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A29396	The school of the Eucharist established upon the miraculous respects and acknowledgments, which beasts, birds, and insects, upon several occasions, have rendred to the Holy Sacrament of the altar : whence Catholicks may increase in devotion towards this divine mystery, and hereticks find there their confusion / by F. Toussain Bridoul ... ; printed in French at Lille, 1672, and now made English, and published ; with a preface concerning the testimony of miracles.; Escole de l'Eucharistie. English	Bridoul, Toussaint, 1595-1672.; Clagett, William, 1646-1688.	1687 (1687)	Wing B4495; ESTC R9439	58,294	76

bodies to observe this Pontifical Masse After the consecration they saw a great light like a globe of the Suns Rays to fall down upon the Head of the Pope and to encompass it like a Crown and two Pigeons also flying up and descending without being able to discover any hole in the Church through which that light and those Pigeons might come in And when the Communion was over all disappeared Thus our Lord would honour his Vicar in the presence of these Armenian Legats that so being ravish'd with the Sanctity of his Vicar and the wonders of so holy a Sacrifice they might submit themselves more easily to the Successors of St. Peter Corbin mirac 740. Paneg 174. p. 460. A Pigeon sucks the Blood consecrated by a wicked Priest and restores it to the Priest after he had confessed his Sin IN the year 1200. at Leon in Spain a Priest tho' he had defiled himself with a woman yet dared to approach to the Altar on the holy night of the Nativity of our Lord without confessing himself beforehand At the first and second Masse before he had consecrated and said the Pater-noster on a sudden a Pigeon flew with great swiftness towards the Priest and putting its Bill into the Chalice suck'd out all the Blood and with her wings took up the Hosts out of the Priests hands and flew away The Priest being frighted and concerned in this accident that was repeated took care not to passe to a third Masse without confessing himself and repenting of his Sin In the sequel as he was celebrating the third time and came to the Pater the Pigeon returned and putting her Bill into the Chalice cast up again all the Wine she had sucked and let fall the two Hosts she had carried away at the foot of the Chalice This extraordinary wonder teaches Priests a good Lesson how they ought to be disposed when they are to celebrate and approach the Altar Fr. James Bleda in his Treatise of the Fraternity of the H. Sacrament Miracle 222. who says that he had taken it out of the Spanish Chronicles of Peter Michael Carbonel S. Edmund was communicated by a Pigeon ST Edmund Archbishop of Canterbury after he had applied his mind seriously to consider the Argument of the H. Trinity on purpose to prepare himself for a publick Dispute which was to be held upon this Mystery retiring himself late to take his rest he thought that in the night time a Pigeon brought to him the H. Sacrament and that he received it On the day of disputation he came into the Assembly and discoursed in so high a manner upon this Subject that all that were present were greatly astonished and edified Bleda 1. Mirac 127. p. 227. ex sum A Pigeon marks out the outside lines and form of a Chappel of our Ladies A Gentlewoman of Bononia called Ricoiola Galoni with her Husband had made a vow to build a Chappel to the Virgin upon a Mountain nigh to that Town they had only digg'd for the foundations when the Masons perceived a Pigeon that turned round about them and seemed to mark a certain space with little sticks which she had gathered together hither and thither and this by the space of two days The Novelty of the thing made them look upon it as extraordinary so that the report of it having run abroad many came thither from Bononia The Bishop came over thither with his Clergy and had the pleasure to see with his own Eyes this Pigeon how busie she was in making this round without being concerned at the great number of persons that observed her He presently judged that the H. Virgin had sent it to trace the boundaries of the Chappel which Ricciola had projected Wherefore he advised her to cause it to be built round in the same place that the Pigeon had marked which she did with such diligence that on the first day of September following it was ready for Consecration The frequent Miracles that were done sufficiently testified that the H. Virgin had chose that place for to be honoured there Sigonius in Episcopis Bononiensibus Leander in descript Italiae Ravens Crows Choughs and other Birds of prey Corbeux Ravens Corneilles Crows Choüettes Choughs assembled ordinarily nigh to Ravenna on S. Apollinarius's day during the Divine Office that was said there A Great number of Ravens Crows Choughs other such like birds flockt together yearly from all parts of Italy near the Town of Ravenna at the Feast of S. Apollinarius first Bishop of this Town for to make an extraordinary concourse to this solemnity during the time of celebrating the Office in the presence of the H. Sacrament The people of Ravenna for an acknowledgment of the respect they shewed to their Apostle had in readiness the dead body of a Horse upon which these Birds made their repast before their return to the place from whence they came Some attribute this marvel to a miracle that had been wrought by the H. Bishop and it might happen that this sort of Birds might have been banish'd and driven away because they defiled the Church with their dung and hindred the Divine Office at Masse and other times by their doleful and troublesome noise and for this reason some believe that the City took its name from these Birds Niremberg de mirac naturae l. 1. c. 4. p. 389. D. A Dragon is made tame by the vertue of the H. Masse ST Paul Bishop of Leon of the Country of Ireland being intreated by the Inhabitants of a Sea-Town to deliver them from a Dragon that ruined their Country and hindred them from going freely abroad the fields he assured them of the Divine help upon condition that they repented and renounced their Superstitions Which when they had done he appointed his Nephew to prepare an Altar at which he might say Masse When Masse was done he went out of the Church and being filled with divine confidence he with a loud voice summoned this Savage beast to make his appearance without doing hurt to any one Immediately the Dragon appeared with open mouth and rolling Eyes sparkling with choler and went streight towards the Saint casting himself at his feet St. Paul cast a stole round his neck and fixing his staff in the ground he there bound the Dragon without any resistance or making any motion to get away from him as if he had been tamed and made as gentle as a Lamb. Colganus in vita S. Jaonez 2. Martii pag. 442. n. 8. Dragons revenge the injuries done to the H. Eucharist CErtain Inhabitants of a Town in Italy having received the Communion on an Easter-day through great irreverence spent the rest of the day in sports and lascivious dancings The Divine vengeance followed them quickly after For among their punishments God sent a Deluge of Water upon their Land which overwhelmed all their Harvest of Corn and drowned all their Meadows from whence came forth Dragons that encumbred their ways when they were dryed

