Crookhorn, January 1. 1681. The following account of an extraordinary Cure of the Kings-Evil is sent from Crookhorn in the County of So­merset,, attested by Henry Clark Minister of the said Parish Capt. James Bale, Captain Richard Shirlock, John Stacky Clerk, William Pike, Samuel Daubeny, George Strong, John Greenway, Robert Chislet.

WE whose Names are under written, do certifie the Truth of a Miraculous Cure of a Girl of this Town about 20 years of Age by Name Elizabeth Parcer, a poor Widows Daughter, who had languished under the sad afflicting Distemper of the Kings Evil, termed the Joint Evil, (being said to be the worst Evil,) for about 10 or 11 years time; She had in her right hand four running sores, (viz.) one on the inside, and three on the back of her hand, and two more in the same arm, one in her hand-wrist, the other above her Elbow. She had hetwixt her Arm­pit and Breast, a Bunch, which the Doctors said fed those 6 se­veral sores; the said Distemper was likewise on her left Ey, inso­much that she was almost Blind; Her Mother despairing of her sight, and not being able to send her to London, to be touch'd by the King, being miserably poor, and having many small Chil­dren, and this Girl not being able to work: Her Mother (desirous to have her Daughter cur'd,) went to the Chyrurgeons for help, who tamper'd with it for a time, but could do no good, went like­wise 10 or 11 miles to a seventh Son, but all in vain, no visible hopes of a Cure remain'd, and nothing was expected but a Grave.

But now, in this Girls extremity, God, the great Physician, dictates unto her (thus, languishing in her miserable, hopeless condition,) what course to take, and what to do for a Cure, which was to go and touch the Duke of Monmouth, which the Girl told her Mother, that if she could but touch the Duke, she should be well: Her Mother r [...]proved her for her foolish concert, But the Girl did often perswade her Mother that she might go to Lackington to the D. (who then lay at Mr. Spekes,) For cer­tainly (said she) I should be well if I could but touch him. Her Mother slighted the pressing Requests of her Daughter, and the more her Mother slighted it, and reprov'd her, the more earnest was the Girl for it. In few days after the Girl having notice that Sir Jo. Sidenham intended to treat the D. at White Lodg in Henton Park; to which place this Girl with many of her Neighbours went, she being there timely, waited the Dukes co­ming. First, she observed the Person of the Duke, to have knowledge of him, as he was passing by, she prest in amongst the croud, and catcht him by the hand, his Glove being on, and she had a Glove likewise to cover her very sores; She not being here­with satisfied with this first attempt of touching his Glove on­ly, but her mind was, she must touch some part of his naked flesh; She waiting his coming forth, intended a second attempt. The poor Girl thus between Hope and Fear waited his Mo­tion, and on a sudden was News brought of the Dukes coming, which she (to be prepared) rent off her Glove that was clung to the Sores, in such haste, that she tore her Glove, and brought away not only the Sores but the Skin. The Dukes Glove, (as Providence ordered it,) the upper part hung down, so that his wrist was bare; she prest on, and catcht him by the bare hand with her running hand; saying God bless your Greatness, and the Duke said God bless You. The Girl was not a little transported with her good Success, came and told her Friends that now she should be well: She came home to her Mother with great Joy, and told her she had been toucht by the Dukes bare hand, and that she should now be well. Her Mother hear­ing what she had done, reproved her very sharply for her bold­ness, and askt her how she durst do any such thing? and threat­ned to beat her for it; She cryed out, O Mother, I shall be well again, and be cured of my Sores; And as God Almighty (the great Physician) would have it, (to the Admiration of all that know or hear of it;) her six running Sores in her Hand and Arm, in four or five days were dryed up; the bunch in her Breast was dissolved in 8 or 10 days, of which now is no Sign, her ey that was given for lost, is now perfectly well, and the Girl in good Health, the marks of her several Sores are yet visible in her Hand and Arm; all which hath been discovered to us both by Mother, Daughter, and Neighbours that know her.

A True Account of a Wonderful Cure of the Kings-Evil, perform'd by Mrs. F— Sister to his Grace the Duke of MONMOƲTH.

