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    A Catholic man's Protestant wife fell gravely ill during childbirth. The man vowed that if she recovered, he would make a pilgrimage to St. Wenefride's Well. Upon returning from the well with some stones from its waters, the stones were found to be miraculously imprinted with images of St. Wenefride and Christ's holy face. When the wife saw the stones, she was deeply moved to convert to Catholicism. She later gave birth to a daughter on St. Wenefride's feast day, who was marked with a circle around her neck at birth. The daughter lived an exemplary, pious life until dying at age 13, at which time the images on the stones faded,

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    A Catholic man's Protestant wife fell gravely ill during childbirth. The man vowed that if she recovered, he would make a pilgrimage to St. Wenefride's Well. Upon returning from the well with some stones from its waters, the stones were found to be miraculously imprinted with images of St. Wenefride and Christ's holy face. When the wife saw the stones, she was deeply moved to convert to Catholicism. She later gave birth to a daughter on St. Wenefride's feast day, who was marked with a circle around her neck at birth. The daughter lived an exemplary, pious life until dying at age 13, at which time the images on the stones faded,

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    A Catholic man's Protestant wife fell gravely ill during childbirth. The man vowed that if she recovered, he would make a pilgrimage to St. Wenefride's Well. Upon returning from the well with some stones from its waters, the stones were found to be miraculously imprinted with images of St. Wenefride and Christ's holy face. When the wife saw the stones, she was deeply moved to convert to Catholicism. She later gave birth to a daughter on St. Wenefride's feast day, who was marked with a circle around her neck at birth. The daughter lived an exemplary, pious life until dying at age 13, at which time the images on the stones faded,

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    S. Wenefrides Well with diverse others of hernighbours, rather out ofpastime then devotion: and being come about 4 miles in her returne homewards uppon a heath called Mynydd Tegengle, out of a suddaine motion of an hereticall spirifte she brake foorth into these or snch like expressioni What a notalte fode am Ito come so farr on footto bath mysclfe in these cold tcaters : had it not been as good for metowash me in the miU-ricer at home as to comehither f Which die spoke in a kind of an irreligious scorne and merriment to her companions: who presently reprehended her for her prophane comparison. She stili persisting in hereticall disposition, instantly thereappen stood stili snddenly: and being demanded wbat hindred her, she made answer the she was stark bliad- And when rnbbing the eyes and all other shifts would not prevaill, the companie leaded her back againe to the Holy Well of B* S. Wenefride: where sbe continued many dayes insubmissive and earnest prayers, oflen bathing and washing her blinde eyes, tiU at last she recoTered her sight, so that she conld see somewhat, bnt very imperfectly, and lived many yeares after.
    XII. An. 1618. Mulier amembrornm debilitate sanata.

    About the yeare of Lord 1618 Mn Anne Price, daughter to William Price, of Baylie Dii or Lanfoist in the county of Monmoth, Esq, being weake of body and so forcelesse that she had no strength or use at all of her limmes, which weaknesse befell ber throogh witchcraft (as it was conceaved, for the famous Doctor John David Rhes did seriously and constantly afBrme that she was sonnd of body and free from all natnrall diseases) and having continaed in snch sad condition a long time: at last she repaired to S. Wenefrides Well, and there recovered her strength againe and perfect use of her limmes. She is yet alive to testifie this miraculous cure, which hath already been done by her brother and many others of her catholique kindred and friends, especially tbe Bodenhams.

    xni. An. 1618. Vir catholicus uxori protestanti, ex difficilis puerperii labore ad extrema deductae, emisso voto peregrinationem instituendi ad fontem S. Wenefredae, felicem partum impetrat. Votum exsolvendi causa ad oppidum Holywell profectus, inde aliquos lapil los e fonte extractos refert, qui mox perspiciuntur effigie tum S. We nefredae tum sancti Vultus Christi insigniti, iisque non superficiei insculptis, sed ipsam lapillorum materiam penetrantibus. Quos lapil los pie venerata ejus uxor, ad catholicam religionem amplectendam
    intimo animi motu adducitur; et interea ex novo conceptu filiam

    enititur ipso die decollationis S. Wenefredae memoriae sacro, circulo circa collum notatam, quae post infantiam et pueritiam egregia morum sanctitate transactam, piissime moritur anno aetatis decimo tertio : quo tempore et effigies quae in lapillis ex sacro fonte allatis apparuerant prorsus evanescunt, quum jam puella aegrotante paula-

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