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cause_n	child_n	great_a	see_v	1,964	5	3.3848	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20115	The horrible murther of a young boy of three yeres of age, whose sister had her tongue cut out and how it pleased God to reueale the offendors, by giuing speech to the tongueles childe. Which offendors were executed at Hartford the 4. of August. 1606.		1606 (1606)	STC 6552; ESTC S113482	6,962	14

he behelde that pittifull ruthfull and bloody spectacle which when he had a while looked on with pittie and compassion and hauing spoke to her and perceyuing by her signes that she could not answer him he made meanes to drawe her out Which when he had done he began as may be easily imagined to bethinke with himselfe what great trouble hee might come into if hee were found with the childe he being a stranger as it seemes he was And this feare of trouble as was supposed by the graue and wise Iudge and Iustices of the Bench when the matter came to their hearing made this man after he had pulled her out of the tree to make from her with all the haste he could But the poore soule pursued him with all the haste she could crying and calling vnto him for succor and helpe in the best manner she could being therevnto vrged by paine and hunger the least of which will force a man of a resolute and resolued spirit to breake silence had hee vowed the contrarie much more then being ioyned both together must they force a childe In briefe then when she had lost the sight of him God knowes what became of her but no one man or woman can tell any certaine place of her abode for almost these foure yeares Many say they haue seene such a dumbe child wander vp and downe a begging And she herselfe hath confessed since the time that God hath lent her vse of her speech and vtterance that she may bee easily vnderstood by any that shall heare her that she did beg for her foode all that time And questionlesse the Lord who had reserued her both to bring so monstrous a murder and cruell a massacre to light and also to make manifest his almightie power to many misbeléeuing and vnbeléeuing miscreants Atheists I meane he I say as may most euidently appeare did both preserue her and prouide for her And now the time drawing neare wherein it pleased God to giue these wicked wretches some part of of their reward he so directed the course of this poore wandring childe that she came backe againe to the towne of Hatsield where she receiued her wrongs hauing yet no vse of speech nor vtterance whereby she might be vnderstood And wandring vp and downe the towne little thinking she had beene neare the place where her innocent brother lost his life and herselfe the instrument of her speech but going along the streete gasing here and there as children will doe yea and olde folkes too when they come into a strange place At last shee came by the house where this bloodie tragidie had beene acted which house she no sooner sawe but she knew as did appeare by the signes of griefe and sorrow which she made at the sight thereof For what with her crying and the extraordinarie noyse which shee made shee drewe people about her who did in some sorte seeme to greeue at the moane shee made but surely they could not chuse but wonder and desire to knowe what the sorrow and signes ment which the childe made For one while she would gape wide with her mouth drawing her fore finger to and fro it as though she had beene cutting of some thing then would she with her finger poynt into the house And when this mother Dell and her sonne came to the doore then her crying and her signes did séeme much to encrease which made the lookers on to suspect much but alas they knew not what But at last amongst other folkes came the Tailer before spoken of and hee no sooner saw the child noted her signes and remembred the other Childe found in the water and murthered as is aforesaide but straight he saies that this was the other of those Children which was ledde into that house long since by the Pedler and his Wife Then some of the Neighbours together with the Taylor tooke the childe and led her into the house shee being within stood staring wildelye round about her at last shee spied a paire of stayres to which shee went directlye and comming to them shee looked earnestlye on them looking about the house againe she first pointed to the stayres and then to a Corner of the house as who should say these stayres did stand there This signe the neighbors vnderstood well because they knew the stayres had bene remooued and that made them thinke some foul● matter would bee pickt out of her other signes Heereupon they beganne to lay handes on the Mother and her Sonne to haue them againe now with the Childe before the Iustice at which the childe seemed to reioyce Being brought before Sir Henry Butler who was the next Iustice and had examined them diuers times before concerning these Children the Constable or Head borough beganne to tell vnto his Worshippe the cause of their comming and hauing related vnto him from point to point what they had seene the Childe marking and vnderstanding them well fell to her former signes againe before the Knight Whereupon hee did with greate wisdome and discretion examine them aparte one from another But they both remained still obstinate and in their olde tale confessing nothing nor would anye of them acknowledge that they had euer seene the Girle before notwithstanding the Taylor did still affyrme it to their faces that that was the Girle which the Pedler and his wife led into their house long since with the boy The Iustice assuring himselfe now that these were the actors of that bloody Tragedy hoping that God would in time make it yet more plaine then if was hee caused a Mittimus to be made sent them to the Iayle there to remaine with out dayle or maine prise vntill the Assises And further hee willed the Constable to take the Childs backe againe with him to the Towne and to haue a great care that she might be wel looked vnto and to see the house of Mother Dell safely shut vp All this being doone according to the Knightes commaūd the childes lodging diet being much better then it had beene long before she began to gather both strength and spirit vnto her and to take delight to playe amongst Children But now Gentle Reader let mee intreate thee as thou readst not onelye to admyre and wonder but to prayse and magnifie the mightie maker and preseruer of vs all for his great mercy and might shewed to this poore childe in this next succeeding action which if wee looke into but with the eyes of naturall reason and humane sence it will be thought incredible and impossible But with God nothing is impossible this ought not to be thought incredible because it was so lately and so neere vnto vs done and for that the Childe is yet liuing in Harfield to affirme for truth all that is heere written of her Now you shal vnderstand that this girle being playing with other children on the backe-side of some mans house in the towne where cocks hens chickens were féeding It