,,the ,friendly ,dmon1 ,,or ,,the ,generous ,apparition2 ,,being ,a ,true ,narrative of a miraculous ,cure1 newly perform'd upon that famous ,deaf and ,dumb ,gentleman1 ,dr4 ,duncan ,campbel1 ,by a familiar ,spirit that appear'd to him in a white ,surplice1 like a ,cathedral singing ,boy4 ,by ,daniel ,defoe4 ,if by our ,senses ,spirits we perceive1 ,or from the strength of ,fancy1 so believe1 ,no ,fault do we commit that merits blame1 ,if to the ,publick we report the same2 ,for whether by our ,eyes we ,spectres see ,or by a second ,sight1 we must agree1 ,things are to us as they appear to be4 _/ ,,london ,printed2 and ,sold by ,j4 ,,roberts in ,warwick-,lane4 ,,mdccxxvi4 ,illustration ,to my anonymous worthy ,friend1 ,physician and ,philosopher1 whose ,name1 for certain ,reasons1 ,i forbear to mention4 ,,sir1 ,i ,,cannot1 without great ,ingratitude1 forget the friendly ,visits and kind ,advice ,i frequently receiv'd from you1 during1 not only1 a dangerous but tedious ,indisposition1 which surprisingly seiz'd me in the ,year #agag1 and1 notwithstanding your extraordinary ,care as well as unquestionable ,judgment1 continu'd upon me till the latter end of the ,year --#be2 in which long interval of ,time1 the ,attendance you gave me1 and the ,trouble you gave yourself1 abstracted from all ,interest1 made you truly sensible of my unhappy ,condition1 and myself equally apprehensive of the great ,obligations ,i shall ever be under to so sincere a ,friend4 ,,the first occasion of my ,illness1 as ,i have good reason to imagine1 was a very shocking ,surprize given me by certain ,persons1 who pretended to be my ,friends in a considerable ,affair then depending1 wherein their ,treachery threaten'd me with succeeding ,ruin1 had not ,providence interpos'd and deliver'd the ,oppress'd from the cruel hands of such deceitful ,enemies3 ,upon whose hard ,usage1 and the news of my ,disappointment1 ,i was struck at first with a kind of ,epilepsy and depriv'd of all my ,senses in an ,instant1 drop'd down in a publick ,coffee-,house1 under violent ,agitations1 which1 it seems1 are generally concomitant with this miserable ,distemper2 but being luckily assisted and kindly supported by some ,gentlemen present1 ,i happen'd to escape those ill ,consequences that might otherwise have attended me1 during the extremity of my ,convulsions1 which were reported1 by those that held me1 to be so strong as to be almost insupportable1 till the ,paroxism declin'd1 which terminated in a cold ,sweat1 ,trembling and ,weeping1 and this was the first ,attack that ever this terrible ,assailant made upon me2 tho' afterwards he forc'd himself into a further familiarity with me 7much against my ,will7 nor could your kind ,endeavours1 by the ,art of ,physick1 back'd with my own strength of ,constitution1 fright away this evil ,companion from me1 till my good ,genius1 by the direction of ,providence1 communicated a particular ,secret to me1 which1 with ,god's ,blessing1 has lately prov'd my ,deliverance1 in what manner1 before ,i conclude1 ,i shall very freely acquaint you1 in hopes you will favour me with your candid ,opinion in answer thereunto4 ,,near eight ,years1 was a long ,time to continue under the frequent returns and uncomfortable dread of such a shocking ,affliction1 which1 upon every little disorder of ,mind or disappointment in ,business1 never fail'd to visit me2 till1 by convulsive or involuntary ,motions in my ,head and other ,parts of my ,body1 my ,eyes were bury'd in their ,sockets1 my other ,features contracted1 my ,limbs often distorted1 my ,bowels sometimes wrack'd with intolerable ,pains1 and all the ,faculties of my ,mind so greatly weaken'd and impair'd1 that ,i1 who1 for many ,years before1 had been esteem'd as an ,oracle1 by the most ,polite and ,curious part of both ,sexes1 was now1 for want of strength of ,mind and ability of ,body to imploy my ,talent and excercise my ,art as usual1 treated like an old ,soldier1 who had lost his ,limbs in the ,service of his ,country1 and thought only worthy1 by way of requital1 to be made a hobbling ,pensioner in some starving ,hospital2 but1 ,i thank my ,stars1 it prov'd not quite so bad with me1 for tho' some ,ladies were too hasty and importunate to bear with the least disappointment or admit of any delay1 without shewing their resentment1 or refusing to trust their ,money till my ,convulsions afforded me