Lyonell Beacher's Valentine Greatrakes (1665) [ People ]
… house about a flight shot off his own; whether he had ap∣pointed the people to come, because of the multitude flocking about his own dwelling house: So I went in, and stood close by him, and saw him to stroak them, causing them to strip off their Cloaths, where their paines and griefs were: I saw him touch many of the Kings Evil while I was there, and many also whom he had cured of that Distemper, came to acknowledge it, which is the … I also saw him restore many deaf persons to their hear∣ing presently, not failing any one therein, and this only by stroaking, and putting his fingers into the holes of their Eares. He likewise cures the Convul∣sion fits only by stroaking the …
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