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A89372	The most strange and wounderfull apperation of blood in a poole at Garraton in Leicester-shire, which continued for the space of foure dayes, the rednesse of the colour for the space of those foure dayes every day increasing higher and higher, to the infinet amazement of many hundreds of beholders of all degrees and conditions, who have dipped their handketchers in this bloody poole, ... As also the true relation of a miraculous and prodigious birth in Shoo-lane, where one Mistris Browne a cuttlers wife was delivered of a monster without a head or feet, and in stead of a head had a hollow out of which a child did proceed, which was little but lovely, perfect in all but very spare and leane. As also the Kings sending to his Parliament for hostage for the security of his person to come unto London and to sit with his parliament for the composing the diffirences in the kingdome.		1645 (1645)	Wing M2921; Thomason E303_22; ESTC R200300	5,363	8

The most STRANGE AND WOVNDERFVLL apperation of blood in a poole at GARRATON In Leicester-shire which continued for the space of foure dayes the rednesse of the colour for the space of those foure dayes every day increasing higher and higher to the infinet amazement of many hundreds of beholders of all degrees and conditions who have dipped their handketchers in this bloody poole the scarlet complection of the linnen will be a testimoniall of this wonderfull truth to many succeding generations AS ALSO The true relation of a miraculous and prodigious birth in Shoo-lane where one Mistris Browne a Cuttlers wife was delivered of a monster without a head or feet and in stead of a head had a hollow out of which a child did proceed which was little but lovely perfect in all but very spare and leane AS ALSO The KINGS sending to his Parliament for hostage for the security of his person to come unto London and to fit with his parliament for the composing the diffirences in the Kingdome Printed at London by I. H. The most strange and wonderfull apperitions of blood in a Poole at Garraton in Leicester-shire which continued for the space of foure dayes the rednesse of the colour for the space of those foure dayes every day increasing higher and higher to the infinet amazement of many hundred beholders of all degrees WHosoever shall consider these sad times wherin not onely the sonne riseth against the father the brother against the brother and the spirit of dissention and warie is spread over the whole face of the earth but such prodigious and wonderfull things have apheared as no age before have ever seene or heard of he must confesse that he liveth now in the evening of time and in the last age of the world wherein all things do begin to suffer a change I will not trouble you with any thing which in this nature hath heretofore beene delivered to you The Sword at Plaist● flourishing without hands and the great Stone clambring up the staires and whatsoever there is strange or wonderfull are but sluggish miaclous compared to this which doth the raither prefer it self to your observation because in the buisnesse of Plaiste there are as to be seene for the most part but some knavish lights and as it were the Hocus Pocus of a spirit but in this which now shall be represented unto you the immediate anger of God in great Charactes of blood is most appearently to be read At Garraton a Towne in Leicester-shire not far from Loughborough is a great pond of water which for many generations hath beene knowne to be there time out of mind it is above an Acre on the length and about an Acre in the bredth It was made at first to satisfie the thirst of the Cattle which from the commons and pastures thereabouts did daily resort unto it and sometimes it allayed the drought of the poore and thirsty travailer but now as if it were another element it altread both its nature and complexion for the beasts did refuse to drinke thereof and some few dayes afterwards being passed they would not come neere the water which the Countrymen and Inhabitants who were owners of the Cattle thereabouts perceiving they repayred to the pond to see what tht reason of this strange thing should be Being come unto the pond they found the colour of the water changed for it began to looke red and the substance thereof was thicker then before amazed at the nouelty of this sight they departed from the place they make a relation of it to their friends and one neighbour brings in another to behold this wonderfull chance The noyse is spread over all the Country and in thronging numbers they make haste to see it The water which at the first began to looke but reddish doth now looke higher and higher and as the people came in it did increase in colour This continued for the space of foure dayes the Country farre and neere who had notice of it comming in to be spectatiors of it It waxed more red the second day then it seemed at the first and farre more red the third day then it did of the second and on the fourth day it grew a perfect sanguine There is no wonder in this nature but carrieth some divotion in it the people stand round about the bankes of the pond and from looking on the water they look up to heaven from whence they believe that the wonder came with reverence they discover this miracle of the water turned into wine but of the water turned into blood they never heard of that wonder before Some of them more hardy then the rest would undertake to taste of it to understand if it were already as much in taste as in complection but they were severely charged by those that did stand by them and were told that they might follow the more wise example of the beasts for since the Cattle refused to drink of the water by so doing they would now shew themselves more brutish then the Beasts The water still continueth in its bloody colour and had all one standing face of blood and with all it seemed so thick that if a high wind had blown it is believed that it would very hardly at all or else very gently have moved Every day brought in new observers to behold this admirable poole and who had but feeue it the day before could not be content with one dayes wonder but must come the next day to behold it againe It was the object of all the eyes thereabouts and on their returne homewards the subject of all their discourse The Knights the Gentlemen and the Ladies the Peasants and their Families stood all closse together round about it and being overcome with the amazement of the sight there was regard unto degrees or distinction of persons and it seemes they learned this instruction from the Pond which they now made use of That they were all but one blood From the observation of the blood they fall into the consideration at last of the bloody times where in they live and being so neere to Lough borough they grow in discourse of how much blood hath beene spilt by the Lord of Loughborough his meanes who being there the great Agent for the King hath robbed many housekeepers in those parts of their goods and their treasure and which is far more deare to them many of their Childrens lives Report in the way is made how many families hath he robbed of their fathers and how many he hath left without their children they report from the beginning all the skirmishes that have beene made in those parts and all the battles that have beene fought and all the sieges that have bin laid and raised and passing from one devovring buisnesse to another they do curse the proceedings of the civill warre The true narration of this water turned into blood may be put into succeding calanders and it may be printed in its owne