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A69640	An history of apparitions, oracles, prophecies, and predictions with dreams, visions, and revelations and the cunning delusions of the devil, to strengthen the idolatry of the gentiles, and the worshipping of saints departed : with the doctrine of purgatory, a work very seasonable, for discovering the impostures and religious cheats of these times / collected out of sundry authours of great credit, and delivered into English from their several originals by T.B. ; whereunto is annexed, a learned treatise, confuting the opinions of the Sadduces and Epicures, (denying the appearing of angels and devils to men) with the arguments of those that deny that angels and devils can assume bodily shapes ; written in French, and now rendred into English ; with a table to the whole work.	Bromhall, Thomas.	1658 (1658)	Wing B4885; ESTC R15515	377,577	402

Phalesius a private man buildeth the Temple of Aesculapius 83 The god of Heliopolis 84 A man blind from his birth receives his his sight by touching Adrian 85 Ladices sendeth an Image to Venus at Cyrena for recovering her husband who was disabled to perform nuptiall rights 86 Laodomia daugter of Pyrrhus 87 A Goat offers it self a sacrifice to Jupiter 88 The Temple of Ceres Micalessia 89 The Temple of Pluto and Juno the den of Charon 90 The Temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus a City of Peloponnesus 91 The Temple of Minerva Ilias 92 The Temple of Hercules in the Beast-Market at Rome 93 The Temple of Pallas at Methon 94 Greece troubled with a drought consults Pythia 95 The Sepulchre of Aristomenes at Messene a City in Achaia in Greece 96 Apollo Libistinus at Pachinum a Promontorie of Sicily 97 The Chappel of Minerva before the Temple of Delphos 98 The Sabine War waged against the Romans for ravishing the Virgins 99 The Holy Sheep of the Sun 100 The superstition of the Philippi inhabiting the furthest part of Scandinavia 101 A Table of Satan's wonderfull impostures for establishing of the Idolatrous invocations of Saints departed this life contrary to the preaching of St. Paul 2 Thess 2. THe miraculous restauration of John Damascen his hand unjustly cut off by Theodosius the Emperor at the Image of the blessed Virgin Mary 1 A Jew delivered from death by calling upon the god of Sergius 2 Many cured by the carrying of the dead body of the Virgin Levinua through part of Flanders 3 Many recover health at the Sepulchre of Pope Martin 4 One cured at the grave of St. Ladislaus King of Hungary 5 The Bishop of Prague his finger cut off for the Faith of Christ and thrown into a River shines in a Fishes belly 6 Genarius of Beneventum his head cut off for professing the Faith of Christ 7 Valens the Emperour an Arrian 8 The bodies of eleven thousand virgins 9 John a devout giver of Alms 10 Conradus repents heartily of his sinnes and doth penance 11 The head of a dead man speaks 12 How the Abbey of the King 's right hand came to be so called 13 The blessed Virgin Mary appears to St. Bruno 14 Nicolaus sees the shape of the blessed Virgin and her Son in the ayr on the very day wherein her Conception is celebrated 15 St. Stephen the Martyr appears to Saroltha the Wife of Grisa Duke of the Hungarians 16 The Parents of Nicolas Tolentinates vow a pilgrimage to Barium 17 Haldricus the Laodiensian Bishop cure● before the Altar of St. Martin 18 Sergius a Prince in wealth and authoririty cured of a grievous sicknesse at the Temple of St. Michael 19 John Orphanotropus brother to Michael Emperour of Paphlagonia cured at Mira of a grievous sickness 20 Henry the second Emperour cured by interceding Saints of the Stone 21 Manuel who disapproved of Images upon his resolution to restore Images according to the decrees of the Ancients when he was sick was restored to health 22 A Vision 23 A Fast held in the Church of the Virgin Mary three dayes to divert the cruel intention of Julian prevails with God 24 A Ring brought to King Edward the third from Jerusalem 25 The Statue of S. Paul weeps 26 The Mother of Leo of Iconomarum the fifth King her Vision 27 Bardus durus his Vision 28 A Vision discovered to Ambrose the Mediolanensian Bishop 29 Pulcheria sister to Theodosia her vision 30 An Apparition to Calomerus 31 A strange Miracle obtained by fasting and prayer 32 Pope Urban his Vision 33 A Deacon his vision 34 Elford King of England his vision 35 St. Andrew's cross seen in the ayr 36 Dogar King of the Scots his vision 37 An Apparition to Uladislaus and Grisa 38 Theodosius his vision 39 Massaclerus his vision 40 The appearing of St. Andrew the Apostle to a Priest 