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A48622	Miracles of the B. Virgin, or, An historical account of the original, and stupendious performances of the image entituled, Our Blessed Lady of Halle viz. restoring the dead to life, healing the sick, delivering of captives, &c. / written originally in Latin, by Justus Lipsius ; afterwards translated into French, then into Dutch, and now rendred into English.; Diva virgo Hallensis. English	Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.	1688 (1688)	Wing L2361; ESTC R16234	21,245	40

Images of the B. Virgin which in remembrance of her she loved and esteemed more than ordinary whereof she gave one to the Cloyster of Carmelite Nuns at Vilvord which hath been antiently as famous for its Miracles as of late its title is Our B. Lady of Consolation intimating that several Persons have there been delivered from their Maladies and acquired ease both of Body and Mind She gave three other Images to Mechtildis Sister to Duke Henry her Husband who being a Widow had married Florentius IV. Earl of Holland and Zealand from which Nuptials sprung the honoured William II. who was in the contention chosen Emperour of Germany Mechtildis's reception of these Images of Sophia in process of Time had a better Effect than could have been if she had received them from Elizabeth her self who had been long dead and the great Distance that was between their several Habitations might have prevented any Acquaintance between them Mechtildis not long before her Decease distributed the Images in divers Places She placed one at Gravesand Lips his Hall. c. 3. an antient though small City of Holland situate near the Cloyster of Loosduynen which she had founded and where after her Husbands Death she piously and chastly spent the remainder of her Life She gave another to the Carmelites Church at Haerlem And the third which is our Image she bestowed at Halle in Henegow But why was this placed there I believe because her Daughter Adelheydis was married to John of Avennes Earl of Henogowe some Years before her Death To which we may add Die A. 1267. geschiedenis Lips c. 3. That she had a Daughter of her own Name who being married to the Earl of Hennenberg had at one Birth 364 Children which were baptized altogether by the Bishop of Vtrecht An Event that looks more like a Fable than a true History did not our Annals so firmly and unanimously assert it But to return to our Design as the stubborn were apt to calumniate so the Religious admired by what means the Holy Elizabeth collected so many Images of the B. Virgin. Both which may be satisfied by Haraeus who says Tom. 1 Ann. l. 12 That she her self or some Body for her received them from her Aunt the religious Heduwigis Wife to Hedricus Barbatus Prince of Slesia and Poland who knew the vertuous Disposition of her Neece The Reason of this Conjecture might be That in her life time she was found to have a great quantity of Images of the B. Virgin which she very much reverenced She kept a small one commonly in her Hand as well to excite her Devotion with the sight of it as to bless and heal the Sick Nay which is more she so venerated that Sacred Image that she dyed with one between her Fingers and was in that Posture interr'd Some Years after her death her Body was found consumed except the two Fingers which with their former Vigor graspt the sacred Image This is the Reason why the Painters represent her with an Image in her Hand To speak more particularly This holy Image is composed of Wood it is about three Foot high sitting on a Chair and offering her left Breast to the Child to suck the Cloaths and other Ornaments veil it from our Eyes It is not esteemed for its composure nor the Matter whereof it is composed that being slight and common nor its black Colour caused by its Antiquity and the Smoak of Lamps but there is a more than Human Majesty attends it because it represents the B. Virgin who is so honourable and hath done so many Miracles and doth daily That Character Nigra sum sed formosa might here take Place This Meanness of the Image ought not to diminish Wisemens Devotion nor the Veneration of the Simple and Illiterate Here that falls in very opportunely which Wichmans remarks viz. Brab Mar. l. 1. c. 37. That amongst all the miraculous Images of the B. Virgin especially those that were found in the Netherlands there was none whose matter was sumptuous or composure elegant Therefore they would not be esteemed were not their worth enhanced by Faith which neglecting