a rational ,interval1 wherein ,i might be able to give them ample ,satisfaction3 ,yet1 others1 of a more considerate1 easy and compassionate ,temper1 were so highly concern'd for my too apparent ,indisposition1 that1 in order to drive out this tormenting ,demon that possess'd me1 they brought me all the old ,recipes they could muster up among their crazy ,aunts and ,grandmothers1 practis'd upon all ,occasions in their several ,families1 perhaps ever since the ,times of ,galen and ,hippocrates1 but1 having been long under the ,care and ,friendship of so able a ,physician as your self1 tho' to little or no purpose1 ,i could nor put ,faith enough in old ,womens ,medicines to receive ,benefit thereby1 so1 under a kind of despondency of every thing but ,providence1 ,i suffer'd my ,distemper to take its own ,course1 till my ,fits encreas'd upon me1 to at least twenty in a ,day1 and by their frequent reiterations brought1 at length1 such a dimness upon my ,sight1 such a weakness in my ,joints1 and tremor upon my ,nerves1 that render'd me incapable of all manner of ,business1 especially that which ,i had so long profess'd and successfully perform'd1 to the full ,satisfaction and great ,astonishment of ,thousands2 but being now unable to ,write2 and1 for want of ,speech1 having no other way of communicating my ,answers to the demands of the ,ladies and ,gentlemen that apply'd themselves to me1 except by ,digitation1 which they understood not1 ,i was forc'd sometimes1 when much disorder'd by my ,convulsions1 to send 'em away dissatisfy'd1 which1 if it were any ,mortification to them1 prov'd a much greater to my self1 because1 upon my ready performances in the ,mystery ,i am ,master of1 depends the welfare of my whole ,family4 ,,under these unhappy ,circumstances ,i labour'd till the ,month of ,october1 in the ,year --#bd1 confin'd by my ,distemper to my own ,habitation1 not daring to go abroad for fear of falling in the ,streets1 having been before surpriz'd by my ,fits in ,st4 ,james's ,park and several other ,places2 but1 about this ,time1 being possess'd with a strong ,inclination to the ,cold-,bath1 near ,sir ,john ,oldcastle's1 and the great desire ,i had to experience the same1 being highly encourag'd by your ,advice and ,approbation1 ,i summon'd all the ,strength ,i had to my ,assistance1 and pursuant to the ,dictates of my own restless ,mind1 had recourse thither accordingly1 attended by a proper ,person to take due ,care of me1 for fear of the worst4 ,i had not repeated this cold ,expedient above twice or thrice1 but ,i was sensible of the ,benefits ,i receiv'd thereby1 for my ,distemper began to treat me with less severity than usual1 and my ,fits were succeeded with a greater ,defluction of ,tears than what was common1 before ,i apply'd my self to the ,bath1 so that1 after my ,weeping was over1 ,i found my self much refresh'd and all my ,faculties abundantly more alert1 than at any ,time they had been since my first ,illness1 insomuch1 that1 from a timely continuance of this external ,application1 ,i entertain'd great hopes of a perfect ,recovery2 but1 notwithstanding my diligent ,prosecution of this sharp and shivering ,method1 ,i was1 to my great ,sorrow1 unhappily disappointed2 for my ,convulsions were as frequent1 tho' not so violent as formerly1 and ,i was now again divested of all hopes of ,relief1 except by the ,hand of ,providence1 having nothing to trust to1 but that infallible ,physician who can ,cure all things in an ,instant4 ,,the ,despondency ,i was now under of any ,assistance from humane ,art1 and the slender ,opinion you seem'd to entertain of my ,recovery1 made my ,intervals as ,melancholy as my ,fits were troublesome2 oppress'd with these hard ,circumstances1 ,i supported a burthensome ,life1 and drag'd on the tedious ,hours till the latter end of the ,year --#be1 about which ,time1 as ,i was slumbering one ,morning in my ,bed1 after a restless ,night1 my good ,genius or ,guardian ,angel1 ,cloth'd in a white ,surplice like a singing ,boy1 appear'd before me1 holding a ,scrowle or ,label in his right ,hand1 whereon the following ,words were wrote in large ,capitals4 ,,read1 ,,believe ,,and ,,practise1 ,,the ,,loadstone ,,shall ,,be ,,your ,,cure1 ,,with ,,an ,,addition ,,of ,,the ,,powder ,,here ,,prescrib',d ,,you2 ,,but ,,keep ,,the ,,last ,,as ,a ,,secret2 ,,for ,,with ,,that ,,and ,,the ,,magnet ,,you ,,shall ,,relieve ,,numbers ,,in ,,distress1 ,,and ,,live ,,to ,,do ,,greater ,,wonders ,,than ,,you ,,have ,,hitherto ,,perform',d2 ,,therefore ,,be ,,of ,,good ,,chear1 ,,for ,,you ,,have ,a ,,friend ,,unknown1 ,,who1 ,,in ,,the ,,time ,,of ,,trouble1 ,,will ,,never ,,fail ,,you4 ,,this comfortable ,news1 tho' deliver'd to me after so surprizing a manner1 yet1 was it very welcome to a languishing ,person under a complication of ,misfortunes1 notwithstanding ,i had a great struggle with my natural ,reason1 before ,i could convince my self of what ,i was yet confident my very ,eyes had seen1 or at least had been represented to me after an extraordinary manner1 for betwixt really seeing what we call a ,vision or verily believing we do see it1 there is but a slender difference2 however1 the intire ,confidence ,i had put in ,providence1 and the great desire ,i had to be reliev'd1 were to me convincing ,arguments1 beyond all ,objection1 that my ,guardian ,angel had actually appear'd and communicated to my ,eyes the very ,scrowle that ,i had read1 the ,words of which1 lest my ,memory should have prov'd treacherous1 ,i enter'd in my ,pocket-,book as they are before recited1 the ,recipe only excepted4 ,,having thus subjected my ,reason to my ,senses1 or at least my ,faith1 for ,i either saw or believ'd ,i saw what ,i have here reported1 ,i had nothing else to do1 but to put in ,practice the ,receipt which my good ,genius had imparted to me1 tho' how to come at a ,loadstone1 seem'd to me as difficult as to find out the ,philosopher's ,stone1 having but a slender ,knowledge of the thing it self1 and much less of its ,virtues2 however1 upon enquiry1 ,i soon found out a certain ,virtuoso1 near ,moorfields1 who is an eminent dealer in such sort of ,curiosities1 and by his ,assistance ,i presently furnish'd my self with what ,i wanted1 and sending for some fat ,amber and a certain preparation of ,steel1 which ,i privately dispens'd in a very particular manner1 according to the ,recipe communicated by my ,genius2 then applying both as directed1 was miraculously deliver'd1 in a great measure1 from those wracking ,convulsions which had so long afflicted me1 and in less than a ,month's ,time my whole ,microcosm was restor'd to such a happy ,state of ,health1 ,strength and ,vivacity1 that ,heaven be prais'd1 ,i could do any thing as usual1 but1 if ,i leave off my ,loadstone for two or three ,days1 which ,i have sometimes done1 meerly out of ,curiosity1 my ,fits1 as yet1 will remind me of my foolish ,presumption1 and force me to have recourse to my wonderful ,preservative1 which has not only prov'd so great a friend to my self1 but has reliev'd others in the like distress2 and as ,i have found by three or four late ,experiments1 is as effectual in suppresing ,vapours and removing or preventing ,hysterick ,fits in ,women1 as it is in ,epilepsies and ,convulsions in our own ,sex1 either ,men or ,children4 ,,now1 ,doctor1 since ,i have happily conquer'd so stubborn an ,enemy1 by such miraculous means1 as do not fail to afflict others as well as my self1 ,i desire you will vouchsafe me your real ,sentiments of this uncommon way of ,cure1 your ,notions of the ,genii1 and the wonderful manner of communicating the ,recipe1 your ,thoughts of the ,loadstone and the ,virtues thereof1 your ,opinion of ,sympathy and the ,cures perform'd thereby1 for ,i know you are ,philosopher sufficient1 as well as ,physician1 to give a very good light into all these ,mysteries1 in which ,i own ,i am to seek2 therefore hope you will condescend so far as to spend a leisure ,hour upon the foregoing ,particulars1 and you will infinitely oblige1 ,sir1 ,your assured ,friend1 and humble ,servant1 ,duncan ,campbel4 ,illustration ,to my ,deaf and ,dumb ,friend1 ,mr4 ,duncan ,campbel1 in ,answer to his ,letter to an anonymous worthy ,friend1 ,physician and ,philosopher4 ,,sir1 ,i ,,receiv',d your ,letter and read the same1 with no less ,surprise than ,satisfaction2 for1 as ,i am greatly pleas'd at your miraculous ,recovery1 so1 ,i am equally astonish'd at the wonderful ,means by which it was obtain'd2 ,i confess1 ,i have been too great a ,student in ,physick and natural ,philosophy1 to entertain any extraordinary ,opinion of ,miracles1 no ways accountable to human ,reason1 except those that concern ,religion1 which are brought down to our ,knowledge well attested and recommended