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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10724	The true report of a late practise enterprised by a papist with a yong maiden in Wales, accompted emongst our Catholiques in those partes for a greater prophetise, then euer was the holie maide of Kent, till now on Sundaie beyng the iiii. of Marche this present yere 1582. in the Cathedrall Churche at Chester, before the whole assemblie then at a sermon she confessed how she had been seduced by a ronegate priest, and how by his instructions she had feined to see certaine visions, whiche like wise followe in due forme. The pervsyng whereof, the reformed Protestaunte shall finde cause worhtie to laugh at: the wilfull papist matter is to bee ashamed at: and all sortes of people good example to be warned at: truly set doune without any maner of parciallitie, by Barnabe Riche gentleman. Pervsed and allowed accordyng to the order appointed.	Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617.	1582 (1582)	STC 21004; ESTC S105153	23,787	40

Hall as you knowe amongst the rest of our family there appeared vnto me a goodly old man all in white who after he had made twoo or three turnynges before my face returned to the newe Parler from whence he was come as we thought whither also I followed hym to see what he did but missing him there I made hast towardes the vpper Chamber where I hoped to finde him and loe sodainely no small number of Waxe Candles burned in my fight whereat gazing with greate admiration for that I had neuer seene the like before perceiued the foresaied old man him self againe approched nere me I was afraied but he comforted me saiyng bee not afraied for here is none will dooe thee hurte then pausing a little he saied moreouer art thou contented to doe after me I aunswered that I would gladly dooe after hym if he came from God I am saied he doubt nothing Wherevppon I wilde hym to tell his message wherefore with very familier speeche he admonished me of my nature muche inclined to vice bodie subiect to greate troubles and daungers whereof I should feele shortly the effecte if I would not preuent the same in due tyme therefore he exhorted me to fast and praie whereby he saied I should ouercome my euill destinie As he thus communed with me beholde I did see our Sauiour Christ and his Apostles after him accompanied with the blessed Virgine Mary Sainct Anne the holie Virgines Mother and Mary Magdalene Wherewith the audience interrupting her talke examined the Maide of their habit and formes who tolde them that Christ and Sainct Anne did weare Purple roabes our Ladie Scarlet all the rest white garmentes doune to the grounde our Sauiours bearde somewhat shorte the heires of his hed thinne and bothe in colour very blacke the heire of his holie Mothers heade was Abraham colour hangyng doune her shoulders moste decently her face shined brighter then any Christall her voyce amiable beyond measure but her blessed Sonnes countenaunce she could not discribe because of the lightnesse therof for her eyes dazled to behold his Roabes and his voyce semed to her terrible as Thunder that she shaked for feare at euery woorde holdyng continually in his right hande a Waxe Candle burning Sainct Anne was of lowe stature with a hoarie heade Mary Magdalene she marked not sauyng that she rembreth certaine white places in her head by pluckyng the heires for sorrowe cariyng in her hande a peuter bottle full as it seemed of some liquour Muche she rehearsed of the Apostles perticulerly the whiche I haue omitted here to auoide tediousnesse And so hauyng satisfied their requests she returned to her former talke as hereafter followeth As soone as this heauenly quire had presented them selues before me I began forthwith to feare that thei might be some wicked Sprites or Goblines wherevpon Christe stepped towardes the place where I stoode and reached me his hande to bee felt the whiche I did handle as the hande of any other man where withall he spake these wordes A ghoste although it appeare in the forme of manne to thy sight yet beyng handeled it hath not fleshe bones as thou maiest feele in myne and then he repaired again to his former place After this my guide whom I supposed to haue been Sainct Ihon the Babtist laboured muche to reconcile me vnto Christe the whiche he saied might not be vnlesse I would reconcile my self vnto his Church and continue in a right faith for he certified me that I was blindely led and lacked the true knowledge of his holie will often repeatyng that I beleued amisse At length beeyng not able to auoide his importunitie I demaunded whither I muste beleeue as my neighbours doe meaning the Catholikes who absent themselues from the new Seruice now vsed Euen so saied he beleeue as thei dooe and absent thy self also from that wicked Seruice if thou wilt bee saued Whereat I staied a long tyme and seemed as one very loath to yeeld for castyng in my mynde the daungers and