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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

but perceiuyng her little bodie to weake she reached her arme towards the place wherevppon her eyes were fixed saiyng come lord come let me haue thee by the hand beholde I see hym before my face holdyng in the right hande a Waxe Candle burnyng together with the blessed Virgine Mary S. Anne the holie Virgines Mother Mary Magdalene and Sainct Ihon Babtist whom I see here hard by my beds side and turnyng frō them againe she saied with very great vehemencie O Lord he reacheth his hande towardes me let me goe to hym let me imbrace hym wherewith immediatly by meare force in dispite of them all she rose vpon her feete and spreadyng bothe armes she ioyned them againe fast to her stomacke vtteryng these wordes I haue haue hym now in armes O good Lord I haue thee Iesus help me leaue me not sweete Iesus leaue mee not neuer ceasyng to call vpon his holie name But one of the assistauntes beeyng wearie to heare the often repetition of Iesus of Christe and of our Ladie desirous to put her to silence saied vnto her cōtent your self Elizabeth wee see Christe as well as you doe Whom she aunswered with indignation fy vpon thee shamefull wretche full of iniquitie and sinne how falsly doest thou lye it is not possible for thee nor any wicked creature to looke vpon him no corporall eyes can haue the sight of his glorie myne eyes dasell and smarte to beholde his Clothes muche more then if I gazed against the Sunne beames at noone when thei are strongest And more she spake with a loude hollowe voyce in the throte Nay thou shalt as dearely buy it as I haue doen before thou see hym And hauyng no soner ended her talke there came vppon her a merueilous greate terrour and feare whereof insued tremblyng of her bodie pantyng of her harte woorkyng of her vaines fomyng at her mouthe fallyng grouelyng on her bed for paine struglyng and criyng out most pitifully defiyng y e worlde and all sinfull creatures therein for so she termed them and callyng without intermission vpon the holy name of Iesus to be deliuered from all paines whiche lasted two houres long most ruthfull to the beholders and nothyng inferior to her former punishment whē she laie in Purgatorie and this as I suppose chaunced for feare she should feele againe the foresaied torment being as it is euident by her owne speech in their hearing already represented before her eyes for she called often Ales Ioua and Mistris Conway her Grandmother at length she was admonished in her Vision to procure that S. Ihons Gospell written by a Priest might bee tyed about her necke Whereof beyng very desirous one of the assistantes offered her the Gospell in writyng whiche she repelled quickly as made by hym whom she knewe to bee a sinfull man and consideryng no lawfull Priest was to bee had she called importunatly for the Minister of Orton but the messenger loitered and went not whereof she informed the assistauntes desiring them in all haste to sende for hym but one of the companie replied againe and confirmed it with an othe that the messenger had gone whom bitterly she rebuked and sharpely admonished that he had sworne falsly that whiche in deede after diligent inquisition was found to be true And now the saied Minister beyng come he offered her the foresaid written Gospell two sundrie tymes perswadyng the same to bee his owne doyng the whiche she refused and witted hym to take the paines hym self for she knewe well he did but delude her at the last reachyng the Gospell of his owne hande written she accepted it thankfully and the signe of the Crosse beeyng made by her appoinctment in the ende thereof it was tied fast aboute her necke and the same foulded croswise by her appointment wherevpon she had presently better rest as thei supposed Beyng demaunded why she desired the Ministers helpe her answer was that although he was a Minister yet beyng in hart a Catholike she tooke him to be more fit then any other that were aboute her and hoped that GOD would not bee offended knowing her present necessitie and want of a lawfull Priest Here I would wishe the Catholike Reader to vnderstande that Sainct Ihons Gospell maie be lawfully vsed by the learned iudgement of the famous Iesuit Father Robertes But whereas Gods holie spirite stirred the girle in all haste to sende for this minister it is to be referred to his secret dispensation whose good will pleasure was as it seemed to haue him in place that he might also beare witnesse to the truthe against him self and his owne profession accordyng