to our ,faith by unexceptionable ,authorities2 not1 but1 that ,i am ready to admit1 that the ,power of ,healing is in the ,hand of ,providence1 and that some ,patients1 when their ,distempers1 thro' the frailty of humane ,judgment1 derive their ,essence from so obscure an ,original that even puzzles the ,physician1 ,i am free to acknowledge1 especially when the ,blessing of ,god accompanies the ,administration1 that the most trifling application in the ,eyes of ,art1 may recover such ,persons from the most dangerous ,infirmities3 ,this1 ,i look upon to be your extraordinary ,case1 and therefore think not the means to which you ascribe your ,cure or the manner of the ,recipe's being communicated to you1 a proper subject for a ,physical ,enquiry1 unless you had sent me the ,prescription of your ,genius1 which ,i understand by your ,letter1 you are oblig'd to conceal1 and then perhaps ,i should have been able to have judg'd1 in some measure1 which of the ,applications are most ,essential1 the ,powder or the ,loadstone1 also how far your ,guardian ,angel is a ,regular ,proficient in the modern ,practise of ,physick4 ,,however1 as you desire my ,opinion of the ,genii1 the ,loadstone1 the ,powder of ,sympathy1 and the like1 ,i shall not be only willing to give you my own ,thoughts1 but the ,sentiments of others1 before ,i take my leave1 who have made the foregoing ,particulars their principal ,studies1 and are therefore better acquainted with the nature of ,spirits1 than ,i pretend to be4 ,,as for ,genii or familiar ,spirits1 good and bad1 believ'd and reported1 by the most ,wise and ,learned of the ,ancients1 to attend ,mankind1 and the various ,operations they have had upon humane ,minds as well as ,bodies1 ,i cannot but confess1 seem very wonderful to my defective ,understanding2 yet1 when we observe what innumerable ,instances have been handed to us by the most reputable ,authors1 both ,antique and ,modern1 attested from ,time to ,time by unquestionable ,authorities1 who1 that1 before he div'd into these ,mysteries1 look'd upon the same to be ,whimsy1 can forbear staggering in his ,opinion8 ,,the most celebrated ,instance of a ,genius among the ,ancients1 is that of ,socrates1 one of the wisest of the ,philosophers in the ,age he liv'd in1 and that he had such a familiar ,spirit to attend him1 which the ,greeks call'd ,dmon1 and the ,latins ,genius1 is sufficiently testify'd by three of his ,contemporaries1 viz4 ,plato1 ,xenophon and ,antisthenes1 also further confirm'd by ,laertius1 ,plutarch1 ,maximus ,tyrius1 ,dion1 ,chrysostomus1 ,cicero1 ,apuleius1 and ,facinas2 besides others more ,modern1 as1 ,tertullian1 ,origen1 ,clemens ,alexandrinus1 c4 but that which is of greater ,authority than all the ,vouchers aforemention'd1 is what ,socrates says of himself1 in ,plato's ,theage1 viz4 ,by some ,divine ,lot1 ,i have a certain ,dmon1 which has follow'd me from my ,childhood1 as an ,oracle2 and this ,voice1 says he1 for so he terms it1 whenever it speaks to me1 disswades me from engaging in what ,i am about to put in ,action1 but never prompts me to attempt any thing4 ,this1 ,i presume1 might be the chief ,reason1 why ,socrates persu'd not his own ,inclinations1 which were naturally ,vicious1 as himself confess'd to the ,physiognomist1 but was always accompany'd with a divine ,spirit that restrain'd him from it2 for1 in speaking to ,alcibiades1 a vicious ,noble ,man of ,athens1 but reclaim'd by ,socrates2 says he1 ,my ,tutor 7meaning the ,spirit that attended him7 is wiser and better than you4 ,and to further shew1 that what he call'd his ,dmon1 was something more than a secret ,impulse of the ,mind1 or ,dictates of a good ,conscience1 ,theocritus affirms in ,plutarch1 that a ,vision attended ,socrates from his ,childhood1 going before him and guiding him in all the ,actions of his ,life1 being a constant light to him in such ,affairs as lay not within the reach of humane standing1 and that the ,spirit often spoke to him1 divinely governing and inspiring his ,intentions4 ,a thousand ,instances of the like nature1 ,i could collect from the ,ancients1 to prove1 that what you have reported to me1 in your ,letter1 may be no ,delusion1 but real ,fact1 with all it's surprising ,circumstances1 could the ,task be compris'd within the compass of a ,letter1 but1 a ,treatise of this nature1 being much fitter for a ,volume1 ,i shall only