Post nubila Phoebus. Nihil absque Deo. Read, William, Sir, d. 1715 This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B32620 of text R226249 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. 8KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B32754 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 778.k.15.[13] ESTC R231672 ocm99888715

This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info(at)umich.edu for further information or permissions.

 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B32754) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 203945) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; E7:2[16]) Post nubila Phoebus. Nihil absque Deo. Read, William, Sir, d. 1715 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). s.n., [S.l. : between 1694 and 1700?] At foot: "He is to be spoken with at Mr. Agutters a musical-instrument-maker, at the sign of the Crown, over-against York-Buildings in the Strand, from 8 in the morning till 6 in the evening, where you will see a bill of operations hang at the door.". Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Header created with script mrcb2eeboutf.xsl on 2016-01-28.

Manually keyed and coded text linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.

Issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).

Keying and markup guidelines available at TCP web site (http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/docs/)

 eng Read, William, -- Sir, d. 1715 -- Early works to 1800. Occultism -- Early works to 1900. Ophthalmology -- England -- Early works to 1800. Ophthalmologists -- England -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo Post nubila Phoebus. Nihil absque Deo. . Read, William, Sir, -1715. 1694 1 1355 4 0 0 0 0 0 29.52 C The rate of 29.52 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-10 Sampled and proofread 2014-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
blazon or coat of arms, and representations of couching (cataract removal) and various surgical instruments and aparatus DVM SPIRO SPIRO
Post Nubila Phoebus . Nibil absque Deo .

THESE are to give Notice , That William Read , Oculist , and Chirurgical Operator , being invited by some Persons of considerable Quality , ( who hath been well satisfied of several Eminent Cures he hath lately performed in the University of Oxford , and this last Summer at Windsor ) hath encouraged them to send for him , to perform some considerable Cures here in Town , as Couching of Cataracts , and Curing of Cancers , which he frequently performs without Cutting , and likewise all Sorophulous Humours , or King's Evil , &c. as many Hundreds in England , Scotland , and Ireland , can sufficiently demonstrate : He hath been thrice in the University and City of Oxford , where he hath restored Thirty Blind People to their Sight by Couching , who continue to see very well , which is an Operation many pretend to , but few perform . He hath a Testimonial from the ●… ncellor , for several considerable Cures he hath performed in the aforesaid University of Oxford , as upon your further perusal of this Bill you will find , which is a Confirmation that he is none of those many Circumforaneous Pretenders that infest this Kingdom : He gives his Advice freely , and cures all those that are really Poor , of Blindness , Cancers , Wens , Hare-lips , or Wry-Necks , Gratis , and all others according to their Ability , if they come or send to his Lodgings while he stays in this Town , which will be for some part of this Winter . He hath excellent and approved Remedies to preserve and strengthen the Sight in Young or Old , and to restore Hearing , if Curable . He likewise infallibly cures all Pains in the Head , that very often occasion the Gutta Serena , or Black Cataract , which are never cured , but means may be used in time that may prevent those Obstructions in the Optick Nerves that occasion them . You may have faithful Advice of him whether your Distempers are curable or not .

Out of the many Cures he hath lately Performed , he will only mention these Few , Couch'd by him at Oxford in 1689. And at his Second Coming in 1693. viz.

Mrs. Souch . Mrs. Hall . Mrs. Bishop . Mrs. Sherlock . Mrs. Sawyer . Mrs. Simms . Mrs. Kerby . Mrs. Day . Mrs. Faulkner . Mrs. Bostel . Thomas Altock . Thomas Cliff . Margaret Gole . And many poor People Gratis : All Restored to their Sight .

Captain Cook of Cirencester restor'd by him to his perfect Sight , although almost Fourscore Years of Age ; and many more in the same Countrey .

Hannah Ayres , and Alice Ayres , both of the Parish of Denton , near Alisbury , in Buckinghamshire , were Restored to their Sight by him , although Blind from their Cradles . Madam Strickland of the same Town , who was Blind , was likewise Restor'd to her Sight by Couching ; Perform'd in the Year 1693 / 4.