the Curiosities of the Image fixes it self upon the mighty Power of God which appears through the Images in the Operation of Miracles This gives us a clear Prospect of the Divine Providence in bereaving the World of all Occasions of Idolatry by this meanness of the Images for on the contrary had they been elegant and costly the unthinking Vulgar would have appropriated their Honour and Veneration to their Splendor and the Obstinate would think and affirm That we therefore honour the Type but not for the Sake of the Prototype Yet we ought not to hinder the making of costly Images in honour of the B. Virgin for they represent her as well nay better than the meaner if they be miraculous The B. Virgin began to be honoured in this Image and to perform various Miracles about the Year 1267. in the time of Nicholas de la Fountaine the fifty first Bishop of Camerick Beverlink theat L. E. V. Epus a Man of extraordinary Piety and Vertue and as his Suffragan Thomas Cantipratanus who was born at Leew near Halle affirms a great Honourer of the B. Virgin a worthy Scholar to Albertus Magnus and School-fellow with Thomas Aquinas all ardent Lovers of the Mother of God. CHAP. II. The Blessed Virgin defended the City of Halle from the Power of her Enemies LEt us now with a thankful Acknowledgment relate the wonderful and memorable Actions which the Queen of Heaven and Mother of Mercy hath performed to so many afflicted and comfortless Persons And here we must not omit That the wooden Image which is several hundred Years old and yet is so far from the usual Concomitants of Antiquity that it is not in the least injured by Time nor the frequent Fires which the Neighbours affirm have consumed the adjacent Houses The B. Virgin hath not only preserv'd her Image and Church from the impetuous Flames but hath several Times defended the City against the Power and Force of its Enemies Philip Cleve in the Year 1489. chief of the Enemies of Maximilian I. and his Son Philip seeing that Halle was a Thorn in the Foot of the Brussellers treacherously bought some of the Burghers to his side that when he should come they should give him entrance into the City he was on his March with 6000. Men and had surprized the City had not a Burgher of Brussels by chance why say I by chance it was by the appointment of the B. Virgin who watched over her City been imprisoned who discovered the Plot The Burghers made use of this Discovery and let Philip of Cleve march on with his Army pass the Moat and climb the Walls and then with an extraordinary Courage forced him to retire with Shame and Dishonour Philip seeing the ill Success of his first Assault having procured more Strength and armed himself better made a

Miracles of the B. Virgin. OR AN Historical Account OF THE Original and Stupendious Performances OF THE IMAGE ENTITULED Our Blessed Lady of Halle VIZ. Restoring the Dead to Life Healing the Sick Delivering of Captives c. Written Originally in Latin by Justus Lipsius afterwards translated into French then into Dutch and now rendred into English Ecclesia Catholica fundata est Miraculis Conservata Costerus in Ench. Cont. p. 102. London Printed in the Year 1688. To the Reader THose of the Roman Communion have imposed on the belief of Mankind such Fabulous Legends and Ridiculous Stories that I think it a sufficient Antidote against their Errors to expose some of these pretended Miracles to the view of the World it is to this that I have Transloted the following Relations It will not be amiss to give my Readers some account of the Book from whence I Translated these Relations which I shall do as briefly as I can Justus Lipsius published a Book in Latin in the year 1604. Intituled Diva Virgo Hallensis Beneficia ejus Miracula Fide atque Ordine descripta This Treatise was Licensed and Approved by Gulielmus de Berghes Archbishop of Camerick Valerianus Flossius Vicar General and Gulielmus Fabritius the Censor of Books It was Translated into French and augmented by Claudius Maillard a Jesuit it was Translated into Dutch by Philip Numan and again into French by Ludovicus du Gardin a Physician it was afterwards again rendred into Dutch with Maillards Additions by N. N. a Jesuit and Printed at Brussels Anno 1657. It is Licensed by the Censor of Books but there is a Caution in the Licensing of it which was not made use of in the Latin Edition of Lipsius and it is That none of these Miracles shall be received upon the Credit of the Church unless at least they be attested by a Bishop but shall be taken