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    The document describes two cases of women recovering from illness and debility. The first woman, S. Wenefreda, was able to see again after visiting Holywell Well in Wales. The second woman, Mrs. Anne Fortescue, slowly regained some strength over the course of a year through changing air, prescriptions from Dr. Aurelius Williams, and visits to baths in Somerset, though she remained very weak.

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    The document describes two cases of women recovering from illness and debility. The first woman, S. Wenefreda, was able to see again after visiting Holywell Well in Wales. The second woman, Mrs. Anne Fortescue, slowly regained some strength over the course of a year through changing air, prescriptions from Dr. Aurelius Williams, and visits to baths in Somerset, though she remained very weak.

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    Analecta Bollandiana Tomus VI 1887 337

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    DE S.

    WENEFREDA,

    339

    darkned as abovesayed, in snch sorte that she was able to perceave the object that lay before her eyes, bnt could not keep them open much longer then the twinckling of an eye. Presently after die receaved this comfort, she acquainted her ghostly father thereof who (for reasons best knowen to himself) wished her to conceale it untill she retnrned from her pOgrimage. Having begun her journey on the 18*1 of Jane, she arrived at Holywell on the 20*h thereof. All the way, being not able to suffer the least glimpse of light, her eyes and face were covered with no lesse then 4 hoods, besides a handkerchiefe wrapt up in many foulds under the hoods over her eyes. The 21* of June, being the eve of the feast of the Deccollation of S. Wenefride, she went into the Well, and immediately she was able to see the water, stones, and people about her, and this for the space of halfe a quarter of an houre at least, without covering her eyes or shutting them at all, and went thence to her lodging with one only hood. Nezt day, after se had.been in the Holy Well, she went alltogether uncovered, and hath so continued ever since without any paine or difficulty, her eyes being perfectly well both spring and :'all, to the honour of God and his Sainct and to her owne greate comfort and joy of her
    friends.

    All this testified by the worthy genti em an Mr L. J. who was eyewitnesse of all the particulars, and in testimonie thereof writt them all with his owne hand as
    above related.

    XXXIV. An. 1657. Matrona, ad extremam debilitatem redacta et per integrum annum omnia remedia naturalia in cassum experta, paucis diebus vires suas recuperat.
    Mra Anne Fortescue, sister to the abovementioned M" Francis, having been for the space of halfe a yeare so sick beond-seas that she was not able to sitt upright, much lesse to go or stand, was advised by the doctors there (after they had tryed all their skill to help her) to go to England, in hope that her native ayre might work more good effect on her then their art could produce. And indeed, though the journey by land (being above 160 miles from the place where she landed home) was very troublesome to so weak a body, she recovered by this change of ayre and physicall prescriptions (of that no lesse able schollar then in phisicall notions well experienced gentleman Doctor Aurelius Williams of Monmothshire) some smale proportion of strength : so that she was able to sitt upright and could move a little her very weake limmes, which for so long time had been, as it were, senselesse. Next spring being advised to make use of the Bathes in Sommersettshire,
    she went and remained there seven weekes under the care of Doctor Bavy.

    Whereby though at the present she found little amendment, yet before end of sommer she was able to go on croutches, and so porsevered all the next wintter. In the following spring she went againe to Bath, where she remained 6 weekes to little good effect. Being thence retnrned home in that so weake and helplesse condition, she could thinke of nothing that might affoord hope of comfort but

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