travelled then in this part of Italy informed himself carefully of this matter that it happened a little while before our First Fathers came into Italy and found that all had happened as has been told P. Orlandin in his Hist of the Society tom 1. l. 2. n. 27. 3. Another admirable History of what happened not to an Asse but to a man turned into an Asse A Certain Knight of Jerusalem arriving at the Town of Famagusta in Cyprus with some others of the same Order as they were busied to provide themselves of things necessary for the finishing their Voyage this Knight went abroad and walking along by the Sea side he accosted a Woman and asked her whether she had any Eggs to sell She that was another Medea in Sorcery seeing him young lusty and a stranger that the Country people might suspect nothing desired him to wait a while and she would furnish him with every thing he wanted As she tarried somewhat longer than he would have had her so her fear lest the Pilot should not leave him ashore caused her to make more hast So she brought him the Eggs and told him that if the Ship was gone and he would come back to her he should be welcome With this provision he drew towards his Ship and seeing that his Companions were not yet come he fell to eating his Eggs. As he was eating them to his admiration he found himself wholly altered and that he went as it were out of himself so that in an hours time he became dumb and as if he had lost his Brains so he exprest it after he was well not knowing whence this happened Moreover when it was time to set Sail he drew towards the Ship to take his place there but was driven away by great blows of a Staff since he was changed into an Asse He suspected now ill dealing and that this Woman had bewitched him hearing them call him Asse notwithstanding though he could not make answer being dumb yet he made another attempt to get into the Ship but was treated just as before being repulsed as an Asse by the stroaks of a good Cudgel Being thus abandon'd by all he was forced to go back to that Womans house whom he served as an Asse for the preservation of his life the space of 3 years this Witch making use of him to carry provisions to the House at 3 years end this poor young man following the Sorceress at a little distance comming into the Town in shape of an Asse by good chance passing by a Church he heard the Bell ring for the Elevation of the Host and presently he turned towards the Church but not having the hardiness to go in fearing to be driven away he staid without bending his knees and leggs towards the ground and raising his head bowed it to adore the H. Sacrament This being observed by some Merchants of Genoa and being greatly astonish'd they followed this Asse which a Woman drove away with a Cudgel and went after them both as far as to the house Hereupon they advertised the Judge of the Town concerning this matter who caused both the Asse and Woman to be apprehended She being exaamined confessed her crime and promised the Judge that if he would suffer her to go home she would restore the young Knight to his former shape which she did As for her she was afterwards condemned to the fire and burnt for a Witch Nic. de Laghi p. 244. Hier. Mengi de arte Exorcisticâ B. Biche A Hind 1. Hinds come to Masse on a H. Martyrs day and make an offering of a young Cheverel ST Athenogenes a Martyr under the Emperour Dioclesian whose feast is kept on the 16th of July returning to his Monastery found none there save a Hind the Monks being before laid in Prison which he had a long time nourisht She presenting her self before him and moving his Compassion he blessed her and prayed God that she might never be taken nor fall into the Hunters nets neither she nor her young ones Charging her further that she and others of them should yearly bring a Cheverel to the Monastery to perpetuate the memory of this favour and priviledge All came to pass as the Martyr had required for every year after the reading of the Gospel at the time of celebrating the Masse of the H. Martyr they saw a Hind enter into the Church and after she had offered a Cherevel to the Saint went back into the Forrests It was ordained that this Cheverel should serve for the feasting the Priests that had celebrated the Office on the day of that Feast Raderus Viridarii SS p. 1. Boeufs Oxen. Oxen adore the H. Sacrament CErtain Robbers broke into a Church of a Town called Homel siezing upon a Casket in which they found nought besides some reliques and the Pix in which they kept the H. Sacrament But this booty not turning much to their profit they left all in the Fields In the morning before day a Peasant went out with his Oxen to plow the Oxen being yoked in the plough began to draw but when they were come to the place where the H. Pix lay they stopt on a suddain the Peasant not knowing what was the matter cryed to them aloud and push'd them with his Staff to make them go forward but all in vain He increased his blows and his noyse to no purpose onely that he received their kicks they having more regard to the H. Sacrament than to their Patron The Peasant in great anger left his plow to look whether any thing was there which might cause this stop As he did this he took notice of that Pix lying at the feet of his beasts with the Relicks belonging to his Village Being in a great astonishment he left the field and his plough to advertise the Parish-Priest of what he had found Upon this report the Priest came out in procession with the people to the place where the Host and the H. Relicks lay which they carried back to the Church with the same devotion where they put them under a more safe Custody Caesarius l. 9. 7. 2. Another story to the same purpose IN Bavaria not far from Ingolstad a Peasant who was a simple but devout man not being able on all Festivals to be present at Masse because he was obliged to look after his Cattel put a part of the consecrated Host which he had reserved into a hole made in his Staff which when he could not go to Church he always fixed in the ground and addressed his prayers to it adoring the H. Sacrament Now one time as he saw his beasts run about hither and thither and would fain stop them he heedlesly threw down his Staff where the H. Sacrament was But presently reflecting upon what he had done ran in great haste to take it up As he fell on his knees to do it he saw that the ground where his staff was depressed it self and so much the more as he