41 St. Theodore appears in ●efence of the Romans 42 Sabinus a most pious Patron of Souldiers 43 The great Sfortia his vision 44 The vision of a Priest 45 James the son of Zebedee appears to Charls the Great 46 The appering of St. Benedict to Count Sillogosus in a vision 47 The Arch-Angel Michael appears in a vision to Childebert King of France 48 Agnes Wife to Leopold Marquess of Austria desires her husband to design some place to build a Monastery 49 St. Ambrose appears threatning miseries to Caesar 50 Colanianus King of the Hungarians his vision 51 A voyce out of the Statue of the blessed Virgin salutes St. Bernard 52 Medericus Abbot of Edunium cures a Monk of libidinous cogitations 53 Many cured by a candle which extinguished was lighted by the touch of Genovepha 54 Pope Leo quencheth a fire by the sign of the Cross 55 The corporal of the Challice thrown into a fire quencheth it 56 A voyce out of the Tomb of S. Martin 57 A part of the towel wherewith our Lord wiped his Apostles feet before his last Supper brought by Monks from Jerusalem 58 St. Peter restores a Cock dressed and carved to life again 59 The Bishop of Alexandria by the help of Almighty God converts a Philosopher 60 At the Monastery of the holy Mother of God in Constantinople two blind men restored to sight before the Image of the blessed Virgin 61 The picture of Christ which Evagrius made 62 Herbs taken from the Tomb of Nicetius cure the Feaver 63 A Revelation to Valerius the Cosoranensian Bishop 64 Miracles wrought at the Sepulchre of Leodegarius 65 Uladislaus obtains issue by his Wife having been long barren by fasting and prayers 66 The body of Pedastus translated from the place where formerly it lay works a Miracle 67 Methodius a great respecter of holy Images most unjustly accused by his enemies is manifestly cleared to the joy of all pious men 68 St. Peter cures Agatha virgin and Martyr her breast torn in pieces for her steadfast confession of the Faith 70 The Mother of God appeareth to a Carpenter 71 The discovery of the bodies of the Martyrs Dionysius Rusticus and Eleutherius 72 A woman delivereth her sins in writing to Basil the Great 73 The Image of Christ speaks 74 The West Goths assertors of the Arrian Heresie 75 Luitprandus King of the Longobards translates the body of St. Austin out of Sardinia to Ticinum 76 Adelbertus cured of a Feaver at the Temple of S. Mary the Virgin 77 Genadius Bishop of Constantinople rebuketh a Priest for disgracing his profession 78 Some of the dust of Hospitius his Sepulchre carried to the Lirinensian Monastery as an holy relique 79 Boniface Bishop of Moguntium slain by the Pagans 80 Eleven hundred virgins martyred by the Huns 81 A Leper sees Christ dedicating a Temple 83 Genovepha dedicateth a Cathedrall Church to St. Dionysius 84 Houses erected by prayers 85 The Temple of the divine beautifull virgin at Regenspurg 86 The Metensian Bishop 88 Constantine adoreth the nayls of Christs Cross given him by his Mother 89 Pope Gregory sends three

very long beard and hair and blacker then any Crow so that he might seem to be Vulcan himself had he been lame He without any more complement askt the Factor Whether he met his Workmen He answered That indeed he saw certain Men who said they were going to build at Aetna but whether they were his Workmen or no he knew not but if they were he would be glad to know what moved him to undertake so strange a piece of Work as to build in a Mountain so high and so deep in Snow that it is hard for the ablest Traveller to passe there Then said this unknown Architect Although you little credit my words you shall shortly know and your eyes shall bear you witnesse that I am able to perform this and much more if I please And with these words he vanished out of his sight At this the man became so terrified that he had like to have dyed in the place but with much ado he got back to the Town full of horrour and according to the custome procured a Priest was confest declared his vision and the same evening departed this life The beginning of the night following the 23. of March there was a great Earthquake and exceeding great flames of fire burst out of the top of the Mountain Aetna on the East side and were violently carried toward the Sun-rising insomuch that the Clergy and people of Catana were so struck with terrour that they all ran to the Church of St. Agatha to implore divine assistance from whence the voyce of their prayers and excessive weeping with their dolefull ditties and unanimous cry for mercy the bells all the while ringing mournfully came to the Church dedicated to the Purification of the Blessed Virgin