THE Extraordinary Cure of the Kings-Evil, lately per­formed by his Grace the D. of M in his Western Pro­gress, has (no doubt) alarm'd many People, and open'd the eys of the most unbelieving, to see Heaven by this Mi­racle proclaim a Legitimacy, and God Almighty declare for the Black Box. Neither has there been wanting a second Te­stimony to this Illustrious D's Family, in a Cure both strange and true as the former; that so according to the Apostle, Out of the mouth of Two or Three Witnesses; every word might be established. Mrs. F. Sister to this most Excellent Prince, for­merly a Roman Catholick, but since (by the convincing Argu­ments, and exemplary Piety of her Husband Mr F. Master of the Requests,) brought over to his Religion, I mean the true sincere Protestant Faith, has been as remarkable in a wonder­ful Cure of the same malignant Distemper, as the D. her Bro­ther; The truth of which whole matter of Fact, We whose Names are under-written engage our selves to be responsi­ble for. Now the matter of Fact was thus; One Jonathan Trott was born of poor, but virtuous Parents, his Father was dead but his Mother that surviv'd, by the Blessing of God accom­panying her honest Endeavours, had got together a Sum of Money very considerable to the Trade she drove, her chief Vocation being selling of Apples, Pears, Oranges, and other Fruit, not far from Covent Garden Church Door; the Inter­vals of which Calling she still imploy'd in being very busie with her Needle in footing Stockins, mending Breeches, and such like honest Labours. But her greatest affliction was, the sad spectacle of the poor wretch her only Son and Heir, (the forementioned Jonathan Trot [...], who had for many years been sore afflicted with a continual. Running of a most noy­som Matter in his Neck, and many other parts of his Body, ac­companyed often with so great Tumours and Swelling about his Throat, as almost choak'd him. Upon this Son of hers, (now about the Age of 19.) she had spent the greatest part of her Livelihood, to pitiful, Quacking Ignorant Physicians such as her Purse could best procure, and such as kill the poor at the most easie and conscionable Rates: These her Doctors could never rightly inform her what was her Sons true Distemper; till at last she her self (suspecting it was the Kings Evil,) had the Advice of some able Physicians, as Dr Lower. Dr. Minsbel. &c. who all agreed that it was the Kings Evil, and that he was in very great danger, unless he were very speedily touch'd. This happned to be when His Majesty was last at Windsor, whither she (good woman) was designing her Journey with her Son; But the night before she resolv'd on her Progress, she dreamt that she heard a Voice that com­manded her Son to be Toucht by Mrs. F. The poor woman you may imagine, was infinitely surpriz'd at this Command never having so much as heard of such a Woman as Mrs. F. in her Life; But she was much more astonisht when her Son came to her, and told her that he was resolv'd not to take his Journey to Windsor, for that he had heard a Voice that Night 3 times successively, (which by the Description he gave of it, was the very same that his Mother had heard, and commanded the same thing,) telling him, that one Touch of Mrs. F. would make him whole. Upon this the poor Wo­man acquainted several of her Neighbours with the unusu­al Circumstances of her Dream, exactly concurring with her Sons; and by them was inform'd that there was such a Lady, Sister to His Grace the D. of M. whom they therefore all con­cluded to be the Person intended in the Dream, by reason of her near Relation to His Grace, and the Crown. The Youth Jonathan hearing this, was extreme glad, and shew'd violent signs of it, in urging and pressing his Mother as vigorously as ever he could, to procure her leave; who at first was very unwilling to let him go upon this Adventure. He still in­sisted upon one Argument which even in affliction made the poor Woman smile, That (having heard of the D. of M's Cure, which was knowh long before it was Published,) He did not know why Mrs. F. might not receive from her Mother the Curing of the Ills of Young Men by a Touch of her Na­ked Flesh, as well as the D. her Brother had from his Father [Page]the Curing of Young Women by a Touch of his. However, his Mother having check'd him for this saying, was resolv'd to send him: Accordingly he went to Mrs. F's House, near St. James's, and having desir'd admission, as soon as ever Mrs. F. appeared, he falls down upon his Knees before her, begging Pardon for boldness, the occasion whereof he told her in the Relation which he made of all that had hap­pen'd to his Mother and himself: Then grasping her hands with all the Violence and Passion imaginable, kiss'd them a Thousand times, and directed them (for the Lady was not so Uncharitable as to deny it upon any such good account,) to his Neck and his Throat, and all the other parts of his Body wherein he was afflicted; which she vouchsafed to stroke, wishing withal, that it might do him as much good as he believ'd it would. This done, she left him, and the Youth went home very well satisfy'd with the Hopes of his being very speedily Cur'd, as accordingly it succeeded; for within three or four days time his Running ceased; and in a Weeks time the Swelling in his Throat was not only abated, but perfectly and intirely Cured; And Mrs▪ F. by many of this Persons Neighbours and Acquaintance, (and most of the Apple-women about those parts;) is to this day called Princess F.

Now its well known, That this Gift of Healing was first imparted to King Edward the Confessor, a good King, though a Popish Saint, to Descend upon his Legitimate Successors; and if none of them ever Exercised it before they came to the Crown till now, we must either say, that they had it, but forbore the use of it, or else we must admire the ex­cellency of the Advantages that Protestant Princes and Prin­cesses have above those formerly that were Papists; Since Protestants, though two or three Removes from the Crown, can do as much with a Touch, as Edward the Confessor, when he was not only a King but a Saint. And now who is there that can question the Legitimacy of our most Excellent Prince J. D. of M. when this Remarkable Witness that Heaven hath given Him and his Sister of Curing the Kings Evil, pleads so loudly in his behalf?