troubles that might insue thereof In the meane space he trauailed muche betweene Christ and me perswadyng still in his name to promise amendment But vnderstandyng that his perswasions could take no place he represented before myne eyes the fire of Purgatorie threatned sharply to plundge me therein if I would not relent the sight whereof so frited me that I yeelded to forgo the Church as I would haue doen gladly to abide any worldly torment rather then I should be laied againe in that burning furnate and ioynyng my hande to his I confirmed the former promise the whiche I meane by Gods grace to parforme for any punishment in this worlde because I can not feele greater then alreadie I haue suffered in Purgatorie And withall I added vnlesse I bee brought thether by maine force wherewith he replied that they are blamelesse who be forsed and their compellers aunswerable for the fact To conclude after many words he commended vnto me Beades hallowed as of singuler vertue to praie withall and farre exceeding the Beades vnhalowede Muche more talke he had with me that I haue vtterly forgotten but in the ende findyng me very tractable he commended me vnto a Catholike Priest by name demaundyng whither I knewe suche a one this Priest had been at that instant in the Parishe Church adioynyng openly proclaimed for a sedicious person and seducer of the people my aunswer was that I knewe hym not whereat he seemed to be angrie chargyng me that I vttered an vntruthe for I had seen him twice the whiche indeede sit hence I remēber well and commaundyng to searche for hym amongst the Apostles whom diligently perusing I said that I could not finde hym wherevpon he replied then thou knowest hym well learne of hym what to beleue his counsaile if thou followe thou shalte be saued Follow his counsaile saide our Ladie and thou shalt be saued I warrant thee the which I had no soner promised to doe but loe incontinently I was conueied into a Churche very little where I behelde an Aulter furnished for Masse with a goodly Crucifixe of pure gold placed in the middest thereof and at either ende tapers burnyng before the whiche on either side stoode Christe and his Mother hauyng roles of Waxe Candles burnyng foulded aboute the wrist to their armes the rest kneelyng downe deuoutly before the Aulter and the Angell that I had seene in the beginnyng of my first vision in the likenesse of a ●ir●s fittyng vpon the said Aulter then stepped forth Sainct Ihon before named and first sprinkeling the companie aboute with holie water went straight towardes the Aulter where he began Malie in his foresaied white garmentes sauyng that now I marked he had a Crosse on his breaste an other on his backe aboute the middest where he preached in Latine an vnknowne language vnto me as I supposed in the meane tyme I counted the Apostles whose number I remember well to

your selues home and remember from whence you are fallen be not seduced by false Gods to forsake the true Lambe that sacrificed for you God is truthe and he that worshippeth hym must worshippe hym in spirite and truthe Let not phantasies misgouerne you let not your hartes be hardned against holsome admonitions Arme your selues with the readyng of the worde of God so then charme the Charmer neuer so wisely he shall not yet be able is compasse you Peruse the olde Fathers examine the holie Scriptures conferre indifferently bothe literall and substanciall interpretations and you shall finde that Antichrist the Pope doth but dissemble with you and that all his allegations are but falsifications The poore Publicant shall be iustified and the proud Pharisie shall be condemned Not he that crieth Lorde Lord but he that doeth the will of the Father Muche babblyng makes not Religion nor burning Tapers zelous Orisons But that Lorde that knoweth the harte and raines reueileth his wisedome to Infantes and confoundeth the wisest in their owne ouerwenynges The practises that of late daies haue beene brought into this Realme might confirme our Papistes neither to bee zelous nor honest Did not Campion sell Pardons to imploye his money against her Maiestie did not thei of that confederacie sell the death of her highnesse with the cheefest Pillers of the state But the Lorde preserued Elizabeth to the comforte of all true Englishe myndes and iniquitie is falne into the pitfall that he hath prepared for other And here I must somethyng expostulate with some our hollowe harted subiectes how thei can without blushyng pronounce that thei loue her Maiestie when thei daiely entertaine those Iesuites whiche seeke her destruction How maie wee accoumpt them subiectes when thei reiecte lawes or men of religious conscience when in their demeanours thei are so traiterous My freendes turne awaie your face from leasinges desire the Lorde to deliuer you from liyng lippes and a deceiptfull tongue and he will make you spectacles of his mercie Let not forlorne hope misleade you or fained miracles withdraw you nor