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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06360	The life of Gregorie Lopes that great servant of God, natiue of Madrid, written in Spanish by Father Losa curate of the Cathedrall of Mexico. And set out by Father Alonso Remon of the Order of our Lady de la Merced, with some additions of his owne.	Losa, Francisco de, 1536-1624.; White, Thomas, 1593-1676. aut; Remón, Alonso, 1561-1632.	1638 (1638)	STC 16828; ESTC S105406	99,533	326

relate some of the most certaine and approued The same day that he was buried and Indian woman of good account wife to the gouernour of this towne being lame of one arme and in great paine at the same instant as she tooke Gregory his hand in hers to kisse it she found herself perfectly sound and free from all paine giueing God thankes for the mercy he had shewed her by this his seruants meanes A little girle of fiue or six yeares of age was sore tormented with a disease which she fell into by eating of earth very dangerous by reason of great obstructions and swelling in her belly together with a vehement ague and beatings in her head and heart and foure daies after Gregory his death being much afflicted she said vnto her Mistresse who was a Lady noble by bloud but more for her Christian like behauiour and recollection which she made choice of and obserueth in the Monastery of the Conception at Mexico Mother least that God should take me away apply vnto me that little welt of Gregory Lopes which was giuen you for he will cure me she did so leauing the child at night with a great feauer and when she rise to Mattins as she was wont to doe in passing by she went in to see how the child did whom she found a sleep and rid of her ague and awaking her asked her how she did she answered well for the saint hath taken away my paine The said lady rendred many thankes to God for this so great a miracle Another great woman in Mexico was tormented with a headache in such manner as that she was like to loose her senses and finding no help in any remedies whatsoeuer she laid vpon her head a sl●eue of Gregory his doublet which to her great happines was kept there in great deuotion and reuerence and she did presently take her rest free from all paine A child of three months old the first and only son of his parēts who were of the best ranke of Mexico was sick of a feauer not being able either to sucke or sleep whilest all those of the house and of the kindred allso were troubled hereat one of the maides re●embred herself of a certaine relique of Gregory which was in the house which being laid vpon the childs head he presently fell asleep some howers after awaked tooke the teate and was well his parentes and those that were present gaue many thankes vnto God and his saint for this miracle In the same city there was a Priest who was so troubled with the toothache as that for three daies and three nights he could not haue one instant of rest and by reason of its vehemence his face was much swelled his mother gaue him a piece of Gregory his garment and he with faith and deuotion applying it to his cheeke presently fell a sleep and slept from nine of the clock at night vntill the next morning and then awaking he found the swelling of of his face asswaged and himself without any paine attributing this sodaine recouery to the intercession of this saint and giueing God thankes for it In the house of a Gentleman of Mexico a man well knowne in this kingdome there befell vnto a slaue of his such a sodaine accident and great misfortune as that all held him for dead of a vehement fit which he had a gentle woman that was present calling to mind that she had in her keeping a piece of the shirt in which Gregory dyed which I had giuen her she caused a little cofer to be brought her and taking out the said relique she laid it vpō the sick mans forehead and presently he came to himself againe whole and sound though with much a doe and being asked what he had felt he answered nothing All that saw this accident with its circumstances could not but attribute this cure to a miracle which our Lord wrought by his seruant Gregory Lopes In the city de los Angelos an honourable Lady was brought to the poinct of death by a violent feauer which she fell into being great with child and neare her time but the infant dead in her wombe her husband seing her in this danger intreated a brother of the Conualescents by name Iohn Valleio to visit her he went and carried with him a little piece of Gregory his garment and applying it to the sick womans neck said vnto her put your hope in God and reuerence this relique of Gregory Lopes for by his intercession you shall be restored to your health it seemes she did so for being deliuered of that creature she remained sound The said brother applied the same Relique to a sick woman in the same towne who had such a grieuous headache as that for a long time she cried out continually both day and night he wished her to put all her confidence in God and firmely to beleeue that he would giue her her health by the merits of Gregory Lopes She presently recouered rendring many thankes vnto God and remaining deuout vnto him who by his intercession had freed her from so great paine In the city of Taxca a young man was infected with a pittifull leprosi and after he had tried many medicines and spent much in the curing of it and all in vaine a brother of the Conualencēts gaue him a little piece of Gregory his garment bidding him apply it to his neck and take this seruant of God for his Patron with an assured hope to be healed and it came to passo that within eight daies he found himself cleare of the leprosy and diuulged this miracle publishing euery wherewith much gratitude the wonderfull workes of God and the praises of Gregory In a village of this kingdome called Higualapa a gentleman had bin for the space of 16. months troubled with a grieuous paine of the collik not haucing in all that time scarce a day nor hower free especially the last twenty daies in which his paine did not diminish a whit nor giue him one minute of rest As it hapned there was present a gentlewoman wife to the chiefe Iustice of that prouince who told him that many miracles had bin wrought through the deuotion which those of her house did beare vnto Gregory Lopes and that if he with the like faith would make him his mediatour to the diuine goodnes he might assure himself of his health The sick man hearing this tooke a piece of Gregory his shirt and applied it to the place where he felt his greatest paine and holding it there a little while he presently voided a stone of the bignes of a pine kernell Herwith he recouered and neuer after felt that paine and held it for certaine that this happines and safety did befall him by the merits and intercession of Gregory Lopes to whom he was euer after very deuout A brother of the Conualescents named Alonso de la Fuente was six yeares in the hospitall of Guasteca allmost allwaies siek full of emplasters and both legs