to the testimonie of our Sauiour Christe Ex ore tuo te iudicabo serue iniquam O naughtie seruaunt I will iudge thee out of thyne owne mouthe Immediatly after she vttered many wordes in his hearyng to the detestation of the Protestauntes Religion and Seruice as hereafter followeth the whiche truely at that instant did worke in his harte greate remorse Aboute this tyme one of the companie reached to her a little Crucifixe the whiche she receiued with very great reuerence and caused it to be laied in her bosome taking occasion thereby to call vpon Christ crucified whom the picture presented crauyng still for mercie and forgiuenesse but what neede I saied she to haue the Picture of Christe when I see hym present before myne eyes and poincted her finger towardes hym Then she fell to exclaime against the Religiō of the Protestauntes and dispising it wonderfully vttered these wordes Fie vpon this wretched worlde and fie vppon the naughtie Religion now vsed fie vppon their wicked and accursed Churche moste abhominable in Gods sight I will neuer enter into it as long as I liue to heare their accursed Seruice vnlesse I be caried thether by force O that you did now beholde the difference that I see betwene both With these wordes and the like she wearied the eares of the hearers as beyng in deede thē selues of the same Religion that the holy Ghost through her mouthe accompted damnable and accursed Thus I haue declared the effecte of her doynges and saiynges during the second extasie as nere as I could carie the fame awaie by the relation of those that were aboute her all the saied tyme And now remaineth her Vision to be opened whiche by Gods helpe shall bee laied doune sincerely as I receiued it from her own mouth worde for worde and thus it foloweth The assistauntes whom our Lorde did especially elect to bee witnesses of this straunge miracle gatheryng by her wordes and behauiour that she had now seene and heard greater misteries then in her former Vision Therefore beyng not able to content them selues any longer the next daie after earnestly desired to heare the truthe of the last extasie as thei had heard of the first to whose expectation as duetie required condescending she vttered the same after this maner and forme Yesternight standyng by the fire in the olde

vision but was misseled by the wicked counsaile and false practises of that naughtie fellowe Hughes to affirme and saie J sawe suche thynges as J did indeede neuer see whereof J doe hartely desire you all to beware of trayterous Papistes and to take heede how you harken or giue eare to suche forged and vaine tales and reportes as are raised vpon those vnseene visions of myne and to praie to GOD for me that it would please him to forgiue all my offences and this offence especially whiche I committed of simple Ignoraunce beeyng thereunto perswaded by such a craftie and subtill seducer Her speeche beyng thus ended Maister Bauyan the Maior of Chester inuicted Maister North Maister Wyngfeeld and my self to goe home with hym to Dinner where wee founde very worshipfull entertainement there dined likewise other Aldermen and Townes men of Chester amongst whō I enquired what might be the meanyng why the yong Maiden had made this open protestation I was aunswered that it was now almost two yeres past sith she had feined in Visiō to see our Sauiour Iesus Christe with the Virgin Mary his Mother S. Anne our Ladies Mother Mary Magdalene Sainct Ihon Babtist saiyng Masse accompanied with the Apostles and that she had seen Purgatorie and been in Purgatorie with many other like reuelations the whiche she either so cunnyngly counterfeited or at the least her beholders that were present duryng the tyme of her extasies were so credilous or peraduenture willyng to haue furthered her in her purpose that it was streight waies imagined by a multitude of dull headded Papistes in those partes that God had raised that little yong Prophetese to the greate glorie of their holie Father the Pope and to the high aduauncement of their little wheaten God And although that sith that tyme she had passed the examinations of so Honorable as the Erle of Darby and so reuerende as the Bishoppe of Chester with sundry others yet she still stoutly stoode to her tacklyng mainetaynyng her vnseene reuelations to bee true till now at the length by the admonitions of this good father Maister Goodman she was become penitent confessed a truth and in our presentes and that open assembly so disclosed and detested her errour as you haue heard After this I had inteligence of a Pamphelet that was secretly