There is but One Other Natural Argument to prove the Legitimacy of this Prince, and his being the True and Right Successor; And that is the Instinct by which Lyons are taught to Reverence, and to do them Homage, without ever hurt­ing them; And This too I am told His Grace does design to shew the World in his own behalf; For it is Credibly Re­ported, that on Saturday next the D. of M. designs to be shut up with one of the Greatest Lyons in the Tower of London ▪ There to be seen, to the great Satisfaction of all that behold how Secure He must needs be of his Legitimacy, that dare: put it to so Dangerous a Tryal; Sir Th. Ar. and J. H. Esq have proffered their Service to attend in the next empty Den, in Quality of Bed-chamber-men to his Grace; and the Earl of S. Farl of E. Lord G. and several other noble Peers, have engaged to Accompany Him to the Place of Tryal. For my part, I wish for the Day, not at all Doubting, but to see Old CHARLES, the Kings Lyon, give him his Blessing, by laying his Imperial Paw upon his Head, in which all Ly­ons have we know by Nature stampt the Image of a Crown. This I will answer for the Lyon; That if he do not Declare a True Successor, yet He will shew another sort of Royalty, and Remove one of the worst sorts of the Kings Evil.

A true and perfect Relation of a Strange and Wonder­ful Apparition which appear'd to Elizabeth FREE­MAN, at Bishops-Hatfield in Hartfordshire, Jan. 27. 1680/1. Commanding her to declare a Message to His Majesty. As it was taken before Sir Joseph Jor­dan Kt, and Richard Lee Dr. of Divinity, and Chap­lain in Ordinary to His Majesty.

She gives an Account

I. THAT on Monday Night, being Jan. 24th. she sitting by her Mothers fire-side between Five and Six of the Clock in the Evening, with a Child in her Lap, she heard a Voice behind her, which mildly said Sweet-heart: Whereupon she turning her Face back, saw an Appearance of a Woman, as she conceived, all in White, covered with a white Vail, so that she saw no Face, but a very white Hand was laid on the Back of her Chair, and said to her, The 15 day of May is a p­pointed for the ROYAL BLOOD to be Poisoned; and further said, Be not afraid, for I am sent to tell thee: And so vanished.

II. That on Tuesday, Jan. the 25th. between the hours of Five and Six at Night, she going to her Mo­thers house, coming within five or six Pole of her door, the same Apparition appeared to her again in White, and vailed as before, and said Do you remember what I said? And she answered, Yes. And she further said In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, What art thou? And immediately it appeared in a very Glorious Shape, and with a more harsh Voice said, Tell King Charles from me, and bid him not re­move his Parliament, and stand to his Council; and said Do as I bid you. To which she answered, Yes, and so vanished.

III. That on Jan. the 26th. between the said hours of five and six in the Evening, she sitting by the Fire, and her Mother sitting by her, the same Apparition came again to her, whereat she could not speak; and her Mother perceiving her to be troubled, and fixing her eyes, said, Daughter, Seest thou any thing? And she, not able to speak, Nodded with her Head and Hand; whereat her Mother said, Shall I go out? And there­upon she being enabled to speak, the Apparition Nodded to her, she said, Yes; whereat her Mother going out, the Apparition said Do your Message. And she answer­ed, I will, so soon as God shall enable me; And it said, Be not afraid, and so vanished: And then she cried, Mother, Mother; and then her Mother and some other Friends came in.

IV. The said Apparition appear'd to the said Maid on Thursday in the evening, between the aforesaid hours of five and six, she being at a Neighbours House, but said nothing to her.

This was taken from the Maids own mouth, by me Rich. Wilkinson, Schoolmaster in the said Town of Hatfield.

A True Relation of a strange Apparition which appear'd to the Lady Gr. Commanding her to deliver a Mes­sage to His Grace the D. of M.

After the Powerful Rhetorick of that Noble Peer of the Realm (the Earl of E. at his delivery of the Petition of 15 more as Noble Peers as Himself) had fail'd of its design'd Success; what could we hope for, or expect that would pre­vail upon His Majesty to alter his Resolution of Convening his Parliament at Oxford? Surely no Humane Person would be thought forcible enough, and an Heavenly must be im­ploy'd, [Page]if the business cannot be done by the Earl of E. Accordingly we have heard of a True and perfect▪ Relation from Bishops Hatfield, (attested by one of his Majesties Chaplains in Ordinary (Dr. Lee) so famous for his constan­cy to the Church of England,) of a str [...]g [...] and Wonderful Apparition which appear'd to one Young Mrs. Freeman: And her Message to his Sacred Majesty, is well enough known, not only by a single Printed paper of the whole matter of Fact; but also, (that no person should have Impudence to doubt the Truth of it) by Ben. Harris himself in his Protestant Intelligence; There we are told how the Maiden of One and thirty, sitting with her Child in her Lap by the Fire, saw an Appearance of a Woman (as she conceiv'd) cover'd with a white Veil, so that she saw no Face, but a very white Hand was laid on the back of her Chair, and said unto her, &c. which though it be very wonderful, yea his Speech of the White Hand is equall'd (if not excell'd in strangeness,) by an Apparition which appear'd to the Lady Gr.) supposed to be the same that was seen at Hatfield;) of which I shall give you a True and perfect Relation, according to her own Deposition before Justice Warc. Sir W.W. Mr. Baxter, and Mr. Charlton, who stampt with his woodden Leg, and swore Damn him he believ'd it.