A
LETTER
,
Sent
to
a
Noble
Lord
of
this
,
K●●gdome
,
from
an
E●…
DIVINE
.
Most
Excellent
Sir
:
THAT
your
Lordship
may
not
bee
a
Stranger
to
those
things
which
have
come
to
passe
heere
in
these
our
days
,
since
the
death
of
our
Gracious
Soveraigne
Lord
,
King
CHARLES
;
I
shall
make
bold
to
begin
this
my
Letter
unto
you
(
most
Excellent
Sir
)
in
the
Words
and
Preface
(
with
a
little
alteration
)
of
Saint
LUKE
to
his
Gospel
.
Forasmuch
as
many
have
set
forth
,
and
privately
discourst
of
those
things
which
are
most
surely
believed
amongst
us
,
even
as
they
delivered
them
unto
us
,
which
from
the
beginning
were
eye
and
eare
Witnesses
of
them
.
It
semed
good
to
me
also
,
having
had
perfect
understanding
of
those
things
from
the
very
first
,
to
write
unto
you
in
order
,
most
Excellent
Lord
,
that
you
may
know
the
certainty
of
those
things
,
which
I
have
both
heard
and
seen
.
I
Was
desired
by
a
Noble
Knight
,
a
Kinsman
of
mine
,
after
hee
had
related
to
mee
a
Miracle
which
hee
had
seene
done
at
DEDFORD
neare
LONDON
,
to
goe
thither
to
know
the
truth
of
it
,
and
to
witness
it
under
my
hand
for
the
greater
confirmation
of
it
,
that
thereby
it
might
bee
the
more
credibly
believed
amongst
Strangers
;
whereupon
I
went
thither
to
the
house
of
one
Mistrisse
BAYLY
,
the
Wife
of
CHARLES
BAYLY
,
who
related
it
to
me
as
it
followeth
,
which
I
writ
down
verbatim
,
as
neare
as
I
could
,
from
her
and
her
daughters
owne
mouth
(
in
the
presence
of
Mr.
THOMAS
BRET
,
an
Ancient
Gentleman
of
knowne
truth
and
integrity
)
and
then
I
read
it
over
to
them
,
and
they
confessing
the
truth
of
it
,
the
Mother
set
her
hand
unto
it
,
her
Daughter
her
Mark
,
and
Mr.
BRET
subscribed
his
name
as
a
Witness
to
it
.
This
my
Daughter
about
a
yeare
and
a
halfe
after
her
birth
was
troubled
with
a
swelling
under
her
Chin
,
and
a
flux
of
rhume
in
her
eyes
,
for
the
removall
and
cure
whereof
I
used
all
the
meanes
I
could
;
but
shee
continued
still
in
the
same
case
:
at
last
I
procured
a
water
from
one
Mrs.
ARNOLD
,
which
being
applyed
to
her
eyes
,
diverted
the
humour
from
thence
;
so
as
they
being
pretty
well
,
it
fell
into
her
lips
,
which
thereupon
swelled
grievously
,
and
then
about
a
month
after
it
returned
into
her
eyes
againe
,
whereupon
both
her
eyes
and
lippes
were
extreamely
ill
,
the
swelling
in
her
neck
still
continuing
,
and
at
last
shee
was
absolutely
blinde
in
her
right
eye
for
twelve
months
,
and
then
it
fell
into
the
left
eye
after
that
manner
,
that
she
could
scarce
discerne
the
light
of
a
Candle
;
some
telling
me
that
it
was
the
Kings
Evill
,
others
doubting
of
it
;
I
never
sought
for
remedy
by
a
touch
from
the
hand
of
His
Sacred
Majesty
while
He
was
living
;
at
last
the
Saturday
after
his
death
,
I
went
to
Mr.
FRANCIS
COLE
his
house
a
Woollen
Draper
at
the
Blacke
Lyon
at
Pauls
Chaine
,
whose
Journey-man
gave
me
a
little
piece
of
a
Handkerchefe
that
was
dip't
in
the
Kings
bloud
,
and
then
returning
home
,
it
came
into
my
minde
that
many
Miracles
had
beene
done
by
Handkerchefes
or
Aprons
,
which
were
brought
from
PAULS
body
to
the
sicke
;
as
I
had
read
,
Acts
19.
v.