And O wonderful event before their prayers were ended the fire began to decrease and in a short time became utterly extinct Gilbert Cognat libro octavo narrationum DAmascius Syrus Simplicius and some other learned men came out of Sicilie together and went into Persia to see King Cosroes of whose fame and vertue they had heard great report In their coming home as they returned they found the body of a man in the field unburied They abhorring the inhumanity of the Persians buried it In the night time the shape or Ghost of an old honourable person seem'd to haunt one of the retinue saying Do not interre that unburried corps let the Dogs tear it in pieces The Earth is the Mother of us all it admits not of that man who depraves his Mother When he was awake he told his vision to the rest Wherefore going back again in the morning into the field they saw the naked corps lay in the open field Agathius lib. 2. seems to speak of it among his Greek Epigrams 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let this unburied Corps no buriall have Our Mother Earth to Mother-wrongers lends no grave EDward the third King of England when on a time the Collectors of the Tribute-money which was impos'd on the people had brought before him a huge heap of money given out of that tribute to make him merry he suddenly thought he saw the Devill sporting and playing about the money and therefore abhorring money of this nature as a detestable thing they say he presently commanded it to be taken out of his sight and to be restored to the people Polydor. lib. 8. WHen Thyana a City of Asia which had rebelled was taken Aurelianus the Emperour being in his Pavilion all alone very angry thinking how to destroy it he saw with great terror Apollonius Thyaneas the Philosopher appearing to him which was dead long since and advising him Aurelianus if thou desirest to be a Conquerour think not to slay my Citizens Aurelianus if thou wilt be a Ruler shed no innocent blood Aurelianus be mild and gentle if thou wilt be a Victor Calius lib. 17. cap. 13. ex Fl. Vopisco ST Martin the Bishop of Yours in France was greatly tempted by the Devil On a time the Devil appeared to him all in purple and with a Diadem in the person of Christ Martin seeing this was amaz'd the Devil saith unto him Know Martin whom thou adorest I am Christ I am going to the Earth I would first make my self known to thee Here when Martin replyed not he saith again Martin why doest thou doubt to believe in me seeing thou seest me I am Christ Then he being taught in Gods Word by the Holy Ghost saith My Christ was crucified and wounded but I see you in no such habit neither put I my belief in you At this word he vanished Marulus ex Severo Sulpitio WE read in the Life of S. German a Bishop that on a night when the cloth was laid in an Inne after Supper he much wondring at it was inquisitive for whom that Supper was provided and answer was made For good Men and Women which straggle up and down in the night Whereupon the holy man intended to watch them And lo a great company of men and women came to the Table whom he charging not to go away the whole houshold lookt if they knew any of them They saying they were all neighbours every bodies house being searcht he found them all in their beds Whereupon he presently put them all to their oaths who acknowledged that they were evil spirits or Devils MEnippus the Scholer of the Philosopher Demetrius a very handsome young man when he went to Cenchraea by Corinth he met the shape of a strange Maid beautifull and rich which said that she was in love with him Thereupon she invited him to go to her house He being love●smitten oftentimes kept her company there and did think to marry her She had a house furnished like a Princess Apollonius Thyaneus considering all things in that house cry'd out that she was one of the Fairies whom some call Hagges others walking Ghosts Philostratus in vita Apollonii JAmblicus that famous Magician when a certain Egyptian whilst he was making his challenge had an apparition to the great terrour of all the standers by bad them be of good cheer and not wonder at it for he knew it to be the Ghost of a certain Fencer who was then lately slain in a single Combat Eunapius in Aedesio WHen Constantine the Great made Gallus Governour of the East Julianus being in great hope of compassing the Empire himself sought throughout all Greece for Southsayers and Wisards and consulted all he could meet with about the successe of his designes At last he met with one who promised him great satisfaction in the foretelling of what future events he should propose And having led him into a room beset with Images the Magician began to call upon his Devills and they presently appeared but as they are wont in an ugly black hue and shape insomuch that Julianus being sore afraid signed his forehead with the sign of the Crosse whereat the Devils suddenly vanished as minded of the victory of our Lord

