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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<P>A LETTER Sent into FRANCE to the Lord DUKE of <HI>B&V;CKINGHAM</HI> His Grace: OF A GREAT MIRACLE wrought by a piece of a Handkerchefe, dipped in His Maje&s;ties Bloud.</P>
<P>The Truth whereof, he him&s;elf &s;aw, and is ready to depo&s;e it, and doth believe will be atte&s;ted by 500. others, if occa&s;ion requires.</P>
<P><HI>Imprinted in the Yeare,</HI> 1649.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>A LETTER,</HI> Sent to a Noble Lord of this, K<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">g|dome, from an E<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> DIVINE.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Mo&s;t Excellent Sir:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THAT your Lord&s;hip may not bee a Stranger to tho&s;e things which have come to pa&s;&s;e heere in the&s;e our days, &s;ince the death of our Gracious Soveraigne Lord, King CHARLES; I &s;hall make bold to begin this my Letter unto you (mo&s;t Excellent Sir) in the Words and Preface (with a little alterati|on) of Saint LUKE to his Go&s;pel.</P>
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<P>Fora&s;much as many have &s;et forth, and privately di&s;|cour&s;t of tho&s;e things which are mo&s;t &s;urely believed a|mong&s;t us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye and eare Witne&s;&s;es of them. It &s;emed good to me al&s;o, having had perfect under&s;tand|ing of tho&s;e things from the very fir&s;t, to write unto you in order, mo&s;t Excellent Lord, that you may know the cer|tainty of tho&s;e things, which I have both heard and &s;een.</P>
<P>I Was de&s;ired by a Noble Knight, a Kin&s;man of mine, af|ter hee had related to mee a Miracle which hee had &s;eene done at DEDFORD neare LONDON, to goe thither to know the truth of it, and to witne&s;s it under my hand for the greater confirmation of it, that thereby it might bee the more credibly believed among&s;t Strangers; whereu|pon I went thither to the hou&s;e of one Mi&s;tri&s;&s;e BAYLY, the Wife of CHARLES BAYLY, who related it to me as it followeth, which I writ down <HI>verbatim,</HI> as neare as I could, from her and her daughters owne mouth (in the pre&s;ence of Mr. THOMAS BRET, an Ancient Gentle|man of knowne truth and integrity) and then I read it o|ver to them, and they confe&s;&s;ing the truth of it, the Mo|ther &s;et her hand unto it, her Daughter her Mark, and Mr. BRET &s;ub&s;cribed his name as a Witne&s;s to it.</P>
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<P>This my Daughter about a yeare and a halfe after her birth was troubled with a &s;welling under her Chin, and a flux of rhume in her eyes, for the removall and cure where|of I u&s;ed all the meanes I could; but &s;hee continued &s;till in the &s;ame ca&s;e: at la&s;t I procured a water from one Mrs. ARNOLD, which being applyed to her eyes, diverted the humour from thence; &s;o as they being pretty well, it fell into her lips, which thereupon &s;welled grievou&s;ly, and then about a month after it returned into her eyes againe, whereupon both her eyes and lippes were extreamely ill, the &s;welling in her neck &s;till continuing, and at la&s;t &s;hee
<PB N="3" REF="4">was ab&s;olutely blinde in her right eye for twelve months, and then it fell into the left eye after that manner, that &s;he could &s;carce di&s;cerne the light of a Candle; &s;ome telling me that it was the Kings Evill, others doubting of it; I never &s;ought for remedy by a touch from the hand of His Sacred Maje&s;ty while He was living; at la&s;t the Saturday after his death, I went to Mr. FRANCIS COLE his hou&s;e a Woollen Draper at the Blacke Lyon at Pauls Chaine, who&s;e Journey-man gave me a little piece of a Handker|chefe that was dip't in the Kings bloud, and then retur|ning home, it came into my minde that many Miracles had beene done by Handkerchefes or Aprons, which were brought from PAULS body to the &s;icke; as I had read, Acts 19. v. 12. whereupon I &s;troaked my Daughters eyes, and the &s;welling under her chin with it, which pre&s;ently was much better then before, and mended every day; at la&s;t through forgetfulne&s;s I neglected the application of it for a Night, and then the next day &s;he was almo&s;t as ill as ever &s;he was before in her eyes; whereupon I u&s;ed it againe, and it hath helpt her, and &s;he is now perfectly re|covered, as you &s;ee, in her eyes, and the &s;welling under her chin is almo&s;t gone, the colour of her fle&s;h is recovered, and the pain totally gone: with this &s;mall piece of a Handker|chefe was all this done, which many have de&s;ired of me; but, although I am but a poore woman, and of mean con|dition, I prote&s;t I will not &s;ell it for forty pounds.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>MARY BAYLY <HI>the Mother of the Childe.</HI></SIGNED>
