           to
           be
           made
           .
           Take
           of
           Dogs
           Grease
           well
           dissolved
           
           and
           cleansed
           ,
           four
           Ounces
           ;
           Of
           Bears
           Grease
           eight
           Ounce
           ;
           Of
           Capons
           Grease
           ,
           four
           and
           twenty
           Ounces
           ;
           three
           trunks
           of
           the
           Misletoe
           of
           the
           Hazle
           while
           green
           ,
           cut
           in
           pieces
           &
           pound
           it
           smal
           ,
           till
           it
           become
           moist
           ;
           bruise
           together
           the
           wood
           ,
           leaves
           and
           Berries
           ,
           mix
           all
           in
           a
           Vial
           ,
           after
           You
           have
           exposed
           it
           to
           the
           Sun
           for
           nine
           weeks
           ;
           You
           shall
           extract
           a
           green
           Balsom
           ,
           wherewith
           if
           you
           anoint
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Bewitched
           ,
           especially
           the
           parts
           most
           effected
           and
           the
           joynts
           ,
           they
           will
           certainly
           be
           cured
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           proved
           by
           the
           child
           ,
           who
           hath
           been
           now
           perfectly
           well
           since
           only
           an
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           Ember-weeks
           do
           what
           she
           can
           she
           is
           seized
           with
           a
           certain
           transient
           melancholy
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           the
           reason
           why
           I
           have
           ingenously
           communicated
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           above-mentioned
           Prescription
           ,
           concealed
           by
           others
           ,
           and
           ordered
           it
           to
           be
           printed
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           others
           that
           may
           have
           the
           like
           ;
           So
           Farewell
           .
        
         
           
             Daniel
             Higgs
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

