.NDI.MjIzNDM: Difference between revisions

From Newberry Transcribe
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
in wch are fishes put according to the number of the Monks of
[inward?] [above the letter "a":ch] fishes put according to the number of the Monks of that place. Many [and?] of them happen to be Sick, there is a fish Seen to float & Swim above water half dead, & if the monk shall dy, the fish a few days before dieth. In some parks in Walos [underlined], [doath?] lights [above text: of corps candles] (as they call them) are seen in the night going from the [Ports?] where Some body will shortly dy, & passing into the Chruchyard. of this my dearly honoured & [in margin: L p. 137.] never to be forgotten friend mr Richard Bascher [underlined] [(Rt?] hath given an account in his book about witchcrafts [lately?] published. what to make of Such things except they be the effects of Some old inchantments, I know not. Nor what naturall [Leason?] [to?] of Sign for that which I find amongst the Observations of the Lamperiall Academy [underlined] for the year 1687, viz. that in an orchard where there are [chous?] Damafeon plumbs tho mastor of the family being Sick if a [Quartan?] [Agnd?], whilst he continued very ill, four of his plumb trees instead of [Damafeons?] brought forth a wild sort of yellow plumbs: but recovering hi health the next year the tree
that place. If any one of them happen to be sick, there is a  
fish seen to float and swim above water half dead, & if the  
monk shall dy, the fish a dew days before dieth. In some parts
in Wales, death lights or corpse candles (as they call them) are seen in the night  
time going from the house where some body will shortly dy, &
passing into the Churchyard. of this my dearly honoured &
never to be forgotten friend Mr Richard Baxter (k) hath given
an account in his book about witchcrafts lately published.  
What to make of such things, except they be the effects of some
old inchantments, I know not. Nor what naturall reason to as
sign for that which I find amongst the Observations of the  
Imperial Academy for the yeare 1687, viz. that in an orchard
where there are choice Damascen plmbs, the Master of the
family being sich of a Quartan Ague, whilst he continued very  
ill, four of his plumb trees in stead of Damascens brought forth
a vile sort of yellow plumbs: but recovering his health, the
next yeare the tree did (as formerly) bear Damascens again.
but hen after that he fell into a fatall dropsy, on those trees
were seen not damascens but another sort of fruit. the same
Author (l) gives instances of wch he had the certain knowledge,
concerning apple trees & pear trees, that the fruit of the would
on a Sudden wither, as if they had been baked in an Oven, when
the owners of them were mortally sick. It is no less strange (m)
that in the Illustrious Electorall house of Brandenburg, before ye
death of some one of the Family, feminine Spectres appear (n)
And often in the houses of great men, voices & visions from ye
invisble world have ben the harbingers of death. when any
Heir in the worshipfull family of the Breretons in Cheshire is
near his death, there are seen in a pool adjoyning bodyes of [ ]
Swimming for certain days together. on which learned Cambden
(o) hath this note. These & such like things are done either by
the holy tutelar angells of men or else by the Devils who by
Gods permission mightily thew their power in this inferiour world
 
(l) v. Germ. Ephem. An 16. p. 379
(m) Henkelius de [] p. 86
(n) Camerarius Cent. 1. c. 73 Cardan de vrm varietate lib. 16. cap. 93
(o) in his Brittannia p. 609 
 
(k) p. 137.

Revision as of 20:18, 30 June 2017

[inward?] [above the letter "a":ch] fishes put according to the number of the Monks of that place. Many [and?] of them happen to be Sick, there is a fish Seen to float & Swim above water half dead, & if the monk shall dy, the fish a few days before dieth. In some parks in Walos [underlined], [doath?] lights [above text: of corps candles] (as they call them) are seen in the night going from the [Ports?] where Some body will shortly dy, & passing into the Chruchyard. of this my dearly honoured & [in margin: L p. 137.] never to be forgotten friend mr Richard Bascher [underlined] [(Rt?] hath given an account in his book about witchcrafts [lately?] published. what to make of Such things except they be the effects of Some old inchantments, I know not. Nor what naturall [Leason?] [to?] of Sign for that which I find amongst the Observations of the Lamperiall Academy [underlined] for the year 1687, viz. that in an orchard where there are [chous?] Damafeon plumbs tho mastor of the family being Sick if a [Quartan?] [Agnd?], whilst he continued very ill, four of his plumb trees instead of [Damafeons?] brought forth a wild sort of yellow plumbs: but recovering hi health the next year the tree

Retrieved from "https://digital.newberry.org/transcribe/wiki/index.php?title=.NDI.MjIzNDM&oldid=4498"