MOST
TRVE
AND
MORE
ADmirable
newes
,
EXPRESSING
THE
MIRACVlous
preseruation
of
a
young
Maiden
of
the
towne
of
Glabbich
in
the
Dukedome
of
Gulische
:
And
,
THE
STRANGE
YET
WORTHY
execution
of
Iohn
Honaver
,
of
Brunholf
at
Wittenberg
,
this
present
yeere
1597.
Condemne
not
ere
ye
read
,
and
hauing
read
,
wonder
at
the
Almighties
worke
.
LONDON
.
Printed
by
Adam
Islip
for
Thomas
Stirrop
,
dwelling
in
Pouls
Church-yard
at
the
signe
of
the
George
,
1597.
❧
To
his
especiall
freind
,
Master
Ed.
Harc
.
Merchant
in
London
.
SIr
(
as
you
haue
desired
)
I
haue
done
all
my
endeauour
to
satisfie
you
with
the
truth
of
such
note-worthy
things
,
as
in
these
parts
happen
;
beeing
recompenced
by
you
with
like
for
like
from
London
,
our
naturall
and
beloued
Citie
.
So
it
is
(
that
beeing
certified
of
a
matter
beyond
all
naturall
reason
wonderfull
)
that
at
this
instant
is
to
be
scene
at
the
towne
of
Glabbich
in
the
Dukedome
of
Gulische
neare
vnto
Colaine
,
from
whence
I
departed
not
beleeuing
the
straunge
report
of
many
my
good
frends
,
till
mine
eyes
had
assured
my
heart
,
of
that
which
mine
eares
coulde
not
perswade
it
vnto
.
And
to
be
plaine
with
you
,
though
I
did
see
it
,
so
admirable
the
report
is
,
that
I
am
doubtfull
to
deliuer
it
,
least
you
should
call
my
knowen
credit
in
question
,
and
count
me
a
reporter
of
fabulous
lyes
.
But
to
cleare
my selfe
of
that
supposition
,
I
haue
sent
you
the
names
and
dwelling
places
of
diuers
our
countrymen
●
that
inhabite
in
and
about
London
,
who
saw
what
I
did
see
,
wondered
as
I
did
,
and
will
witnesse
on
their
oathes
the
truth
of
what
I
write
.
Besides
I
haue
sent
you
the
Towne
seale
to
a
certificate
of
the
truth
,
signed
by
the
Magistrates
,
with
the
occasion
,
why
it
was
gotten
:
and
first
will
I
name
my
witnesses
.
-
Bartholomew
Powels
.
-
Gerrard
Powels
.
-
Harman
Rutters
.
These
three
aboue
written
dwell
in
the
parish
of
Saint
Olaue
,
commonly
called
Saint
Touleys
in
Southwarke
.
-
Henry
the
post
,
Of
the
parish
of
Saint
Katherines
by
the
Toure
.
-
Henry
Powels
,
Dwelling
in
the
late
Dukes
place
neare
Algate
.
-
Henry
Hester
,
Of
Waltham
Stow
in
Essex
.
These
to
my
knowledge
did
see
this
admirable
wonder
,
which
yet
continueth
for
any
to
see
that
haue
occasion
to
trauell
into
those
parts
.
NOW
hauing
in
some
part
cleared
my
way
,
&
strengthened
my selfe
with
witnesses
dwelling
by
you
,
I
will
the
boldlier
tell
you
this
strange
and
admirable
accident
;
which
in
my
conscience
(
among
many
other
wonders
)
is
in
this
wicked
age
by
God
ordained
to
reprooue
the
folly
of
those
fooles
,
that
say
in
their
heart
,
there
is
no
God
,
that
ieast
at
the
promise
of
his
comming
,
that
blasphemously
affirm
nature
to
be
conseruer
of
all
things
.
For
no
naturall
Philosopher
in
the
world
can
yeeld
reason
for
this
admirable
wonder
.
Longer
I
will
not
hold
you
from
it
the
substance
and
truth
is
this
.
portrait of maiden
❧
The
miraculous
preseruation
of
a
young
Maiden
of
the
towne
of
Glabbiche
in
the
Dukedome
of
Gulische
.
ONe
Iohn
Iohans
,
and
Mary
his
wife
,
dwelling
in
the
village
of
Wincklen
,
being
people
of
honest
report
had
a
daughter
called
Veit
en
Iohans
,
who
from
the
feast
of
holimesse
in
the
year
1593
to
this
very
instant
hath
neuer
receiued
any
kind
of
sustenaunce
,
nor
done
those
necessary
workes
of
nature
which
euery
creature
naturally
is
forced
to
,
yet
is
shee
faire
,
of
a
very
good
complection
,
and
to
all
mens
seeming
of
perfit
health
.
