The true fourme and shape of a monsterous chyld, whiche was borne in Stony Stratforde, in North Hampton shire The yeare of our Lord, M.CCCCC.LXV. Elderton, William, d. 1592? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A21211 of text S121741 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 3 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 A21211 STC 7565 ESTC S121741 99856909 99856909 22551

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 eng Conjoined twins -- Early works to 1800. eebo The true fourme and shape of a monsterous chyld, whiche was borne in Stony Stratforde, in North Hampton shire. The yeare of our Lord, M.CCCCC.LXV. Elderton, William, -1592?. 1565 1 445 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. 2006-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-12 Sampled and proofread 2006-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The true fourme and shape of a monsterous Chyld / Whiche was borne in Stony Stratforde , in North Hampton shire . The yeare of our Lord , M. CCCCC . LXV .

This is the fore parte .

depiction of conjoined twins

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depiction of conjoined twins

THis Childe was borne on Fryday , being the .xxvi. daye of Ianuary , betwyxt .vi. and .vii. of the clocke in the morninge , and lyued two howres , and was christened by the Mydwyfe , and are both Women Chyldren , hauing two bodies , ioyning togither With .iiii. armes , and .iiii. legges perfecte , & from the Nauell vpward one Face , two Eyes , one Nose , and one Mouth , and three Eares , one beinge vpon the backe syde of the Head , a lytle aboue the nape of the Necke , hauing heare growinge vpon the Head . Whyche Chylde was borne out of Wedlocke . The Fathers name is Rychard Sotherne , who is now fled And the Mother is yet lyuyng in the same Towne . And this Childe was brought vp to London , wheare it was seene of dyuers worshipfull men and women of the Cytie . And also of the Countrey . To witnes that it is a Trouth and no Fable , But a warninge of God , to moue all people to amendment of lyfe .

YOu that do see this Clilde disfigured here , Two Babes in one , disguised to beholde , Thinke with yourselues , when such thinges do appere All is not well , as wise heades may be bolde : But god that can in secretes shew the signe Can bringe much more to pas , by poure deuine . And we that lyue to see this wonder , howe The gase is geuen , to make this meruaile great , Let one by one that this beholdeth nowe , Be warned as the wonder giues conceate : To liue to mende the wonderous shape we see , Contrarie much , in all that ought to bee . For as we finde , this figure semeth straunge , Because it showes , proporsion not in vre , So bare in minde . how time can choppe and chaunce , Disguising workes , in willes that be vnsure : From meane to more , from more to much excesse , Where Nature willes , desire should be lesse . W. Elderton . Finis .

Imprinted at London in Fletestrete beneath the Conduit : at the signe of S. Iohn Euangelist , by Thomas Colwell .