upon the Credit of the Faithful Historian and this was in obedience to the two Bulls of Pope Urban the 8th to that purpose It seems that they began to blush at these Ridiculous Stories but yet they would have the Commonalty believe them though not at the expence of the Publick Faith. I have in this Translation most followed the Dutch Edition which is divided into three parts the first is spent in the Description of the City of Halle and the Image which I have rather abridged than translated All that I have taken from this part is comprized in my first Chapter and is tho an abridgment in the Authors own words for the most part the Miracles make the second part which is subdivided into two parts the first whereof contains all the Miracles that are in Lipsius it is this that I have taught to speak English The third part is an account of the gifts offered to the B. Virgin Lipsius's Treatise met with some opposition in the World and was defended by Anastasius Cochelet a Camelite and D. D. of Paris and by Carolus Scribanius a Dutch Jesuit Because I would not give the least opportunity to the Romish Calumniators to traduce me as a false Translator I have rendred it almost verbatim though I am not Ignorant that it is esteemed to be an Error by the best Translators CHAP. I. Of the Original of the Holy Image a short Description of the noble Descent and Vertue of the Holy Elizabeth IN order to a clearer prospect of the Original of this Holy Image Hist Hall. Lips c. 2. ad P. Maillard c. 6. it seems necessary to enquire into the royal Pedigree and constant Vertue of the pious Elizabeth Andreas II. surnamed Hierosolymitanus the third Son of Bela III. King of Hungary after the Death of his Brothers inherited the Kingdom of Hungary Anno 1201. His Queen was Gertrude Daughter to the Duke of Mernhem Krenten and Istrien by whom he had three Sons and one Daughter viz. Bela IV. Celomannus Andrew and Elizabeth Andrew being desirous to advance himself travelled to Venice and there married a rich Wife by whom he had a Son named Marcus. Marcus not being contented with the Estate his Father left him possessed of went to Picardy and there married Catharine de Croy legal Heiress of the House of Croy descended from the Palsgraves of Hungary and Wittenberg from this Marriage sprung that illustrious Family of Croy. Elizabeth which most serves our Design Daughter as above of Andrew II. King of Hungary and Aunt to Marcus at the Age of three Years was by Ambassadors betrothed to Lewis Son of Hermon Landgrave of Thuringia and Hassia descended from Charles the Great At the Age of four Years she was conveyed to Thuringia to be educated in her Bridegrooms Fathers Court. It would be tedious to relate the Signs of a Pious Disposition visible in her Infancy It shall suffice to remark That being then a Virgin and afterwards both Wife and Widow her vertuous Deportment in all these Estates rendered her Famous The Painters and Carvers represented her with three Crowns on her Head intimating that she had merited a Crown from each State. At the Age of fourteen she was married to Lewis and had Issue by him viz. Hermannus who did not live long and Sophia also another Daughter of the same Name or according to some her Name was Gertrude she left this World for a Cloyster Lewis accompanying the Emperor Frederick to assist in the conquest of the Holy Land dyed in Apulia or as some affirm in Sicilie His Body was sent to Elizabeth who with extraordinary Grief interr'd it Henry her Husbands Brother after many Injuries offered to her not only bereft her of all her Estate but banished her so hastily that she could hardly find a Place of Ropose for herself and Children She retired to Marpurg in Hassia where after having spent four Years in all manner of vertuous Exercises by the Assistance of one Conrad a religious Man she departed this Life being but twenty four Years of Age Anno 1231. Her Sanctity and Miracles caused Pope Gregory IX to add her to the number of the Saints Anno 1235. Sophia her eldest Daughter and Heiress rather of her Vertue than Estate went into the Netherlands where she was married to Henry II. Duke of Brabant He had Henry III. by his first Dutchess Maria van Swaven Daughter to the Emperor Philip. He had also by Sophia another Henry surnamed The Brabander He with the Assistance of his Mother made divers Attempts for the acquisition of their Inheritance which the strength of the adverse Party rendered ineffectual But at last he regained Hassia and lest his Posterity possest of it more by the Prayers of Elizabeth than the Assistance of his Mother But leaving this neighbouring History let us come to those things for which cause it was related Sophia Inheritrix of her Mothers Piety being willing to follow her Example in all things was strongly inclined to the Veneration and Love of our B. Lady 'T is really believed That her Mother bequeathed her some

