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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14591	Newes out of Cheshire of the new found well	G. W., fl. 1600.	1600 (1600)	STC 24904; ESTC S101818	14,872	30

latelie blind for the space of two yeares hath with washing in this water about twelue dayes receiued sight againe Ralphe Hichenson a poore labourer fallen of late yeares very blinde as hath been well knowne to many of the Worshipfull Gentlemen in the countrey who thereupon haue caused reliefe and prouision for him according to the statute hath by the vse of this water recouered sight againe which serueth him well to goe without leading which before he could not doe One Robert Bradley who came out of Darbishire the 24. of Iuly being borne at Chappell in the Frith was led hither blind hath here recouered sight and the fourth of August is gone home without leading One of Edge in Cheshire hauing had a pearle fifteene or sixteene yeeres in one eye by this water got remedie for it Cures of aches and griefes in the ioints and body haue beene such as follow One Anne the wife of William Wield of Rushton hauing such paine in her backe and hippes that she was altogether vnable to go is by vsing this water become perfectly sound and goeth well One Anthony Bigges a souldier late in the Regiment of Sir Samuell Bagnall came forth of Ireland verie lame sicke and feeble not able to mooue farther then he was supported by crouches on the 24. of Iuly began to vse this water the 29. of the same had recouered strength and went lustily homeward toward Somersetshire with onely a walking staffe in his hand Roger Nickson a substantiall man now Maior of Ouer confesseth himselfe to be cured of a sore paine he had in one of his legs One Ralph Lightfoot of the same corporation saith he had a certain griping in his body which would take him three or foure times a day and almost plucke him to the ground and in short time now hath beene fully cured thereof George Blacamore of the same society saith that by twice washing he was cured of an issue of water which came from his knee by a cut with an axe which before would haue drenched through nine-fold of cloth in lesse then a quarter of an houre One Iames Kelsall cured of a legge which had beene sore for many yeeres before and would be holpen by no meanes till now One Edward Billington of Middlewich parish hauing a straunge disease in his body that he was not able almost to mooue himselfe is now able to go to the Well with ease being almost foure miles distant One Mistres Drakeford of Congerford was here cured of some infirmities in her bodie as by her husband was credibly reported One Hugh Fairechild of Prescot Parish in Lancashire affirmeth himselfe to be hereby cured of a Rupture One Randol Phitheon of Warmincham Yeoman was long time benummed by a poyson that he could almost hold nothing in his hand auoucheth that he hath receiued great comfort by this water Robert Hall of the parish of Whitegate Wheelewright had of late a disease fell into one hand which brake and issued at fifteene or sixteene holes and is with this water made fish whole witnessed by the sight and knowledge of the Vicar of Ouer a very honest gentleman One Master VVilliam Iohnes a gentleman of worth and good reputation dwelling neere Wrixham in Denbighshire came very sicke and lame to this Well where recouering health and soundnes he left testimonie there vnder his hand-writing of the great benefit he receiued to this effect Viz. That where he was exceeding lame of his knees and feete and grieuously pained in his head necke shoulders and sides that from Easter weeke till the 26. of Iune he was not able to go without the helpe both of the crouch and one to hold him by the other arme vsing this water at his house one fortnight he found himselfe able to trauell to the Well where he continued in all twelue daies and found such good thereby that he was able to go onely with the helpe of a little sticke in one hand and to get vpon his horse without helpe and in token of the benefit he receiued there he hath left his crouch in the hollin there behind this second of August 1600. The same crouch with diuers others being there indeed reserued as oft as anie haue cause to leaue them One Peter Nightgale was by this water likewise cured of a Rupture in his bodie One Ioane Bromhall of the Middlewich lame of one arme and one hand as is known and affirmed by men of good worship by this water hath gotten helpe and hath perfect vse of her arme and hand againe Iohn Olton of Wettenhall the younger an honest credible man hauing a Rupture many yeeres and not able to go without the helpe of a steele girdle which he wore continually hath heereby gotten remedie and goeth now lustily without his girdle I may not omit among these some that haue beene eased of the gout and such like aches As one George Iohnson of Northwich long time diseased in that sort so that he was not able to goe is by this water holpen and well amended Christopher Bennet of Wiruin much eased and holpen of a gout and sorenesse besides called a Wildfire in one of his legges One Master Iames Hocknell sonne to Iohn Hocknell Esquire being not able to goe but was brought to the Well on horsebacke three or foure times and became perfectly amended One Elizabeth Bradshaw of Northwich had sore legs twentie two yeeres and hath here by this water gotten helpe The straungest cure to my iudgement that proceedes from this water among all the rest is the helpe that it giues to some of the hardnesse of hearing wherof there are no few testimonies giuen by many one that is knowen to be benefited therein is Randal Wield a young youth of Vtkinton This I know vpon my owne knowledge that a Gentleman here in the countrey one Master D. C. being so deafe that he cannot heare the report of a gunne discharged verie neere him hauing of this water infused into his eares it presently drew forth much corruption beyond all expectation what further benefit will insue towards the amendement of this deafnes restes in Gods hands but there is good hope I haue purposely spared to remember a Worshipfull Knight of Lancashire who hath oft visited to his owne great ease and comfort this Well and as well himselfe as other Gentlemen of good account and some learned of his companie haue giuen very great approbation to the truth of the Welles efficacy One notable vertue it hath not to be forgottē which is soueraignty in curing and helping the Stone which was notorious in that one cure it did vpon Iames Okenthorpe of Eaton who was tormented both with the Stone and Strangulion and hereby receiued remedie No man can better confirme the credit of this that the water helpeth the Stone and other hurtfull obstructions then one Master Iohn VVyttur of Torporleigh a very substantiall Freeholder who of late was of the stone together with a colde and certaine gryping torments in his