The true description of two monsterous chiildren laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swanburne in Buckingham shyre, the. iiii. of Aprill. Anno Domini. 1566, the two children havuing both their belies fast ioyned together, and imbraycyng one an other with their armes: which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower, and wer baptized, and named the one John, and the other Joan. Mellys, John. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A07417 of text S107046 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 17803). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A07417 STC 17803 ESTC S107046 99842750 99842750 7434 2240901392

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A07417) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 7434) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1606:21) The true description of two monsterous chiildren laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swanburne in Buckingham shyre, the. iiii. of Aprill. Anno Domini. 1566, the two children havuing both their belies fast ioyned together, and imbraycyng one an other with their armes: which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower, and wer baptized, and named the one John, and the other Joan. Mellys, John. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. By Alexander Lacy, for William Lewes: dwellyng in Cow lane aboue Holborne cundit, ouer against the signe of the Plough, Imprinted at London : [1566] Signed: Iohn Mellys Nor. Verse - "Read how affrique land was fraught". Publication date from STC. Woodcut illustration at head of title page. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 16th century. Conjoined twins -- Early works to 1800. eebo The true description of two monsterous children, laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swanburne Mellys, John 1566 1 763 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The true description of two monsterous children , laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe , and borne in the parish of Swanburne in Buckyngham shyre , the .iiii. of Aprill . Anno Domini . 1566. the two children hauing both their belies fast ioyned together , and imbracyng one an other with their armes : which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower , and wer baptized , and named the one Iohn , and the other Ioan.

depiction of conjoined twins

I Read how affrique land was fraught for their most filthy life , With monstrous shapes , confuzedly that therin wer full rife . But England now pursues their vyle and detestable path , Embracyng eke all mischéefs great that moues Gods mightie wrath . As these vnnaturall shapes & formes , thus brought forth in our dayes : Are tokens true and manifest , how God by dyuers wayes : Doth styrre vs to amendment of our vyle and cankred lyfe : Which to to much abused is , in man , in chylde , and wyfe . We wallow so in filthie sin , and naught at all regarde : Nor wyll not feare the threats of God tyll we for iust rewarde : Be ouerwhelmd with mischéefs great , which ready bent for vs Full long a go decreed wer , as Scriptures doth discus . Both tender babes & eke brute beastes , in shape disfourmed bée : Full manie wayes he plagues the earth , ( as dayly we may sée ) Thus mightie Ioue , to pearce our harts these tokens straunge doth send , To call vs from our filthie lyfe our wicked wayes t' amend . And thus by these two children here , forewarnes both man and wyfe : How both estates ought to bewayle , their vile and wretched lyfe . For sure we all may be agast , to sée these shapes vnkynd : And tremblyng feare may pearce our harts our God to haue in mynd . For yf we printed in our brest , these signes and tokens straunge : Wold make vs from our sinnes to shrike our liues a new to chaunge . But some proude boastyng Pharisie , the parents wyll detect : And iudge with heapes of vglie vice their liues to be infect . No no , but lessons for vs all , which dayly doe offend : Yea more perhaps , then hath the fréends , whom God this birth did lend . For yf you wyll with single eye , note well and view the text : And marke our Sauiours aunswer eke , that thereto is annext : Where his disciples asked him , to know therein his mynd : Yf greatter wer the parents sinnes , or his that was borne blynd . To whom Christ aunswered in a bréef , that neither hée , nor they : Deserued had that crooked fate , although they sin each day . But to the end Gods glorie great , and miracles diuine : Might on the earth apparaunt be , his workes for to define . Such lyke examples moued me , in these forgetfull dayes : To rue our state that vs a mong , vice beares such swings and swayes . Wherein the goodnesse great of God we way and set so light : By such examples callyng vs , from sin both day and night . Where we doe runne at randon wyde , our selues flatteryng styll : And blazyng others faults and crimes , yet we our selues most yll . But if we doe consider right , and in euen balaunce way : The ruine great of hartie loue , among vs at this day : And well behyld with inward eyes , th' embracyng of these Twinnes : That God by them vpbraides vs for our false discemblyng sinnes . We would with Niniuie repent our former passed yeares , Bewaylyng eke our secret sinnes in sacke cloth and in teares . Therfore in time amend your state , and call to God for grace : Bewayle your former lyfe and sinnes , while you haue time and space . FINIS . ꝙ Iohn Mellys Nor.

Imprinted at London by Alexander Lacy , for William Lewes : dwellyng in Cow lane aboue Holborne cundit , ouer against the signe of the Plough .