and dreamed that he saw Martin and Briccius together discoursing concerning his sicknesse and that Martin signed his forehead with the sign of the Crosse and with a staff which he carried in his hand touched that part of him which was diseased Therefore being awakened for joy he cries out with a loud voice to whom his servants wondring at the noyse run with speed and removing the cloth wherewith the sore place was bound found that it was whole and that there onely remained a scar in the place where the Canker had been Fulgosus lib. 1. cap. 5. THere was near Brundulum an holy Temple of Saint Michael unto which one Temple the people of Clodia Matemancum and the Venetians themselves came with great Zeal to do their devotions It happened also that at Senogallia a certain man called Sergius a Prince in wealth and Authority was afflicted with a grievous disease who heard a voice in the night which said if he would make a vow to visit the holy Temple of Saint Michael he should recover his health Whereupon he made a vow and according thereto leaving his Country soyl visited the Temple and bestowing great gifts upon it returned home to his own house being freed from his sicknesse Egnatius lib. 1. cap. 6. JOhn Orphanotropus brother to Michael Emperour of Paphlagonia the Physicians despairing of his cure in his sleep he saw Nicolas the Great who admonished him to go to Myra assuring him that assoon as he came thither he should recover his health He therefore speedily repairs thither where deservedly bestowing upon the Clergy of that place Oyntment and other rich and pretious gifts and encompassing the famous City of Myra with a most strong wall he returns home perfectly cured of his disease Cedrenus HEnry the second Emperour when he took with great pain an exact view of the Cities of Apulia was so miserably infested with the stone that almost all men despaired of his recovery but he sustained his sicknesse with so great patience judging it to be as a rod of correction for his sins sent to him from Almighty God that as he ascended the hill Cassinum desiring the intercession of Saints Saint Benedict and Saint Scolastica for Physitians could do him no good He saw in his sleep Benedict standing by him and with a Knife to have opened his privy members and took out a great stone making the wound whole and putting it into the Kings hand who awakened from his sleep seeing and perceiving the great miracle called his guard to him that they might fetch his Prince to whom he shewed this great miracle which transcended humane capacity and belief together with the scar of the incision out of which the stone had been taken Therefore giving immense thanks to the most good great and immortal God and giving to the Temple of Saint Benedict most great gifts and offerings and endowing it with great possessions and yearly rents near adjoyning thereunto He departed from Cassinum Cuspianus MAnuel a Captain under Theophilus the Emperour who had disapproved the worship of Images and then wavered in his Judgment concerning the same fell into a grievous sicknesse insomuch that it was verily believed he would dye thereby certain Monks of the Monastery of Studium to whom it was shewed that he was dying came to him and approaching to his bed side found by his breathing that he was yet alive and delivered to him the joyfull tydings that he should recover his health how can this be saith he speaking with a weak and low voice the faculties of his Soul being much weakened and his body dried up with heat the Monks answered All things are possible with God therefore if when he should recover his health he would endeavour that Images might be restored according to the decrees of the Antients they assured him that he should be restored to life and health which when they had with much certainty declared they departed In a short time after his sicknesse was asswaged and his naturall faculties restored to their former strength he was altogether freed from his sicknesse Cedrenus A Certain friend to Julian travayling with much haste towards him then in Persia being forced for want of an Inne to go somewhat out of his way to a Church which was near reposed himself all night therein whether sleeping or waking he knew not he saw in the night many of the Apostles Congregated