Her
parentes
by
no
meanes
can
yeeld
reason
of
this
her
strange
kind
of
life
,
but
doe
confesse
shee
hath
eaten
,
drunke
,
and
done
as
other
children
haue
.
Onely
this
they
say
,
that
in
Anno
1593
shee
had
a
very
greeuous
sicknesse
,
and
vpon
the
recouery
she
fed
but
little
,
and
daily
lesse
and
lesse
,
till
at
length
indeed
shee
tooke
not
any
food
:
t●
last
of
any
,
being
as
I
before
said
,
vpon
ho
〈…〉
ay
Anno
1593.
At
the
first
her
parents
gest
it
to
●●…se
from
sullennesse
or
wantonesse
,
but
neither
strip●s
nor
entreaty
could
since
make
her
take
an●
s
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
enance
:
but
what
beyond
compasse
of
all
mannes
reason
God
inwardly
nourisheth
her
withall
.
MEe
thinkes
(
M.
Harc
.
)
I
see
a
humour
growing
in
you
,
or
if
not
of
your self
it
come
,
some
humourous
person
doth
persuade
you
,
that
the
parents
of
this
child
doe
get
vnto
themselues
profite
,
going
about
to
make
their
daughter
bee
thought
another
Ioan
the
Pucelle
,
or
such
a
one
as
was
our
Hypocriticall
holye
maid
of
Kent
.
But
I
can
assure
you
,
that
they
are
no
such
people
,
but
wealthy
persons
of
peaceable
and
godlie
conuersation
,
such
as
make
no
gaine
by
their
child
,
but
are
rather
much
hindered
by
entertaining
those
that
come
to
see
her
,
neither
doe
they
cloister
her
vp
nor
chamber
her
so
close
,
but
shee
conuerseth
daily
with
neighbours
children
,
at
church
,
at
worke
,
at
play
,
and
neuer
leaueth
company
,
till
they
goe
to
meat
,
which
it
seemeth
her
stomacke
loatheth
.
To
adde
more
credite
herevnto
,
I
send
you
as
I
promised
,
the
copie
of
the
certificate
,
which
the
Gouernours
at
the
earnest
request
of
Bartholmew
Powels
dwelling
in
London
as
aforesaid
,
did
get
;
who
will
shew
you
the
originall
and
the
Towne
seale
at
it
:
The
copie
followeth
.
WEe
Iohn
Stambe
,
William
Hertzigh
,
Herman
at
Stappen
,
and
Iohn
Spangen
,
with
the
rest
of
the
magistrates
of
the
Citie
of
Glabbith
in
the
dukedome
of
Gulische
,
doe
by
these
our
letters
giue
to
vnderstand
to
all
maner
of
persons
whatsoeuer
,
before
whom
these
presents
shall
come
,
that
at
the
writing
hereof
there
was
before
vs
one
Iohn
Iohans
with
Mary
his
lawful
wife
,
dwelling
at
Winclē
,
being
a
village
in
the
Dukedome
of
Gulische
,
who
said
that
they
were
of
the
age
of
sixtie
years
and
vpwards
,
who
brought
with
them
a
maiden
child
of
their
owne
,
of
the
age
of
twelue
yeares
,
and
there
they
did
depose
,
that
the
saied
child
had
neither
eat
nor
drunke
,
nor
taken
any
kind
of
food
to
sustaine
nature
,
neither
yet
done
the
necessities
of
nature
,
since
the
feast
of
Holymesse
in
the
yeare
of
our
Lorde
;
159●
vnto
this
present
28
of
Iuly
in
the
yeare
of
our
Lorde
1596
,
and
that
alwayes
before
the
feast
of
Holymesse
before
named
,
shee
did
and
had
lyued
by
eating
and
drinking
as
all
other
children
doe
,
vntill
it
pleased
God
to
visite
her
with
a
great
sicknesse
,
in
which
sicknesse
shee
beganne
to
leaue
her
meate
by
little
and
little
,
but
yet
continued
a
small
time
onely
by
drinking
of
milke
:
and
at
Holymesse
aforesaid
,
shee
altogither
left
all
foode
whatsoeuer
,
and
so
shee
doeth
continue
:
and
yet
shee
is
of
as
redde
a
colour
and
as
faire
a
complexion
as
most
be
,
as
this
picture
doeth
shewe
:
which
picture
was
brought
before
vs
with
the
childe
:
also
she
doeth
increase
in
strength
according
to
her
age
.
