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A63736	A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, lame almost ever since she was born, on Sunday the 26th of Nov. 1693 with the affidavits and certificates of the girl, and several other credible and worthy persons, who knew her both before and since her being cured : to which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood to the Right Honourable the Lady Mayoress, upon that subject.	Welwood, James, 1652-1727.	1694 (1694)	Wing T3073; ESTC R13174	22,424	50

their natural scituation as they ought This is all that we can say about the Cure of our Daughter which we cannot look upon but as miraculous and for which we give our most humble Thanks to God In Witness whereof we have signed this Certificate in London this Eighteenth Day of December 1693. Iohn Maillard Charlotte Dognon Iurat 19 die Decemb. 1693. coram me William Ashhurst Mayor The Affidavit of the Child her self I Mary Maillard Daughter of Iohn Maillard and Charolotte du Dognon his Wife Do Testifie and Declare that ever since I can remember from my infancy I have been very Lame and in a great deal of Pain my Hipp-bone sticking very much out and under the Bone was a great Hollowness which made me go very uneasie I have been in England almost five years and have lived about Sohoe and Picadilly all the time and above a thousand People have seen me in that miserable Lame condition and whenever I used to walk abroad a company of Boys and Girls were wont to flock about me and follow me calling me by divers ill and reproachful names My Left Knee and Foot were quite turned inward and the Sole of my Foot was upwards so that I was forced to walk upon my Ankle which made that side much shorter than the other and that distorted my Body on both sides as I walked It pleased God that on Sunday the Six and Twentieth of November last 1693. as I came from the French Church behind Leicesterfields in the Afternoon several rude Boys and Girls that saw me go in that limping and pitiful posture followed abusing me in their Language and throwing dirt at me which troubled me extreamly that I was even ready to cry at their Unchristian and Barbarous usage of me When I came home to my Mistress Mademoisselle du Laulan in St. Iames's Alley near St. Iames's Church in Germin Street I told her how rudely I had been treated by those Children to which she answered that I should not complain of it but take it patiently as an Affliction laid upon me by God for his own wise Ends and the carrying on of his Providence in the World After Supper about Eight of the Clock in the Evening I took the New Testament in French and read to her the second Chapter of the Gospel of St. Mark about Christ's curing the Sick of the Palsie and complaning to her of the incredulity of the Scribes I said to her stretching out my Lame Leg as I was wont Madamoisselle those Folk were very naught that they would not believe this great Miracle if there were such things done now said I I would run and believe too And immediately after those words my Hipp-bone snapt aloud so that she heard it but thought it had been somewhat in the Fire that made that noise But I replyed Mademoisselle I am cured and with that I rose up and as I thought heard a voice say Thou art cured but she told me I was running Mad but I replyed indeed Madam I am cured and thereupon went up and down the Room as strait as I do now without any pain at all Upon which my Mistress bid me return hearty thanks to God and thereupon we went to Prayers And I bless God I continue so to this hour Signed this 18th Day of December in the year of our Lord 1693. The mark of Mary M. A. Maillard Iurat 19. die Decemb. 1693. Coram me William Ashhurst Mayor The Affidavit of Mrs. Laulan the Mistress of the Girl I Renée de Laulan do certifie that Marie Maillard commonly called Marie Anne Daughter of Iohn Maillard and Charlotte du Dognon hath lived with me two years or thereabouts being always very lame so that she walked with great difficulty and felt extream pains Her Left Leg was considerably shorter than her Right her Foot was also turned inwards and her Thigh-bone was as far as I could judge out of its place She all along continued in that condition till Sunday the 26th of November last when coming from the French Church behind Leicesterfields besmeared with dirt almost all over and crying she told me that she had been very ill used by the little Children who had called her many naughty Names such as chiefly reproached her Deformity Whereupon I told her that she ought to take it patiently and comfort her self in God At length after Supper she took the New Testament and opening the Book fell upon the place that speaks of the wonderful cure of St. Peter's Mother-in Law and I at the same time being very ill of an Ague said I had great need of such a Physitian She continued to read on and then reading the second Chapter of St. Mark which speaks of the Cure of the Man Sick of the Palsie she seemed to wonder very much at the Iews incredulity who would not be convinced upon the sight of such a Miracle If such a thing should happen now said she to me I would run very quickly and believe too I perceived her then stretching out her Leg towards me and looking upon it as too uncivil a Posture bid her draw it in again and told her that it was not decent she replyed to excuse her self that she was in a great deal of pain but however she endeavoured to pull it in And just at that moment she heard the snap that her Thigh-bone gave which I heard also but attributed it to something in the Fire She said to me in a Transport of Joy Mademoisselle I am healed my Bone is slipt into its place again I answered Mariane thou art a fool said she again Mademoisselle I am healed and came to embrace my Knees telling me that she thought she heard a Voice saying unto her Thou art healed She thereupon went to walk in the Chamber and prayed me to look upon her Legs which appeared to me then to be of an equal length and she added that she felt no more pain This happened on the said 26th Day of Novemb. 1693. And this is all I can say of the healing of this Girl I shall add only this protestation that neither I my self nor any other person as I know of had any share or contributed in any wise directly or indirectly towards it And that the day following she went out of the Lodging and walked as well as she doth now This is the Testimony I think my self obliged to give to the Truth London this 23d of December 1693. Renée de Laulan Iurat 28. December coram me Ja. Vernon The Affidavit of Monsieur Debat Chirurgeons I Iames Debat Master Chirurgeon a French Refugee serving the poor of the Committee do declare that about two years ago I was called by Charlotte du Dognon Mother of Mariane Maillard to visit the said Mariane whom having examined I found on her left side first a Tumour or Swelling which seem'd to me to be very considerable about and a little above the Cavity of the Isch ium into which the Head of