<SIGNED><HI>The Marke</HI> [M] <HI>of</HI> MARY BAYLY, <HI>the Childe that is cured, who is about fourteene yeares of Age.</HI></SIGNED>
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<P><HI>All this was related, confe&s;t, and &s;ub&s;cribed in the pre|&s;ence of mee,</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>THOMAS BRET.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>ANd now, Excellent Sir, I &s;hall crave leave to make the &s;ame profe&s;&s;ion, that ANNAS the high Prie&s;t, and CAIPHAS did when they &s;aw what was done by PE|TER, Acts 4.16.</P>
<P>It is manife&s;t that a notable miracle hath been done, and we cannot deny it, but mu&s;t confe&s;s (as our Saviour did of the man that was borne blinde, Joh. 9.3.) the works of God are manife&s;t in this childe by this miraculous cure: For my part therefore I cannot but acknowledge (and heere I &s;hall make bold to expre&s;s my &s;elfe almo&s;t in the &s;ame manner that NICODEMUS did unto our Saviour,) that his Sacred Maje&s;ty (now with God) was a Phy&s;itian that was &s;ent from God; for the Reliques of no man could doe &s;uch miracles, except God had been with him, John 3.2. And I hope it may be lawfull for me to &s;ay, as Saint Peter did, Acts 2.22. that he was a man approved of God by miracles, wonders, and &s;ignes, which God had done by him. As then the blind man in the Go&s;pel, John 9.30. told the Phari&s;ees, that it was a marvellous thing, that they &s;hould not know from whence his Phy&s;itian was, who had opened his eyes: &s;o &s;hall I from henceforth tell any man that doubts of our Soveraignes being with, and comming from God, that I marvell at him, &s;ince this relique (with Gods ble&s;&s;ing) hath opened the eyes of a childe that was blinde, which ought to &s;top the mouths of all tho&s;e ray|ling RABSHAKAH'S, <HI>Tumule quos &s;en&s;imus ho&s;tes,</HI> who have lately &s;tandred the foot&s;teps of the Lords Anoin|ted, and endeavoured to kill him in his grave. This one miracle (not now to &s;peake of his &s;anctified life, and uni|mitable expre&s;&s;ion of him&s;elfe in his mo&s;t divine Booke, which &s;hews, though he were bodily here, yet his con|ver&s;ation was &s;till in Heaven) may make it apparent (&s;ince it will be atte&s;ted by &s;o many hundreds of Brethren) to all good Chri&s;tians, who will not wilfully blindefold them|&s;elves
<PB N="5" REF="5">that he is returned to God (who gave and &s;ent him out of his e&s;peciall favour unto us) and that he is now a Saint in Heaven. And that your Lord&s;hip may al&s;o, after this painfull life is ended, raigne with him there, &s;hall ever be the prayer of</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Excellencies mo&s;t humble &s;ervant, <HI>G. I.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<Q>Barbara Pyramidum &s;ileat miracula Memphis.</Q>
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<L><HI>Let Rome no longer boa&s;t of</HI> Garnets <HI>&s;traw,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Nor</HI> Beckets <HI>bloud, for what I lately &s;aw</HI></L>
<L><HI>Done by a crim&s;on relique of King</HI> Charles,</L>
<L><HI>Out&s;hines their feigned miracles and charms,</HI></L>
<L><HI>As much as</HI> Phoebus <HI>in his pride at noone,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Out&s;hines the twinkling &s;tars, and darkned Moone.</HI></L>
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<P><HI>MAY it plea&s;e you (Excellent Sir) to know that I am informed there have been many others cured by his Maje&s;ties bloud, which will be atte&s;ted by people of mo&s;t eminent quality; but in regard I can onely be depo&s;ed of the truth of this particular, I have onely made mention thereof; but concerning the re&s;t, I be|lieve that &s;uddenly (Excellent Sir) you will have a true and certain Certificate.</HI></P>
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