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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02371	The mournful widow, or, A full and true relation of the aparition [sic] in Baldwins Garden being an account of the walking-spirit of Mr. Thomas Cooke, sometime stone-cutter in Baldwin's Gardens, deceased. As it was taken from the widow of the said Mr. Cooke; and several other persons (some of which were divines of the Church of England) that were eye and ear-witnesses of the prodigious appearances, and actions of the deceased Mr. Cook. Published at the request of some relations, and particular friends; to prevent, if possible, the false reports, that have been, or may be industriously spread by ignorant or prejudiced persons.	Cooke, Elizabeth.	1690 (1690)	Wing C6007A; ESTC R176382	4,684	8

as he us'd often when alive also she would hear the very noise of cutting of Stones under her Bed and sometimes would perceive the Bed while she was lying in it hoisted up in a strange manner About a week after his Buryal the Maid who lay in a little Room by her Mistress perceiv'd her Feet of a sudden to be press'd down as if some heavy burthen had been thrown down upon her and the next Morning her Feet were seen very sore swell'd and Black and her self extreamly Affrighted Another time the Nurse that sat up with the Widow went into the little Room to wash her Hands the Maid being in Bed who lay as in a Trance her Eyes being open and fixt upon one place all in a Sweat her Hair standing up at which the Nurse in a great Fright left the Room and shutting the Door immediately heard something Jump as it were heavily from the Feet of the Maids Bed and walk along the Room then the Nurse took Heart and went to the Door and harkned and she perceiv'd something move up to the Door and lean'd it self in a posture of hearkning too By this time the Maid was come to her self and call'd to th● Nurse who after some time came to whom she told wha● Misery she had suffer'd and Ask'd If she had not heard a sa● Groaning all the Night As also That her Master came so nea● her that her Breath was almost stopt Before Nurse could ge● back it was got under the Widows Bed who calling for he● prayer-Prayer-Book and recommending her self to the Great God Protection s●e boldly call'd out in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost What ar● Thou that thus do'st troutle us And what wouldst Thou have whereupon it flung open th● Curtains furiously and giving a great Stamp went down in to the Shop and was there heard Pecking as when Alive on the Stones Five or Six Gentlemen being desirous to b● satisfied of the truth and meaning of this Apparition som● being of Opinion there was no such thing coming thith●● merrily together one of them belonging to Gray's-Inn of sudden Crys out in a Fright Here he is at which the other ●miling as if he had Jeasted on purpose to scare them he se●●ously told them and pointed to him drawing the Curtains of the Bed which they all heard but saw not He also ●aid He was in Black Cloaths with a Musling-Nckcloth tied ●ith a Black Ribbon and was at the Beds-feet and inclining ●o a posture of Kneeling but as soon as the Gentleman arose ●rom his Seat it vanished and began its usual Frolick of Pecking Stones Sometimes while the Nurse and the Widow ●ave lain together it has lifted up the Bed so that they have ●een in danger of falling out One time in his own real shape 〈◊〉 appear'd to a Stone-Cutter his old Acquaintance and with ●bundance of Threats and Menaces charg'd him to repay the ●ixteen Shillings he had receiv'd of his Wife for his Grave●tone Another time about Twelve of the Clock at Night ●e appear'd to the Watch who were going by his House Another time the Widow and her Family sitting up till near One of the Clock and frequently falling to Prayers of a ●udden they perceiv'd the Candle burn Blew and presently ●eard a great Knocking the usual warning that he gives of ●is Approach and being worn out with tedious Watching she ●ell into a gentle Slumber when the Young Woman that lay ●ith her fell a Crying Oh Mistress your Pillow is on Fire at which she wak'd and felt one side of her Head very sore as ●f it had been scorch'd or bruised and looking out on the ●loor by her Mistresses side She saw a Fire rising up like a Pil●ar and more than the compass of a Peck then the Widow Cry'd out Avoid Satan my Trust is in God and strait the Fire went to the other side of the Bed and vanisht and presently ●fter they could see the full proportion of the Deceased in ●his Crape-Burial-Dress and crossing the Room disappear'd Two Young Men that lie in the same House Saw one Night ●he full shape and proportion of a Man lying all along by their Bed s●de and falling Zealously to their Prayers he starts up and with ●n Angry Frown leaves them Another time the same Two Young Men going out late one Night it being very Dark they were scarce got out of the Gate But a great Light aro●● a sudden and moving towards them they could perceive somet●●●● as it were a Dog coming up to them and presently it took some of Monstrous Shape which they could not distinguish and prese●●●● whirling by them it vanisht and left them in great Terrour a●● Darkness again Three Young VVomen sitting up with t●● VVidow about Eleven of the Clock there was a great Blo● given in the little Room where the Maid us'd to lie and Noise as of some Body walking too and fro and then th●● all counted several distinct Knocks to the Number of Twe●ty One of the VVomen that sat nigh that Room Door b●ing Curious to Peep was thrown by an insensible force out 〈◊〉 her Chair and it seem'd to her as if it had been some stron● Blast of VVind At Seven of the Clock by the same invis●ble force the same Young VVoman was terribly shaken i● her Chair Last Sunday Night Two other VVatchmen coming along by the House called at the Hole in the Wall to Drink and seeing a Man stand hard by went up to him and Asking who he was he st●ait disappear'd These an● many other prodigious Disturbances of the like nature do almost happen every Day and Night in the House of the sai● Cook lately Deceased to the wonderful Astonishment of a●● that hear it and Terrour of those poor VVretches that hav● seen and felt many of them And because the Truth of every Circumstance here related may be justly Vindicated any Person that desires farther satisfaction may receive it fully from the Mouths of Hundreds in Baldwin's-Gardens or from the VVidow of the said Cook who with her whole Family have sadly Experimented the Reality of this Relation FINIS