complaining of the contumelies and disgraces of the Emperour cast upon the Church taking counsell amongst themselves what was to be done and having deliberately spoken of it and many things more they appearing as it were perplexed two of them rising up in the midst of them advising them to be of good cheer making hast to destroy the Empire they left that counsell or conference The man who had this admirable Vision neglecting the journey he had begun that he might see the issue of his Vision stayes another night and sleeps in the same place and sees the same assembly to whom upon a sudden they which the night before went to fight against Julian came in as returned from their journey and declared to the company that Julian was dead Sozomenus lib. 6. cap. 2. NAuglerus lib. 2. Generatione decima-tertia reports that Basill Bishop of Caesaria Cappadocia by reason of Julian his threatning to destroy Caesaria as he returned from the Persian War proclaiming a fast to be kept for three dayes in the Temple to implore the help of Almighty God in the Church of the Virgin Mary after finishing whereof he saw in his sleep Mercury a Souldier lately dead who by the command of the Virgin Mary killed Julian and that the arms hanging over his Tomb were gone thence and the keeper of the Church demanded what was become of them said he knew not but did affirm by Oath that they were there the last evening Basill therefore returning to the Hill called others up and told them that Julian was dead and going with them to the Sepulchre of Mercury found his launce restored to the place it used to hang all bloudy But Hermanus Gyges in storibus temporum reports this in the time of Julian not by Basill but Blasius a certain Bishop of Cerastenses EDward the third King of England having almost reigned his twenty fourth year there was a Ring brought him from Jerusalem by certain men who came thence which he long before had privately given to a poor man who obtained it as an alms which he sought for the love that the King bore to Saint John the Evangelist and not long after falling sick having learnt the most absolute vertue of a Christian which is contentedly to resign his Soul to the most great and glorious God he was buried in the Temple of Westminster and shortly after canonized a Saint The ring was long after kept with great veneration in the same Church which was a present cure to all infeebled and weak members of Men and Women and by the touch of it the

youth asleep and thinking it a sleepy phantasm returned into the Temple and falling asleep again he was again and again awakened with the same Vision wherein he was strictly admonished that he should fetch in the King therefore at length he goeth to Basilius and raising him from his sleep courteously invited and led him into the Temple and helped him to all necessary accommodation whereof he then stood in need This Deacon had a friend and kinsman at that time a servant to Theophiliza who for his affinity was familiar with the Emperour Michael and Barda Caesar his Uncle by his mothers side this Deacon declares to his brother the vision he had seen and desires him that he would help this Basill whom according to the command he had in his vision entertained into the service of some Prince who preferred him to his Lord Theophiliza and presently these two brothers tell the dream to Basil and bind him by oath to requite what kindness he had received from them when ●e should enjoy his Kingdom Cuspinianus ex Zonara Cedreno ELfred King of England heavily afflicted with the losse he received by the victory of the Danes over him Bishop Chulbert appeared to him in his sleep saying England is justly scourged for her former sins but Almighty God looks with mercy and compassion upon the meritorious prayers sufferings and tears of his distressed servants and Saints thy Kingdom is with much cruelty extorted from thee but after a short time of affliction thou shalt be gloriously restored and firmly settled in thy Land and this shall be the sign of the certainty of what I tell thee Thy fishers shall this next day come to thee laden with infinite store of fish And which increaseth the Miracle though the waters be frozen so that humane reason cannot possibly hope for any such thing and the coldness of the weather is such that it seemeth a most ridiculous thing to endeavour to catch fish yet what I say shall come to pass and when thou art in prosperity remember thy deliverance and the messenger thereof his mother had the like Vision both of them awaking tell their dreams and immediately the fishers come to them with abundance of fish Vincentius