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lord_n	day_n	good_a	let_v	10,395	5	4.3193	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19266	A true and most dreadfull discourse of a woman possessed with the Deuill who in the likenesse of a headlesse beare fetched her out of her bedd, and in the presence of seuen persons, most straungely roulled her thorow three chambers, and doune a high paire of staiers, on the fower and twentie of May last. 1584. At Dichet in Sommersetshire. A matter as miraculous as euer was seen in our time.		1584 (1584)	STC 5681; ESTC S118208	4,279	14

A true and most Dreadfull discourse of a woman possessed with the Deuill who in the likenesse of a headlesse Beare fetched her out of her Bedd and in the presence of seuen persons most straungely roulled her thorow three Chambers and doune a high paire of staiers on the fower and twentie of May last 1584. At Dichet in Sommersetshire A matter as miraculous as euer was seen in our time Imprinted at London for Thomas Nelson To the Reader BEloued and curtious reader we haue to consider by this strange discourse how redy Sathan is to take hold on vs if we fall from God neuer so little He cōtinually runneth vp and downe seeking whom he may deuour But notwithstandyng his temptations which are great the mercie of God is greater who neuer faileth to send comfort in temptation if we accept thereof Great are the examples both of Gods mercy and might to put vs in remembrance of our sinnes which are infinite and lothsome wherein if we continue let vs vndoubtledly looke for the reward thereof which is an euerlasting destruction both of bodie and soule Let not this which is here declared seeme a fained fable vnto thee but assure thy selfe that all such thinges are sent as warnignes for our wickednesse and to put vs in mynd of the staie of our saluation which is an assured faith in Christ Iesus from which piller if wee once shrinke the Tempter is redie to driue vs in to dispaier of Gods mercie Many are the woonders which hath lately happened as of suddaine and straunge death vpon periured persons straunge sights in the Aier straunge birthes on the Earth Earth quakes commetts and fiery Impressions and all to put vs in mynde of God whose woorkes are wonderfull Remember the late storme of haylstones in which many thinges were slaine and beaten to to the ground which Hailestones were equall in greatnesse to a Goose Egge of eight inches about These and suche like examples good Reader warneth vs to be watchfull for the day of the Lorde which is at hand least sodainly his wrath be kindled against vs. Let vs therefore pray to almightie God to hold backe his Rod to be mercifull to vs and to forgiue vs all that is past that through the assistaunce of his Spirite we maie with penitent hartes liue in his feare to our liues ende FINIS Straunge Newes out of Sommersetshire VPon the nineth day of May last past Anno. 1584. Th●re was a Yeoman of honest reputation dwelling in the Towne of Dichet which is within three miles of Bruton the most auncient Towne within Sōmerset shire whose name is Stephen Cooper a man of good wealth and well beloued of his neighbours who being sicke and lying in a weake state sent his wife whose name was Margeret Cooper vppon the nineth daie of Maie last past into Gloster-shire to take order concerning a Farme whiche he hath in a Villedge called Rockhampton alias Rockington at whose comming thether it seemed all things were not according to her minde Thus continuing there one daie and something more she returned home to her husbande partly agreeued at suche thinges as she thought her husbande might reforme if GOD lent him life Now when she was come home againe to Dichet she founde her husband recouered to an indifferent health to whom she began to vse very muche idle talke aswell concerning the same Farme as also concerning an old groate which her sonne being a little boy had found abought one weeke before Thus she continued as it were one that had been bewitched or haūted with some euill spirite vntill Tuesdaie at night following whiche night she tooke her rest something indifferently vntill towardes the morning at whiche time she began with much vaine speech to disquiet her husbande and to vse much idle talke but her husbande seeing her in such a minde and finding that she was as it were one that were desperate he perswaded her to call vppon God and that being the creature of God she should not forget to call vppon her Creator in the daie of trouble wherefore he counselled her to praie with him and to saie the Lordes Prayer after him whiche she partly did But the deuill who alwaie doth builde his Chappell so neere as hee maie to vexe Gods Church began to withdraw her from Prayer and put her in minde to call in most fearfull sorte for the groate which her sonne had lately founde as also for her Wedding ring desiring to see them with all speede her husbande made no great hast thereunto but continued in praier that it would please God to sende her a more quiet spirite and to strengthen her that faithe might speedely vanquishe such vanitie in her But the more he praied and perswaded her to Praier the more she seemed to bee as it were troubled with some euill Spirite calling still for the olde groate whiche her husbande neglected to shew her whereat she began with a very sterne and staring countenaunce to looke on her husbande in most wonderfull sorte as that he was sore frighted with the same Thē he called for her Sister for that he was not able to keepe her in the bed which when her Sister and other were come into the Chamber they kept her downe violently in the bed and forthwith she was so sore tormented that she fomed at the mouth and was shakē with suche force that the Bedd and the Chamber did shake and moue in most straunge sorte her husbande continued praying for her deliueraunce so that within one halfe hower after her shaking was left she began to tell them that she had been in the Toune to beat awaie the Beare whiche followed her into the Yarde when she came out of the Countrie which to her thinking had no hed Then her husbande and freendes perswaded her to leaue those vaine imaginations perswading her that it was nothing but the lightnesse of her braine whiche was become idle for want of rest Wherfore her husband and freendes perswaded her to saie the Lordes Praier with them which she did and after tooke some small rest And thus she remained vntill the Sunday following in which time she continued raging as it were bestraught of her memorie whiche came by fittes to the greate greefe of her husbande freendes and neighbours Vppon the Satterdaie following there was good hope of her recouerie for that she in the night before had taken some reasonable rest her freendes and neighbours came to comforte her yet sometime she would talke somewhat idely to them which came by small fittes And vppon the Sundaie she seemed very patient and confirmable to reason vntill midnight at which time the Candle which was set vp burning in the same Chamber was burned out She then suddenly waking called to her husbande and cryed out saying that she did see a straunge thing like vnto a Snaile carrying fire in most wonderful sort Wherat her husbande was amazed and seeing the Candle was cleane burnt out called to his Brother and her