Windsor , April 1694. He Couch'd Mr. Reeves , a Gentleman of considerable Quality , and Restor'd him to his perfect Sight , although Fourscore Years of Age : And several Others at the same Time and Place .

He also Perform'd a very considerable Cure , by Cutting out a Cancer , which weigh'd Ten Pounds , from the Breast of Mrs. Cary , Wife to Mr. Ralph Cary , who was Servant to King Charles the Second , and now Liveth at the Blew-Posts in Windsor : This was Perform'd , and the Breast preserv'd in its proper Shape , by the Application of his much Approved Styptick-Water , which no Man in Christendome truly Prepares but himself , although Counterfeited by several Ignorant Pretenders that know nothing of the Preparation of it .

Windsor , May 10. 1694. In the Presence of several Persons of Quality , He Cut and Cured Mrs. Mary Glover , the Minister's Daughter of Burnham , of a Wry-Neck , contracted down to her Shoulder . And a Monstrous Double Hair-Lip , for Thomas Goddard of the same Parish .

May 16th 1694. He Couch'd the Daughter of Mr. John Hanson , Register of Eaton-Colledge , near Windsor , who was Born Blind , and brought her to see very well in a few Minutes .

July 14th , 1694. He cut off a Mortified Legg from Mrs. Ann Crook , at Windsor , which was perform'd in half a Minute without the loss of an Ounce of Blood after the Styptick-Water was applied ; In the Presence of his GRACE , the Duke of Northumberland .

A Cataract Couched by him for the Daughter of Mr. Johnson at Grundon in Northampton-shire , who was Born Blind , and Restored to her perfect Sight ; and 20 more in the same Countrey , in 1687.

John Davenore , near Rippon in York-shire , although Born Blind , was Couched by him , and r●stored to his perfect Sight : And near 100 more in the North of England , in the Year 1687 , and 1688.

Mrs. Joice Wildah of Bath , was cured by him in 1693 ; of a Tympany and Dropsey , when her Belly was as Big as a Woman's with Two Children , and he made a perfect Cure of it in 6 Weeks , without Tapping .

A Throat Rupture of a great bigness was Cured by him for a Person of considerable Quality in this City .

John Moo● of Ogborne , near Marlberough in Wiltshire , had a large Wen Cut off by him from his Belly , which weigh'd 24 Pound , and he perfectly Cured him .

Mrs. Whiting near Market-Laventon , he Cur'd in the Year 1693. of a dangerous Cancerated Breast , without Cutting . She was Recommended to him by the Right Honourable , the Earl of Abingdon , when left off by All Others .

He Cut off a very large Cancerated Breast from the Body of Elizabeth Hopkins of Oxford , in 1689. and perfectly Cured her : For that , and many other considerable Cures , he hath a Testimonial from the Vice-Chancellor .

A French Gentleman belonging to Collonel Cornwal , had his Skull Trepann'd which was very dangerously Fractur'd by a Fall from a Horse , and was Cur'd by him at Bath , in May 1693.

He Cur'd the Wife of John Web of Wooten-Basset in Wilt-shire , of a Dead Palsie , and Convulsion in the Nerves , after being 11 Years Bed-Ridden , and Restor'd her to the perfect Use of her Limbs .

A Wry-Neck contracted down to the Shoulder , Cut and Cured by him in 3 Days , for the Daughter of Mrs. Cooper at Frome in Somerset-shire .

A large Deformity of a Double Hair-Lip , Cut and Cured by him in 5 Days , for the Son of Mr. John Tower , a Merchant at Watchet in Somerset-shire .

A Gentlewoman near Guilford in Surrey , was Cur'd by him of a very dangerous Leprosie . And a Child of Mr. John Bartles , the Oxford-Car●ier , of the same Distemper , and both remain in perfect health .

A Polipus in both Nostrils , which is an excrescence of Flesh that proceeds from the Brain , was Extracted from Mr. Smith at Barnstable in Devon shire , in the Year 1692. And Cured by him in Three Days .

He is to be spoken with at Mr. Agutters a Musical Instrument-Maker , at the Sign of the Crown , over-against YORK-Buildings in the Strand , from 8 in the Morning till 6 in the Evening , where you will see a Bill of Operations hang at the Door .