Water another crept into a Hole for Shelter against the Lightning Paslinus betook himself to his Cellar as well to preserve himself as some Victuals and Houshold-stuff as he was busie there he was over-run with Water there was no Opportunity of Flighht nor Hopes of human Help He resolved in this extream Necessity with a Prayer to commit himself to the Charge of the B. Virgin and immediately he found help for he espied a little above a Door which he caught hold of and hung there two Hours yet the Water was up to his Chin and sometimes it rise above his Head but did not continue so any Time the approaching Night filled him with dismal Apprehensions of its length and made him renew his Supplications to the B. Virgin who cast forth her bright Beams and considerablely increased his Strength inabling him to keep his Hold at the Door until the next Day and his Deliverance appeared for on the Morning the Waters were sunk yet he understood to his great Grief that his Wife and Child were drowned in the Inundation He offered a Waxen-Image in Honour of the B. Virgin and came accompanied with seventeen Witnesses to return her Thanks for it was she alone that kept him from his approaching Death CHAP. VI. A drowned Child restored to Life A House accompanied with many Children and much Water fills the Parents Hearts with Fears A young Child unhappily evinced the Truth of this to his Fathers Grief and the Glory of the B. Virgin. The Father missing his Son after having spent two Hours in a vain Search for him feared that Misfortune which afterwards happened for he found him drowned in a Pool his Head in the Mud and his Feet out of the Water he drew him out but found no Sign of Life remaining in him After he had lain thus a full Hour the Father cast a sorrowful Eye towards his Child and sent a Prayer for Mercy to You O Blessed Mother His Thoughts had hardly reached Halle before the Child was restored to Life and began to stir and to rise up and walked home with his Father The Waters of Death abound in all Places but in Halle there flows a Fountain of Life CHAP. VII A Person possessed by the Devil was dispossessed IF an ill Guest be a great Burthen how bad must it then be for a Man to harbour his worst Enemy not only in his House but in his Body Reynier Willegem a Burgher of Oudenaerde a stout Man and of a robust Body was after our Ladies Ascension-day possest by the Devil this hellish Spirit seized him as followeth He raved and foamed and tore himself and others his Countenance sufficiently evidenced the Malignity of his Guest His Friends knew no better Remedy than to invoke the Aid of our Lady of Halle their Prayers were heard the Devil ejected and Reynier regained his pristine Liberty That hellish Serpent might well fear That our B. Lady would not spare his Members whose Head she had broken CHAP. VIII A Child being Blind and Diseased was cured This in the Original is in Verso THis Childs Name was Nicholas his Father lived at Liege This Nicholas was not only Blind but very Weak and Infirm The Fame of the Blessed Virgin of Halle having reached that place the Father addressed himself to her in behalf of his Son who had both his Sight and Health restored unto him and offered a Silver-Image in Honour of the B. Virgin. CHAP. IX Some delivered from Shipwrack WE have hitherto confined our Discourse to the Land let us now plunge our selves into the midst of a horrible Tempest and there behold the Star of the Sea the B. Virgin shooting the Beams of her Mercy 1405. A Ship which departed from Holland being bound for Antwerp encountred a dreadful Storm on its Way thither and the approaching Night doubled the Danger and the Fears of those on Board her and the Pilot told them the Ship was lost also that he had done all that he could and advised every one to think upon his Soul that they might reach the Heaven of Felicity This made them fill the Air with Lamentations and Cries and Prayers One of the Seamen said unto them Wherefore do we not betake our selves to the B. Virgin of Halle They immediately followed his Counsel and presently a bright Light visible above the Ship dispelled the Clouds of Night from