lib. 24. cap. 40. ex Holinand Et Willielmus lib. 2. cap. 14. de gestis Anglorum WHen Hungus King of the Picts a Christian was to fight with Athelstane King of England in ayd of the Scots in the night the Armies both of Hungus and Athelstane saw in the Firmament a shining cross in the form of St. Andrews cross resembling the Greek letter χ which was cause of fear and terrour to them But Hungus warned by a dream encouraging his Souldiers assured them that the cross was a sign of Victory to them which accordingly came to pass Cardanus lib. 13. de rerum varietate cap. 81. EDgar King of the Scots being about to fight against Donaldus was admonished by a dream that he should bring with him the standard of St. Cutbert therefore having performed some accustomed holy ceremonies and devotions he took the standard out of the Monastery and the Souldiers belonging to Donaldus forsaking him he was taken without sedition or blood shed Cardanus ibidem ULadislaus and Geysa brethren as they were setting their Army in order to fight a battle against Salomon King of the Hungarians an Angel was perceived by Uladislaus to put a crown of gold upon the head of Geysa who as soon as his brother informed him thereof vowed to dedicate a Temple in the place where he should obtain the victory to the blessed Virgin and the Enemies being overcome deliberately advising concerning the same where hard by a Church dedicated to St. Peter behold a Stag which had a most remarkable head with broad interwoven horns upon whom most shining shapes appeared he made towards a Wood and there stood at gaze where the Temple was afterwards built the Souldiers following after the Stag and seeking with their arrows to shoot him he fled into Danubius and was never afterwards seen Ladislaus much taken with this wonderfull sight saith No doubt but this was the Angel of God but what was that appearance of a face in his horns presently saith Geysa They were not horns but wings nor shapes of bright faces but most glorious shining feathers but where he stood at gaze is the place wherein we are directed to build the Temple wherefore hard by the Church of St. Peter they built a Temple to the blessed Mother Bonfinius lib. 3 4. Decad. 2. THe night before Theodosius joyned battle with Eugenius at the Alpes he dreamed as Paul Diaconus and Nicephorus write that two men gloriously apparelled in white sitting upon white horses commanded him to begin his battle by the break of day for it was decreed by Divine providence that he should victoriously overcome his enemies and that they declared their names to be John the Evangelist and Philip the Apostle and that a certain Souldier had the like dream is reported by Theodoretus lib. 5. cap. 24. MAssaclerus sent by the Emperour Honorius against Gildo to regain Africa from his brother who ambitiously affected the Empire in his sleep dreamed that he saw the Mediolensian Bishop Ambrose a dead man long before with his pastorall staff to strike the ground thrice and thrice to say Here even in this very place And the next day Massaclerus with much facility overthrew Gildo Fulgosus THe Roman Prince retreating to Antioch Andrew the Apostle appeared to a Priest named Peter Pontius one indued with simplicity void of fraud and shewed to him the Spear which pierced our Saviour's side which lay buried in a Temple dedicated to St. Peter upon finding whereof the besieged City oppressed with famine were so far encouraged that they made a gallant Sally wherby they overcame Corbana who besieged the City by command and advice of Belfech Turca King of the Persians he being encouraged thereunto by divination gathered from the flying of birds the Bishop of Nicene carrying the Lance which had pierced our Saviours side amongst the Troops of those who sallied out in array against the besiegers Emilius WHen there had been long and doubtfull War 'twixt the Romans and Rossians those who came from Constantinople to John Zimisca auxiliaries to the Emperour did by divine providence assist the Romans for as it is reported a storm did violently beat in the faces of their enemies and furthermore a mighty horseman was seen of many who running amongst the Romans broke the Ranks of the Enemies and it appears it was Theodore for that a Religious Woman of Byzantium dreamed the night before that fight that she saw the Mother of God with a great company who said O Theodore thy dear friend John and mine too is in a great strait being now in battell Wherefore bring him speedy help she told her dream to certain honest friends of hers who observing the time found that it was the very night before the last day of