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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54935	An account of one Ann Jefferies, now living in the county of Cornwall, who was fed for six months by a small sort of airy people call'd fairies, and of the strange and wonderful cures she performed with slaves and medicines she received from them, for which she never took one penny of her patients in a letter from Moses Pitt to the Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Edward Fowler, Lord Bishop of Glocester.	Pitt, Moses, fl. 1654-1696.	1696 (1696)	Wing P2301; ESTC R2495	10,095	24

Hand and then ask'd my Mother if she did not find Ease by her stroking of it My Mother confess'd to her she did Upon this she desired my Mother to forbear sending for the Chyrurgeon for she would by the Blessing of God cure her Leg and to satisfy my Mother of the Truth of it she again appeal'd to my Mother whether she did not find farther Ease upon her continued stroking of the Part affected which my Mother again acknowledged she did Upon this my Mother countermanded the Messenger for the Chyrurgeon On this my Mother demanded of her how she came to the Knowledg of her Fall She made answer that half a dozen Persons told her of it That reply'd my Mother could not be for there was none came by at that time but my Neighbour .... that brought me home Ann answers again that that was Truth and it was also true that half a dozen Persons told her so for said she you know I went out of the House into the Gardens and Orchards very unwillingly And now I will tell you the Truth of all Matters and Things that have befallen me You know that this my Sickness and Fits came very suddenly upon me which brought me very low and weak and have made me very simple Now the Cause of my Sickness was this I was one day knitting of Stockings in the Arbour in the Garden and there came over the Garden-hedg of a sudden six small People all in green Clothes which put me into such a Fright and Consternation that was the Cause of this my great Sickness and they continue their Appearance to me never less than 2 at a time nor never more than 8 they always appear in even Numbers 2 4 6 8. When I said often in my Sickness They were just gone out of the Window it was really so altho you thought me light-headed At this time when I came out into the Garden they came to me and ask'd me if you had put me out of the House against my Will I told them I was unwilling to come out of the House Upon this they said you should not fare the better for it and thereupon in that Place and at that time in a fair Path-way you fell and hurt your Leg. I would not have you send for a Chyrurgeon nor trouble your self for I will cure your Leg The which she did in a little time This cure of my Mother's Leg and the Stories she told of these Fairies made such a Noise over all the County of Cornwall as that it had the same Effect St. Paul's healing of Publius's Father of a Fever and a bloody Flux at Malta after his Shipwrack there as related Acts 28.8 9 And it came to pass that the Father of Publius lay sick of a Favor and of a bloody Flux to whom Paul entred in and prayed and laid his Hands on him and healed him So when this was done others also which had Diseases in the Island came and were healed That People of all Distempers Sicknesses Sores and Ages came not only so far off as the Lands-end but also from London and were cured by her She took no Monies of them nor any Reward that ever I knew or heard of yet had she Monies at all times sufficient to supply her Wants She neither made nor bought any Medicines or Salves that ever I saw or heard of yet wanted them not as she had Occasion She forsook eating our Victuals and was fed by these Fairies from that Harvest-time to the next Christmas-day upon which Day she came to our Table and said because it was that Day she would eat some Roast Beef with us the which she did I my self being then at table One time I remember it perfectly well I had a mind to speak with her and not knowing better where to find her than in her Chamber I went thither and fell a knocking very earnestly at her Chamber-door with my Foot and calling to her earnestly Ann Ann open the Door and let me in She answered me My Child have a little Patience and I will let you in immediately Upon which I look'd through the Key-hole of the Door and I saw her eating and when she had done eating she stood still by her Bed-side as long as Thanks to God might be given and then she made a Coursey or Bow and opened the Chamber-door and gave me a Piece of her Bread which I did eat but I think it was the most delicious Bread that ever I did eat either before or since Another odd Passage which I must relate was this One Lord's day my Father with his Family being at Dinner in our Hall comes in one of our Neighbours whose Name was Francis Heathman and ask'd where Ann was we told him she was in her Chamber Upon this he goes into her Chamber to see for her and not seeing her he calls her She not answering he feels up and down in the Chamber for her but not finding her comes and tells us she was not in her Chamber As soon as he had said this she comes out of her Chamber to us as we were sitting at Table and tells him she was in her Chamber and saw him and heard him call her and see him feel up and down the Chamber for her and had almost felt her but he could not see her altho she saw him notwithstanding she was at the same time at the Table in her Chamber eating her Dinner One Day these Fairies gave my Sister Mary the now Wife of Mr. Humph. Martyn then about four Years of Age a Silver Cup that held about a Quart bidding her give it my Mother and she did bring it my Mother but my Mother would not accept of it but bid her carry it to them again which she did I presume this was the time my Sister owns she saw the Fairies I confess to your Lordship I never did see them I had almost forgot to tell your Lordship that Ann would tell what People would come to her several Days before they came and from whence and at what time they would come I have seen Ann in the Orchard dancing among the Trees and she told me she was then dancing with the Fairies The great Noise of the many strange Cures Ann did and also her living without eating our Victuals she being fed by these Fairies caus'd both the Neighbour-Magistrates and Ministers to resort to my Father's House and talk with her and strictly examined her about the Matters here related and she gave them very rational Answers to all those Questions they then ask'd her for by this time she was well recovered out of her Sickness and Fits and her natural Parts and Understanding much improv'd my Father and all his Family affirming the Truth of all we saw The Ministers endeavoured to perswade her they were evil Spirits that resorted to her and that it was the Delusion of the Devil but how could that be when she did no Hurt but Good to all