olde wiues prophesies so misgouerne you but with all submissiō acknowledge gracious Elizabeth your soueraigne Queene who as you are malefactors can and wil punishe you so in your humble and hartie submission no doubt she will receiue you to mercie The Lorde increase her Maiesties raigne preserue her Counsaile continue Religion in the zelous subiectes and graunt amendement to the abstinat Papistes Amen FINIS An honourable thyng no doubt to publishe lyes What a multitude of Fathers he hath brought her for his incouragement he hath named S Augustin who blamed a Gentlewoman we can not tell wherfore His Honour you must vnderstande the Masse his enemies bee the Protestātes y e poore afflicted flock are the Papistes * Nor yet say truthe Her frendes that wer furtherers of so notorious a lye whose zeale towardes Poperie is suche that thei care not what thei do to maintaine their follie He feares aforehande y t you will smel out a lye therfore you must nedes beleue y t all is true otherwise a lye is not worthe the tellyng * Somthyng in knauerie instructed by obstinate Papistes A matter to be wondered at to se a woman weepe A badde forgiuenesse if you marke the sequell Peruse this circumstance well and thā tell me if a wise manne would beleue that any dūce hedded Asse would so far ouershoote hymself to perswade so mea●e a vanitie for an vndoubted vertue Here you maie se what a cruell hatted gentlewoman our Ladie is This doctrine is farre fette I can tel you O wisely considered A greate grace of God that it did not sette the house on fire * Or wisemā able to beleue This fire is more hot then the scorching flames of Loue. Aqua vitae a precious ointment against the fire of Purgatorie He that will not credite this tale it were pittie but he should want a merie tale It should be some Purseuaunte from the Pope by his ●ied cote She knewe them at the first sight The discription of Purgatorie 1 That is whē y e Pope is charitably disposed and giues a free pardon with out money 2 Here you may earne to make Purgatorie 3 There is none vnlesse he bee some arrant heretique that will euer doubt of this And I for my parte beleue it as verely as I thinke him to bee honest that pende it doune If you mark this sequell well you shal easly perceiue our aucthors whole drifte who yet hetherto though he hath plaid the foole and set doune matter fitte for Children to spout withal yet now if his witte would serue hym he would faine play y e knaue but that God knoweth his conceipt is so grosse that euery foole maie finde it 1 You knowe thei must nedes haue cādell light at that tyme of yere for by 7. a clocke it is darke in Februarie * Is not here good rule thinke you y t beyng so few womē in heauen as thei saie there is and yet three of the chefest of thē should bee out of their lodginges at that time of night Priestes bee no sinfull menne 1 This could not bee true for bothe Christe and Sainct Ihon Baptist stode by and thei were bothe Priestes or els the Pope would neuer haue suffered them to haue saied Masse now Christe was the first that euersaid Masse on Maundie Thursdaie when he said hoc est corpus meum Sainct Ihō Baptist song masse as you shal perceiue by y e whiche followeth presently 2 This same Protestants Religiō hath so displaced our holy Father that the deuil himself will neuer be able to salue y e sore again You maie perceiue by this that there was good cōpany This is like to bee true you might perceiue that one of them had a crucifixe so ready * If the Vision contain as good matter as this that is past tis worthie the hearyng This honest companie he might haue saied For feare it should haue been forgotten and what pitie had that been The old mā went out of the olde Hall into the newe Parlour * Here you maie see the wisedome of God to send an old man of his arrāde for had it bin a yong man it had been somwhat suspicious but thei had good store of candell light y t was the best It should seeme he had come lately from the Barbers 1 It should seme his roabes were of Purple in Gr●●ne for y t is a verie cleare colour able to dasell our eyes That was Christes graundmother Belike twas Aqua vitae for some of her frendes that were in Purgatorie Clapt handes and so twas a bargaine Ye maie perceiue y e wēche though she was yong yet she had wit to make her bargaine It should seme he was some of our Ladies chaplines that she vndertoke so much for his honestie That was fort●are of Buibeggers Saict Ihon Baptist a Massyng Prieste Pershe knew it was latine In came the Serten and putte out the cādelles and so the Cocke crewe and it was daie You maie perceiue that the Chalice was but siluer though the Crucifixe were gold That was when he said Dominus vobiscum * This can not lye when all is sette doune so per●●●●e * Some gentilman that had greate experience in the vertue of a Crosse * Yea and more then euer was heard of before to bee true and yet this is no lye for see here witnesses inough to cōfirme a greater lye then this