their Eyes and those of Fear from their Hearts and conducted the Ship to its desired Key The Master with some of the Men like another Noah went to Halle to present his Thank-offering to the B. Virgin. CHAP. X. A Gentlewoman was delivered from her Distraction HE that hath the Use of his Senses enjoys many Blessings that are not taken notice of but the want of them renders a Man poor 1407. This was exemplified in a young Gentlewoman of the House of Angerelle who being very Beautiful and of a healthful Constitution became Distracted her Mother spared neither Labour nor Charge for her Curing although it proved Ineffectual she then had Recourse to Halle and by an ardent Prayer recommended the miserable Estate of her Daughter to our Lady and whilst she was at her Devotions in the Church the Mother of Mercy performed a Miracle at Home for her Daughter was cured at the very same Time. She came to thank the B. Virgin and offered a Waxen-image of 110 l. weight correspondent to the Weight of her Daughter but the Miracle can never be overweighed CHAP. XI A Boy was delivered from Drowning in the Maze AT Hocy five Boys went into a Boat 1408. they lanched into the River and wantonly played together in the Boat but their Sport had not continued long ere the swelling of the Maze and Strength of the Winds interrupted it and tossed the Boat so violently that they could hardly get to the Shore But as soon as they were got to Land four of them leapt out of the Boat and with their leaping made the Boat fly back on the Water the fifth who was about fourteen Years Old remained in the Boat immediately the Wind and Waves tossed the Boat aloft and presently plunged it into the Deep and turned it upside down so violently that the unfortunate Boy was thrown out amongst the Waves the four that had leaped Ashore by their Cries drew the People to the Water-side and amongst the rest the Boys Mother What could she do she said O B. Virgin who art honoured at Halle I promise that I will come thither with my Son to serve you if it will please you to deliver him from his approaching Death The Vow was hardly uttered ere he was driven towards the Bridg by the mighty Force of the Waters he passed the Arches of the Bridg uninterrupted and floated along amongst the Waves about the space of half a Mile to a place where the overflowing River softly laid him down O wonderful Goodness the Boy wrestled with the Waves and was as it were carried in

another Wonder That small piece of Candle not two Inches long burned from six of the Clock in the Evening until the next day without the least diminution In their Journey a third Wonder appear'd before them it was light as the Day but behind them a very dark Night They set out so late and walked so slowly for fear of injuring the Child that it was late in the Night e're they arrived at Vertigneuil 'T is to be supposed that they lodged there burning in the interim the hallowed Candle by the Child The next morning as soon as it was perfect day light they went to the Priests Lodging but not finding him there they heard that he was gone to the Castle of Vertain upon some affair The Father and the Church-Wardens Wife went presently thither when they came there it was Noon and they found all the Gates shut they knock'd but in vain for no body opened them Behold now a fourth Wonder The Portal of the first Gate opened its self also the Portals of the second and third Gate opened of their own accord and they came into the Chamber where the Governour the Priest and others were without the knowledge of any in the Castle Henry Damman who was Governour of the Castle began to demand whether they were Friends or Enemies and run at the Porter with his Sword to Revenge the Treachery he thought him guilty of but having with astonishment heard the reason of their coming and the opening of the Portals he and the guests about twenty in number would accompany the Priest to the Baptizing of such a Child When they came where the Infant was they saw in it remarkable Tokens of life it bled at the Nose opened its Mouth and Eyes it sighed and wept great tears This firmly assured the Priest and all the Spectators that it was alive the Priest Baptized it in the Presence of almost Seventy Persons And presently after is not this the fifth Miracle they saw it evidently wast and decay like Snow it died there and was Buried in Sanctify'd Earth The same hour the Mother Firmine felt her Breast to dry which before was full of Milk. This Miracle was seen and attested by two whole Villages