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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01791	Gods handy-vvorke in vvonders Miraculously shewen vpon two women, lately deliuered of two monsters: with a most strange and terrible earth-quake, by which, fields and other grounds, were quite remoued to other places: the prodigious births, being at a place called Perre-farme, within a quarter of a mile of Feuersham in Kent, the 25. of Iuly last, being S. Iames his day. 1615.		1615 (1615)	STC 11926; ESTC S105736	11,528	24

after many terrible throwes of terror and agonies more then women commonly suffer in such extremities shée was after many tortures and torments of Soule and body deliuered of two Children Twinnes they were not of gladnes but of shame and sorrow not of Motherly embracements but of affrights and wonder A brother and sister they were and yet I know not whether I may so tearme them but if I could giue these names vnto them yet neuer were Brother and Sister so vnlike to one another or to those that did beget them For the one was a woman perfectly framed in all her limbes sauing that the body was pyned away and by that meanes meagre and leane But the second infortunate burden that came along with her was neither a Brother nor a Sister but Both for it was an Hermaphrodite it was neither man nor woman but such as you might call both man and woman yet inclining rather to the forme of woman than man hansomely composed from the Nauill downewards but a Monster vpwards and below the knees for one leg was greater than the other and either foote had no more then fowre toes Head it had none nor necke but in the brest stucke out a bunched peece of deformed flesh which like a flap beeing to bee lifted vp it carried vnder-neath the fashion of a mouth with a tongue and choppes yet were they neither Aboue this deformed mouth grew forth a tuft of hayre the bredth of a teston and more and a full inch in bredth out of the right side came a thing like an arme altogether formlesse and without bones or the true shape of a hand hauing two fingers onely towards either side one It had no pappes but prints and markes like them in their places The length of this disproportioned creature was 13 inches and in compasse 15 inches and a halfe This was more fat and fleshly than the former The Father of these infortunate payre of Twinnes named himselfe Henrie Haydnot the Mothers name was Marth●t And being examined of their dwelling they reported it had beene in Chelmesford in Essex These prodigious Births were sent into the world on the 25. of Iuly now last being Saint Iames his day and were buried at Preston a Towne neere Feuersham to behold whom so long as their bodies rested aboue earth thousands of people came from all places the misery of the sad mother béeing relieued by much money which out of Christian compassion many bestowed vpon her GOD graunt that these and such like other fearefull demonstrations of Gods anger for our sinnes may call vs home to his fold from whence worse than monsters and wild beasts we wander to the euerlasting slaughter of our Soules from which the Lord of heauen deliuer vs. Amen Another strange wonder at Arnheim a towne in Gelderland the 23. of Ianuarie 1615. THis vgly and fearefull Monster was borne the xxiii of Ianuarie in the yeare of our Sauiour Iesus Christ a Thousand Sixe Hundred and Fiftéene an ensample to vs of the great wrath of GOD because of our manifold and great sinnes which now a dayes in euery place doth beare sway as Cursing Swearing Blaspheming of GOD Whoredome Drunkennesse and the like the which is truely to bee lamented And euery man may let this fearefull Monster or token of God be vnto him a looking glasse whereby to amend his life and repent for this birth was very wonderfull and séene of many credible persons that doe witnesse hereunto and hath been openly declared and published throughout the whole Towne of Arnheim and chaunced as hereafter followeth A Citizens wife in the sayd Towne a comely woman whose name for certaine causes I let passe being great with Child and looked euery day her Husband being one that had almost spent al his goods amongst whores and theeues did not leaue the fame but without any regard of his Wife or her time so neere followed his naughtie accustomed vse For he was rather amongst other naughty company then in his house or by his wife which did not a little grieue his wife who often rebuked him both with good and bad wordes all would not helpe it made him to be more earnest against her and to vse her so much the worse the which greeued her very sore She being now great with Child as aforesayd vpon a time her husband accompanied himselfe againe with his companions and whores yea in an open house hee both druncke daunced and leapt both night and day and thus vsed all manner of filthie concupiscence with them This came to his wiues eare whereupon she hauing intelligence thereof was in a great chafe ranne thither in a furie told him his owne and rebuked him for it and sayd he should some thing regard her great belly and tarry at home and leaue the companie of those wicked women for shee had but small goodnesse at his hands and hath scarce to eate or drinke at home Her Husband little regarding her wordes was in a raging anger and would haue beate his wife the company which were in the sayd house would not suffer him and sayd he should bethinke himselfe better be more wiser and not deale in such sorte with his Wife seeing shee was great with Child and looked euery day to be brought a bedde Her husband in his great anger and vnaduisedly made answere she may beare the Deuill of hell His wife on the other side being sore vexed answered thereto I would I might beare a Deuill so should I once be rid of this woe miserie wherewithall thou dost so vex me for thou wilt by no meanes leaue thy whore-hunting but be alwaies in their companie both drunken and halfe madde the which I wofull woman must both heare and sée Thus in her anger she returned home againe and shortly after the time came as soone as the neighbours and Midwife were come shee began for very great paines to cry out fearefully and not long after was brought a bed of this woūderfull Monster with so fearefull proportioned limmes the which assoone as the woman was deliuered thereof it ranne vnderneath the bedde The proportion of his body and lims was as heereafter followeth and was seene of many persons both men and women which witnesse the same openly First this Child being a Monster was ouer his whole body very rough with hayre and all blacke except his belly which was like a Swanne Secondly the two feete vpon the which it did stand were like to a Peacocks feete Thirdly his eyes were to behold fearefull for they shined like fire and were very great Fourthly he had a mouth like vnto a Storcke or Crane altogether blacke and very fearefull to behold Fiftly it had a taile like vnto an Ore Sixtly it had two hornes vpon his head which hung ouer him Seuenthly it had in steade of hands and fingers clawes like vnto a fowle In summe it was not found in any point like to a Christian body but was very fearefull and horrible to behold After