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A16950	A true discourse, vpon the matter of Martha Brossier of Romorantin pretended to be possessed by a deuill. Translated out of French into English, by Abraham Hartvvel.; Discours veritable sur le faicte de Marthe Brossier. English.	Marescot, Michel, 1539-1605, attributed name. aut; Pietre, Simon, ca. 1525-1584, attributed name. aut; Le Bouthillier, attributed name. aut; Hartwell, Abraham, b. 1553.	1599 (1599)	STC 3841; ESTC S113238	24,481	52

the said Martha fell downe at the rehearsall of certaine words raised her selfe vp againe very lustily made mowes vpon the Exorcists euen to their faces and nothing else was then done sauing that Duret pricked her with a pin betweene the thumbe and the forefinger After these actions diuerse times reiterated vntill Noone the Bishop demaunded of Ellain and Duret what they deemed of it But they intreated the Bishop it might stand with his good pleasure that the other Phisitians which had seene her the day before might be called and others also with them to the end they might more maturely deliberate of the matter especially considering that the said Martha Brossier being commaunded to giue some tokens of her possession by the Deuill had made answere To morrowe which request the Bishop found to bee very reasonable Vpon Thursday the first day of Aprill all mysteries were imployed and vsed none of the remedies were forgotten that are proper to the driuing out of Deuils They setled themselues to prayers She blared out her tongue turned her eyes and at the pronouncing of certaine words Et homo factus est Verbum caro factum est Tantum ergo Sacramentum that is And he was made man The word was made flesh Therefore so great a Sacrament she fell as before and vsed such motions as they doe that are troubled with a Conuulsion Yet all these actions seemed to the Phisitians to be meerly counterfeit and therefore they would haue been gone But my Lord the Bishop intreated them that they would bestow yet a little more time for the publike benefit The Exorcismes or Coniurations were begun againe and then the woman hearing the words Et homo factus est And he was made man she laboured with all her strength and forces to make her gambals and being vpon her backe in foure or fiue skips remoued her selfe from the Altar to the Chappell-dore which indeed did astonish all the companie Father Seraphin waxed somewhat angrie and said If there be any here that is incredulous and will trouble her the Deuill will carie him away in the ayre Then Marescot growing impatient at that cousinage said I will take that hazard and perill vpon me let him carie me away if he can And so set his knee vpō her knee took her by the gorge and commanded her to bee quiet She being not able to stirre her selfe and seeing her cousinage to bee discouered said He is gone he hath left me The good Seraphin approching neere vnto her said Indeede this is nothing but Martha the Deuill is departed Then haue I made him runne away quoth Marescot The Bishop being very desirous to know the trueth and doubting some counterfeiting said Let vs begin againe and pray to God that he would learne vs the trueth let vs see if the Deuill will torment her againe Then they sung Veni Creator and the Apostles Creede At this word Et thomo factus est And he was made man she did not fall nor was tormented any more yea when they shewed her the holy Sacrament she neither was troubled nor tumbled any more but seeing Marescot Hautin and Riolan behinde her she said Meddle thou with thy Phisicke Marescot answered her If thou doe stirre and play the foole againe I will handle thee well enough In the meane while they perseuered in their prayers to God She thinking that Marescot was departed fell againe vpon her backe plaied her old trickes and vsed her ordinarie motions Then Marescot Hautin and Riolan held her and staied her very easily The Bishop began to say to Father Seraphin the Exorcist Good Father command her to rise The good Father cried vnto her with a lowd voyce Raise thy selfe vpon thy feete raise thy selfe vpon thy feete Marescot said The Deuill riseth not in our presence and withall because few people should take offence he spake alowd in Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nothing against nature nothing against nature And it is not to bee marueiled at that the said Marescot Hautin and Riolan were not afraid because they knew her dissembling and beleeued in Iesus Christ who is the terror of all Deuils Riolan at the commaundement of the Bishop spake vnto her in Latin as followeth Misera quous perges nobis illudere Nunquámne cessabis plebeculam ludificare Agnosce culpam veniam deprecare Patent enim tuae fraudes nisi hoc feceris breui tradêris in manus Iudicis qui quaestione veritatem extorquebit Thou wretched woman how long wilt thou proceede to delude vs Wilt thou neuer cease to deceiue the simple people Acknowledge thy fault and craue pardon For thy guiles are discouered and vnlesse thou doe so thou shalt shortly bee deliuered into the hands of the Iudge who by torture will wrest out the trueth She being demaunded whether she vnderstood this or no answered in good sooth She did not It was thought that now all this businesse was done and the Bishop withdrew himselfe and went out of the Chappell with diuerse men of good Note and commaunded the Phisitians then being present freely to tell him their opinion and aduise One of them assured him for certaine that she had the Deuill in her bodie because she had blared out her tongue very farre and had indured the pricking of a pinne Another amongst them said that vndoubtedly hee had seene very many signes of counterfeiting but yet his aduise was that they should stay three moneths longer to the end they might be assured whether she had the Deuill in her bodie or no. For Master Fernelius as he writeth in his Second booke De abditis rerum causis Of the secret causes of Nature could not certainly know a certaine sicke gentleman to bee possessed with a Spirit till the end of three moneths Sixe others there were that very confidently and constantly said for certaine all these actions of Martha were fained and dissembled as it was reported on the Tuesday before And therefore it was thought that they were now at the end of this businesse But vpon the Friday and Saturday following being the fourth and fifth daies of Aprill they called other Phisitians omitting the greatest part of those which had seene her before and then they began a new combat with this Fantasticall Deuill One spake certaine Greeke wordes vnto her and she answered in French Another spake in English shee answered in French but yet as some say somewhat to the purpose They obserued her most violent and sudden motions to be without any change either in pulse or in breath or in colour The Phisitians then present made report in many words and magnificall termes that Martha was possessed with a Deuill and signed it with their hands Which report wee will write out hereafter word for word as it is in the Originall While all this was in doing the Parliament fearing that this concourse of people which came to see this new Deuill might breede some new Mo●ster of Sedition whereunto were are all too much