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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10292	A most straunge, and true discourse, of the wonderfull iudgement of God. Of a monstrous, deformed infant, begotten by incestuous copulation, betweene the brothers sonne and the sisters daughter, being both vnmarried persons. Which childe was borne at Colwall, in the country and diocesse of Hereford, vpon the sixt day of Ianuary last, being the feast of the Epiphany, commonly called Twelfth day. A notable and most terrible example against incest and whoredome.; Most straunge, and true discourse, of the wonderfull judgement of God	I. R., fl. 1600.	1600 (1600)	STC 20575; ESTC S106049	9,301	20

A Most straunge and true discourse of the wonderfull iudgement of God OF A MONSTROVS DEFORmed Infant begotten by incestuous copulation betweene the brothers sonne and the sisters daughter being both vnmarried persons Which childe was borne at Colwall in the County and Diocesse of Hereford vpon the sixt day of Ianuary last being the feast of the Epiphany commonly called Twelfth day ●599 A notable and most terrible example against Incest and Whoredome ¶ Imprinted at LONDON for Richard Iones 〈…〉 TO THE GODLY REAder I.R. wisheth health holinesse GOod Reader when this matter was brought vnto me to consider of that it might be drawne into forme for the Printers presse I was partly vnwilling to meddle with it for as much as I know that the sinnes of Incest Onanisme Whoredome Adulterie Fornication with other Sodomiticall sinnes of vncleannesse pollutions do so outragiously raign and are in these dayes so much vsed in many places with ouer-much bouldnesse and presumption for lack of sharpe due punishment for the same and that such haynous and great crimes abuses had neede to be throughly handled spoken of by some most worthy man of farre greater giftes and learning thē my selfe am the better to pearce the obdurate stony heartes of great numbers that are therewith greeuously infected and to disswade others from falling thereinto Yet being willing to do my countrie good and to make some vse of my poore talent in this behalfe being importuned by often entreaties of some my friends vnto whom I could not well denie any resonable request who assured me that the report thereof was deliuered them in writing by a gentleman of good credite worship in the countie of Hereford neare to the place wher this hapned I thought it my part for the benefit of others to do what I might herein as I trust for the good of many hurte of none as breefely cōueniētly as mought be to containe it in so smal a treatise as this is Wherfore good Reader accept thereof as of a simple admonitiō that this noble Realme wherein we liue may not be so polluted and defiled as it is but that more prayer fasting and restraint of fleshly lustes and desires with more diligent reading and hearing of the scriptures may be vsed whereby those haynous sinnes may the better be bridled and auoided in euerie one of vs. And especially that the same breake not out into so great outrage as it doeth and hath done of late yeares whereby god is so highly dishonoured that by the grosse iniquitie of the people he is prouoked to send such monsters for part of punishment vpon vs into the world that may make vs ashamed of our selues and the readyer to hate detest sinne and by all due meanes to seeke seuere punishment for the same without partiality on such persōs as therin frō time to time shal offend For which purpose all magistrates who haue authoritie to punish the same ought to be carefull that too many offences of that kind be not redeemed by commutations least it come to passe that there should be much more money payd to buy out sinne then persons punished for sinne whereby it might be doubted whither we may say as master Latymer said once in a sermon that sin is good marchādise in many Courts Cōsistories Which if it should be so the Lord in his good time redresse it in them that vse it For by this meanes as god is dishonoured so the Queenes maiestie and her gouernement the preachers of the Gospell and their teaching are slaundered and euill spoken of by Papists Brownists and others both abroade and at home Who not rightly considering that the multitude of the people breedeth sinne and that towards the latter dayes iniquitie shall increase do slaunderously speake of vs contrarie to the truth Now here followeth a description of all things whereby thou mayst be fully satisfied how when and where this strange thing was done with euery other circumstance thereto belonging Lastly here is an earnest admonition to withdrawe people from the sinnes of Whoredome vncleānesse such as I hope shall doe much good preuaile with some amōgst many that liue wickedly in these dayes Such as it is I do now at this time conueigh into thy hands cōmitting thee all that looke for saluation in Christ Iesus to the blessed tuition of the most mightie who sayth Be ye holy for I am holie From my house this 30. of Aprill 1600. The Lords vnworthy seruant and thine I. R. A TRVE DESCRIPTION of a straunge monster borne at Colwall in the County of Hereford * ⁎ * IT pleaseth God who is wonderfull in al his works to worke wonders when men liue so wonderfully euill as they doe in this age and time And although God doth not in such seueritie destroy his peóple nowe in the time of mercie and grace as hee did vnder the lawe and before as Gen. 7. and the 19. Exod. 16. the 17. and 32. Numb 11. and the 16. 1. Cor. 10. c yet is he no lesse angry with sinne nor no lesse powerfull to punish sinne then in times past he hath beene as it appeareth by the sundry iudgements that hee sends to shew the same among men as plague pestilence warre famine scarcity dearth new sicknesses and diseases Comets blazing starres flashing lightes shooting and streamings in the ayre monsters of man and beast c Whereof this that wee are now to describe is not the least whereat men may greatly be astonished and afraide to sinne if they had any feare of God in thē For it is so strange a thing as that neither mans arie can set out nor yet the tongue or penne of man tell of as it ought to be shewed and set out But as neare as we can that haue the handling of it you shall heare and see what it was The matter it selfe THere was a young maiden a yeomans daughter of Hereford shire whose names for some causes wee conceale who had conuenient offers of mariages fit for her estate and within these two yeares last past among all the rest one young man loued her most entirely who though hee were none of the brauest nor iolliest yet a man of competent wealth and of good name and fame in the place where he dwelt This young man and maiden in time loued one another so wel their friends of either side as it should seeme so liked thereof y● they were contracted together openly asked three times in the Church or the banes of matrymony between them published in the congregation according to the lawe in that case prouided and all the people of those parts thought for trueth that a full match in mariage should shortly after haue beene solemnized betweene them But Sathan Note yee young maidens the enemie of all goodnes by his instigations and instruments wrought so in the minde of the maiden that shortly after this she fell to mislike