And
for
the
fuller
certifying
hereof
,
there
were
at
the
same
time
before
vs
these
three
witnesses
,
Matthias
Hennen
,
Peter
Hennen
,
and
Vitgen
Engels
,
neighbours
vnto
the
saide
Iohn
Iohans
,
who
deposed
that
this
childe
was
often
with
their
children
playing
,
and
that
they
often
offering
it
meate
,
shee
alwayes
refused
it
,
and
yet
they
tryed
her
diuerse
times
with
diuerse
things
,
and
alwayes
found
her
to
loath
meate
so
farre
,
that
when
any
meate
was
either
giuen
to
their
children
or
stirring
in
their
houses
,
shee
would
goe
away
:
so
that
they
saide
vpon
their
othe
,
that
they
thought
that
the
smell
of
meat
was
loathsome
to
her
.
These
our
present
letters
are
sent
foorth
at
the
request
of
one
Bartholmew
Powels
dwelling
in
the
City
of
London
in
England
,
who
desired
our
letters
for
the
fuller
certifying
of
the
truth
of
the
premisses
:
and
we
being
assured
of
the
trueth
hereof
,
both
by
the
witnesses
and
other
epperiences
,
thought
it
good
not
to
deny
his
request
,
that
the
trueth
of
so
straunge
a
thing
might
be
abroad
knowen
,
to
the
praise
and
glory
of
God
.
Written
and
sealed
in
our
presence
,
the
28.
of
Iuly
.
1596.
OF
this
(
M.
Harc
.
)
I
haue
said
all
that
I
can
,
onely
I
conclude
,
the
Lorde
is
mightie
in
all
his
workes
,
and
wonderfull
in
all
his
waies
,
hee
will
haue
his
glorie
knowne
,
neither
shall
any
thing
in
heauen
or
earth
bee
ioyned
as
an
aid
with
him
,
so
full
of
Almighty
maiestie
and
iealousie
is
he
:
in
his
kindled
wrath
shall
vnbeleeuers
fall
,
and
the
scorners
shall
be
as
stubble
before
fire
.
I
suspect
sir
,
that
my
tediousnes
doth
wearie
you
,
but
haue
a
little
pacience
,
and
(
it
may
be
)
I
will
bee
briefer
and
merrier
in
this
that
followeth
.
portrait of John Honaver
❧
The
strange
yet
worthy
execution
of
Iohn
Honauer
,
of
Brunholfe
at
Wittenberg
,
this
present
yeare
,
1597.
IT
hath
ben
reported
for
truth
a
long
time
,
that
the
Duke
and
State
of
Wittenberge
had
gotten
a
fellowe
for
the
nones
,
so
excellent
an
Alchimist
,
as
the
wide
world
had
not
his
like
,
The
knowledge
of
the
Philosophers
stone
was
his
as
sure
as
euer
it
was
Salomons
.
Oh
hee
was
a
perrillous
fellowe
by
report
,
hee
entended
to
paue
Wittenberg
with
siluer
,
and
couer
the
houses
with
gold
.
As
for
the
Indies
and
their
excrements
gotten
with
so
long
trauaile
,
so
daungerous
fightes
,
&
such
like
attempes
,
he
held
them
in
scorne
,
the
Elixer
of
life
was
his
,
and
thereon
hee
would
venter
his
life
.
depiction of man being hanged
Therefore
the
State
adding
more
to
their
losse
prepared
a
gallowes
of
a
quadrangle
forme
most
artificially
wrought
,
being
yron
worke
gilt
euer
,
with
bowles
on
the
top
and
other
curious
forge
worke
.
It
was
plated
on
a
square
of
stone
,
and
from
the
top
in
the
middle
of
the
quadrangle
went
vp
an
vpright
barre
of
yron
and
another
crossing
yet
in
manner
of
a
gibbet
,
this
held
a
broad
Vane
,
vpon
which
was
ingrauen
these
wordes
.
Here
hangeth
the
crafty
Alchimist
that
scaped
from
Struckgart
,
who
pretended
to
make
gold
of
yron
,
and
because
hee
lied
and
did
deceiue
,
he
is
hanged
on
yron
gilded
.