12.
whereupon
I
stroaked
my
Daughters
eyes
,
and
the
swelling
under
her
chin
with
it
,
which
presently
was
much
better
then
before
,
and
mended
every
day
;
at
last
through
forgetfulness
I
neglected
the
application
of
it
for
a
Night
,
and
then
the
next
day
she
was
almost
as
ill
as
ever
she
was
before
in
her
eyes
;
whereupon
I
used
it
againe
,
and
it
hath
helpt
her
,
and
she
is
now
perfectly
recovered
,
as
you
see
,
in
her
eyes
,
and
the
swelling
under
her
chin
is
almost
gone
,
the
colour
of
her
flesh
is
recovered
,
and
the
pain
totally
gone
:
with
this
small
piece
of
a
Handkerchefe
was
all
this
done
,
which
many
have
desired
of
me
;
but
,
although
I
am
but
a
poore
woman
,
and
of
mean
condition
,
I
protest
I
will
not
sell
it
for
forty
pounds
.
MARY
BAYLY
the
Mother
of
the
Childe
.
The
Marke
[
M
]
of
MARY
BAYLY
,
the
Childe
that
is
cured
,
who
is
about
fourteene
yeares
of
Age
.
All
this
was
related
,
confest
,
and
subscribed
in
the
presence
of
mee
,
THOMAS
BRET
.
ANd
now
,
Excellent
Sir
,
I
shall
crave
leave
to
make
the
same
profession
,
that
ANNAS
the
high
Priest
,
and
CAIPHAS
did
when
they
saw
what
was
done
by
PETER
,
Acts
4.16
.
It
is
manifest
that
a
notable
miracle
hath
been
done
,
and
we
cannot
deny
it
,
but
must
confess
(
as
our
Saviour
did
of
the
man
that
was
borne
blinde
,
Joh
.
9.3
.
)
the
works
of
God
are
manifest
in
this
childe
by
this
miraculous
cure
:
For
my
part
therefore
I
cannot
but
acknowledge
(
and
heere
I
shall
make
bold
to
express
my selfe
almost
in
the
same
manner
that
NICODEMUS
did
unto
our
Saviour
,
)
that
his
Sacred
Majesty
(
now
with
God
)
was
a
Physitian
that
was
sent
from
God
;
for
the
Reliques
of
no
man
could
doe
such
miracles
,
except
God
had
been
with
him
,
John
3.2
.
And
I
hope
it
may
be
lawfull
for
me
to
say
,
as
Saint
Peter
did
,
Acts
2.22
.
that
he
was
a
man
approved
of
God
by
miracles
,
wonders
,
and
signes
,
which
God
had
done
by
him
.
As
then
the
blind
man
in
the
Gospel
,
John
9.30
.
told
the
Pharisees
,
that
it
was
a
marvellous
thing
,
that
they
should
not
know
from
whence
his
Physitian
was
,
who
had
opened
his
eyes
:
so
shall
I
from
henceforth
tell
any
man
that
doubts
of
our
Soveraignes
being
with
,
and
comming
from
God
,
that
I
marvell
at
him
,
since
this
relique
(
with
Gods
blessing
)
hath
opened
the
eyes
of
a
childe
that
was
blinde
,
which
ought
to
stop
the
mouths
of
all
those
rayling
RABSHAKAH'S
,
Tumule
quos
sensimus
hostes
,
who
have
lately
standred
the
footsteps
of
the
Lords
Anointed
,
and
endeavoured
to
kill
him
in
his
grave
.
This
one
miracle
(
not
now
to
speake
of
his
sanctified
life
,
and
unimitable
expression
of
himselfe
in
his
most
divine
Booke
,
which
shews
,
though
he
were
bodily
here
,
yet
his
conversation
was
still
in
Heaven
)
may
make
it
apparent
(
since
it
will
be
attested
by
so
many
hundreds
of
Brethren
)
to
all
good
Christians
,
who
will
not
wilfully
blindefold
themselves
that
he
is
returned
to
God
(
who
gave
and
sent
him
out
of
his
especiall
favour
unto
us
)
and
that
he
is
now
a
Saint
in
Heaven
.
And
that
your
Lordship
may
also
,
after
this
painfull
life
is
ended
,
raigne
with
him
there
,
shall
ever
be
the
prayer
of
Your
Excellencies
most
humble
servant
,
G.
I.