Oh wonderful thing What can Impudence Yea Calumny its self say against these Miracles Blessed be thou O Blessed Virgin which bore in thy Womb everlasting life and through thy Mercy and Intercession gave life both of Soul and Body to the Dead and made him partaker of eternal life Keep in us the life of Grace that we may enjoy a happy Death a joyful Resurrection and everlasting Glory and live in it with thee and thy Son for ever CHAP. XVI An innocent Man wonderfully delivered from the Gallows IF the Mother of God be ready to help the impious how can she then neglect the innocent seeking her aid it is far from her mercy and goodness so to do This was exemplified in the person of John Sampenoy who 1405. coming from Aspernay in Champagine to Halle to offer his Devotions to the Blessed Virgin on the way he got two Treacherons companions Nicholat Barren and Peter Le Norman who understanding the cause of his Journey told him that they also were going to Halle but not for the sake of Devotion but profit for they were Merchants These two were pursued and taken at Avennes for Thieves and Legally convicted of Robbery They were put upon the Rack whereupon they confessed that they had stole and Sold four Silver Cups and withal accused Sampenoy of being Guilty with them of the Theft and receiving a third part thereof also they said that they had Murthered a Man on the way and Sampenoy had assisted them hereupon they were led to Execution but Nicholas upon the Gallows cleared Sampenoy and recalled his false accusation but Peter Le Norman persisted in his acccusation affirming that John was alike guilty with him and that he would confirm this with his Death The Judge proceeded and hanged Sampenoy with the other two notwithstanding his constant assertion of his Innocence the Judge exhorted the people to hear a Mass for his Soul to which Sampenoy replied No my Lord I had rather they would recite a Pater Noster and an Ave Mary in honour of the Blessed Virgin of Halle to whom I was going and because my innocence cannot help me here I appeal to her and desire that she would please to defend me He was then turned off the Ladder but still continued alive the Executioner in a passion leapt upon his shoulders that he might strangle him with his weight but for all this he remained alive seeing clearly as he after related a Beautiful Woman of a Majestick aspect who embraced him and took him into her protection More than an hour had been spent on this manner to the amazement of all the spectators when John de Selles a Gentleman came riding with full speed to thither and said to the Judge My Lord I desire that you would please to give me this innocent man or rather give him to our Lady in whose name and was by whose command I came hither Sampenoy was immediately cut down and released and began to thank the Gentleman but he told him that it was the Mother of God which had wrought his deliverance whom he was obliged to go Halle to serve It is Proverb That a man had better be given over by ten Physitians than be condemned by one Judge but they that hide themselves under the wings of the B. Virgin need not fear the one nor the other For Sickness and Death are in her power to inflict or restrain them CHAP. XVII A Person delivered from his Imprisonment in France THE Holy Angel delivered Peter out of Prison but the Queen of Angels 1428. delivered the Person whereof I am about to write William Mostier travell'd from Picardy his own Country towards the Province of Poictiers there was then a sharp War between Charles the 7th King of France and the English he unfortunately fell into the latter and was led Captive to the City of St. Michael where he was imprisoned in a deep Dungeon and had two Irons put upon his Legs He remained there ten Months because he could not raise a ransom of Eighty Golden Crowns Being in this condition the Blessed Virgin of Halle came into his mind whose name and worship was then famous in Picardy he prayed heartily that by her assistance he might be delivered from this filth and darkness Hereupon he fell into a sweet sleep and waking in the Morning oh wonderful thing he found himself not only out of the Prison and free from his bonds but three Miles distant from St. Michael Whilest he being astonished stood contemplating of his deliverance there was some English Troopers came thither and amongst them Captain Turnbul who immediately knowing him said unto him Are not you our Prisoner how came you what power or Subtilty did you get out of Prison To which he