The
daie
of
his
death
was
on
Aprill
the
second
day
1597
,
hee
was
brought
to
the
gallowes
with
a
hundred
and
fourescore
horsemen
,
and
a
multitude
of
footemen
,
penitent
hee
was
,
and
did
confesse
his
errour
,
yet
a
little
bragged
of
his
art
.
ANd
by
the
way
(
M
Harc
.
)
I
here
note
,
all
of
his
kinde
,
haue
that
kinde
of
fault
how
euer
they
be
ouertaken
,
yet
they
haue
a
mad
desperate
hope
to
attaine
that
in
one
houre
that
thousandes
of
them
could
neuer
meete
with
in
an
age
.
You
know
some
about
London
,
that
shall
bee
namelesse
,
who
still
lacke
purging
in
the
maister
veyne
,
against
this
mad
frenzy
of
Alchimist
,
and
wil
take
no
warning
by
the
daily
issue
that
runneth
and
vapoureth
from
their
friendes
cofres
and
their
inheritances
.
But
leauing
them
to
beweepe
their
owne
losse
,
returne
we
to
Iohn
Honauer
,
by
himselfe
named
lord
of
Brunholfe
,
a
captiue
captaine
in
that
beggerly
beguiling
art
.
He
was
suted
in
cloth
of
gold
,
his
stockings
silke
,
his
hat
thrumd
with
gold
and
silke
,
his
band
of
gold
about
his
necke
,
a
chaine
of
gold
and
in
this
habite
he
was
hanged
dead
,
on
a
barre
of
yron
crossing
from
the
Vane
,
like
the
crosse
post
of
a
gibbet
:
being
dead
he
was
disrobed
,
the
hang
man
seazing
on
his
gallant
sute
,
and
in
foure
gilt
yron
chaines
,
his
bodie
was
hung
vp
.
On
a
piller
by
the
gallowes
was
his
liuely
picture
with
verses
of
high
Dutch
written
to
this
effect
.
Here
iustly
hangeth
Iohn
Honauer
,
The
consuming
Alchimist
,
deceiuer
In
Methernland
this
youth
was
borne
Who
now
is
made
his
countries
scorne
,
He
tooke
vpon
him
that
he
would
Conuert
plaine
yron
to
rich
gold
,
Many
lords
beleeud
his
knauery
And
made
him
rich
with
costly
brauery
But
as
lies
did
get
him
fame
So
his
●alshood
brought
him
shame
,
The
Duke
of
Wittenberg
commanded
At
Struckgart
he
should
be
imprisoned
But
thence
he
scaped
to
his
great
cost
For
by
his
flight
his
life
he
lost
,
Condemn'd
he
was
hanged
to
bee
,
Gilt
yron
was
his
gallow
tree
,
He
cost
the
State
two
tunne
of
gold
And
by
his
craft
his
life
was
sold
Three
hundred
pounds
they
more
bestow
To
hang
him
with
a
golden
show
So
ended
he
before
he
wist
Because
he
was
an
Alchimist
.
These
rimes
I
can
no
better
translate
,
the
sence
I
am
sure
they
hold
.
Hee
was
brought
to
execution
with
a
hundred
and
fourescore
horse
,
and
an
exceeding
number
of
other
people
crying
,
There
goes
to
hang
the
Algomist
:
which
is
a
by-name
they
giue
Alchimists
in
this
countrey
.
Thus
ended
this
young
cousener
being
but
foure
and
twenty
years
of
age
:
if
some
of
th●se
old
companions
of
that
kind
which
bootlesly
trouble
other
States
were
so
serued
the
occupation
of
Alchimie
,
I
mean
in
the
most
shifting
professors
,
would
proue
like
the
profession
of
stealing
,
it
indeed
being
a
secret
kind
of
theft
.
Thus
(
M.
Harc
.
)
haue
I
done
with
these
two
nouels
,
commending
me
to
you
,
and
referring
you
to
the
post
scriptum
,
for
one
matter
I
omitted
in
this
last
businesse
.
Your
friend
to
vse
,
Alexander
Gurth
.
Post
scriptum
.
It
is
not
to
be
forgotten
,
that
when
Honauer
had
broke
his
day
,
hee
was
imprisoned
at
Struckgart
:
where
escaping
,
proclamation
was
made
,
that
any
one
who
apprehended
him
,
should
haue
three
hundred
guildrens
:
and
so
in
short
time
he
was
soone
caught
.
Once
againe
farewell
.
Coleyn
Sept.
xxii
.
1597.
A.
G.