spread wherein was described the maner of her Visions penned by some Archpapist that was ashamed to put to his owne name and yet of suche accoumpt amongst our Catholikes in those quarters that it carieth better credite then either the Epistles of Sainct Paule or the Gospelles of the fower Euangelistes and by the reportes of sundrie credible personages diuers Copies of it are sent ouer the Sea as a precious present some to Fraunce some to Rome but very many into Irelande The Copie of this Pamphelet was giuen me by Maister Gondman the whiche when I had ouerlooked I founde in it suche profounde and deepe doctrine as although before me in my yonger daies I had ouer read the famous Histories of Sir Beuis of Hampton of Sir Guy of Warwicke of the Frier and the Boy of Howleglas of Frier Rushe and sundrie other like yet I dare boldly affirme that this for matter and circumstaunce doeth farre exceede and goe beyonde them all yea and nothyng put doune but might bee approued by good authoritie and throughly confirmed by Legenda Aurea Were it not pittie then that so worthie a worke as this should be still thus smothered vp amongst our Catholikes the whiche questionles if it were published and brought to light could not bee but accoumpted of euen amongst children and fooles Receiue then with reuerence this precious peece of worke in due maner as it was first penned by that greate Clarke Iohannes siue nomine sauyng that in the margent I haue coated doune certaine principall poinctes worthie to be noted willyng thee freendly Reader before thou aduenture to peruse it first to sanctifie thy self with Crossynges and blessynges it skilles not how fewe Pater nosters in Latin the more the better halfe a dosen of Creedes maie very well suffice but as many Aue Maries as will fill a quarter Sacke this doen feare not then thou maist reade it at thy pleasure But if thou wilt vse it to thy better auaile reade it fastyng then make thy Dinner with a pound of Potato Rootes and I warrant thee it shall make thée as holy as a poke full of the Popes pardons and thus followeth the text ¶ The true reporte of two miracles or visions that appeared vnto Elizabeth Orton Daughter to Ihon Orton of Orton Madocke beeyng in the Countie of Flint and Dioces of Chester the one the first of February the other the fower and twentie of the same Moneth in this present yere 1580. VNderstanding by the testimony of Raphaell the Archangell it is an honorable thing to publishe the workes of GOD and readyng in the Monumentes of the auncient fathers the holy Bishoppes did vse to declare vnto the people suche Visions and Miracles as had happened amongst them whereof S. Augustine hymself so well liked that he blamed greatly a noble Gentlewoman of his acquaintaunce for not reuealing the power of God shewed vppon her Wherefore being incouraged by the holsome admonition of an Aungell and examples of so many graue fathers of greate antiquitie I am the rather induced to communicat vnto the deuoute Reader certaine merueilous Visions that our Lord hath reueiled of late vnto a yong girle to the increase of his honour confusion of his enemies and comforte of his poore afflicted seruaunts whom he hath yet staied within the vnitie of his Catholique Churche protestyng faithfully that in this writyng I shall neither adde nor deminishe any thing but sincerely reporte as nere as my memorie can beare away what I haue learned of the partie her self and other her freendes that were witnesses of so greate a wonder in whose honestie and credite I haue suche affiaunce that I am sure they would not be abashed to iustifie the truth what thei haue seene and heard before any man liuing wherein if some thing should seeme to the hearers vncredible let hym not measure Gods omnipotent power by his owne infirmitie but with all meekenes let hym indeuoure to applye these heauenly Visions as a speciall warnyng to hym self for the amendyng of his owne life And because the matter maie bee of the Reader better conceiued I will first declare what the company that remained with the saied young wenche did obserue duryng this extasie and then I wil open her Vision as by diligent examination I receiued it frō out her own mouth This girle hauyng to name Elizabeth Orton beeyng about the age of thirteene or fourteene yeres and brought vp according to the corruption of the tyme in ignorance and libertie vppon Candelmas euen at eight of the Clocke within night this present yeare of our Lorde 1580. sittyng by the fire began to weepe sodainly whereat

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