proceed to a few familiar ,instances of a more modern ,date1 that your wonderful ,cure may gain ,credit with the ,publick1 because ,i know your ,sincerity4 ,,froissard reports1 ,that in the ,time of ,edward the ,third1 there was a certain ,knight in ,france1 call'd ,corasse1 who could tell every thing ,transacted throughout the whole ,world1 in a ,day or two at the most1 were the distance never so remote1 and this he did by an invisible ,intelligencer or familiar ,spirit1 which he call'd ,orthone1 who was always at his ,command and brought him ,news continually for many ,years1 till1 at last1 he lost the ,benefit of so useful a ,companion1 through a vain desire of gratifying his ,curiousity after the following manner1 7viz47 ,the ,knight1 having hitherto only heard the ,voice of his spiritual ,emissary1 was now infatuated with an earnest inclination to behold his ,shapes1 which favour he requested of ,orthone2 accordingly1 whose ,answer was1 that the first thing he should see on the morrow ,morning1 after he was risen from his ,bed1 should be the ,object he desir'd1 or ,words to that effect4 ,the ,knight1 the next ,morning1 pursuant to the direction of his ,spirit1 arose from his ,bed1 look'd about him1 but could not discover any thing worthy of ,remark2 upon which disappointment1 he upbraided ,orthone1 with being worse than his ,word1 who reply'd he had kept his ,promise1 desiring the ,knight to remind himself of what he had first observ'd after his rising2 the ,knight1 upon recollection1 reply'd1 that he saw nothing uncommon1 but a couple of ,straws tumbling upon the ,ground and sporting with one another1 as if agitated by the ,wind2 ,that was ,i1 saith the ,spirit1 and therefore ,i kept my ,word4 ,then the ,knight desir'd to see him once more1 in such a ,shape as might induce him1 the next ,time1 to take more notice of him1 to which the ,spirit consented1 saying1 the first thing you see to morrow ,morning1 after your uprising1 shall be me again2 accordingly1 when the ,time appointed was arriv'd and the ,knight was risen from his ,bed1 looking out of his ,chamber ,window1 the first ,object he espy'd1 was a ,lean ill-favour'd ,sow1 so deform'd and ugly1 that he was not able to abide the sight of her2 and not expecting ,orthone to appear to him in so homely a manner1 he set his ,dogs upon the ,sow1 to drive her away1 who being highly affronted at such unfriendly usage1 immediately ,vanish'd1 to the ,knight's great surprise2 and his old acquaintance ,orthone1 never came near him after4 ,this relation1 ,froissard asserts he had from the ,knight's own ,mouth1 with whom he was very intimate4 ,,from hence ,i conclude1 ,that the same sort of ,spirit that attended ,corasse1 has been always a ,friend to you1 not only of late1 in your miraculous ,recovery1 but has at all ,times assisted you in ,writing the ,names of ,strangers1 discovering the most secret ,intrigues and foretelling future ,events1 for which you have long been ,famous4 ,as a further ,proof of the ,existence of ,spirits and that at some other ,times1 as well as in your ,case1 they have prescrib'd ,physick to their living ,friends1 ,i shall quote an ,instance out of ,mr4 ,glanvil's ,reports1 attested by the late ,lord ,orrery1 the ,famous ,mr4 ,greatrix1 and many others1 living in the ,reign of ,king ,charles the ,second4 ,a ,gentleman in ,ireland1 near to the ,earl of ,orrery's ,house1 sending his ,butler one ,afternoon to a neighbouring ,village to buy ,cards1 as he pass'd a ,field1 espy'd a ,company in the middle thereof1 sitting round a ,table1 with several ,dishes of good ,cheer before them1 and moving towards 'em1 they all arose and ,saluted him1 desiring him to sit down and take part with them2 but one of them whisper'd these ,words in his ,ear1 viz4 ,do nothing this ,company invites you to3 ,whereupon1 he refusing to accept of their ,kindness1 the ,table and all the ,dainties it was furnish'd with immediately vanish'd1 but the ,company fell to ,dancing and playing upon divers ,musical ,instruments1 the ,butler being a second ,time solicited to partake of their ,diversions1 but would not be prevail'd upon to engage himself with them2 upon which1 they left off their ,merry-making and all fell to ,work1 still pressing the ,butler to make one among 'em1 but to no purpose2 so that1 upon his third refusal1 they all vanish'd and left the ,butler alone1 who in a great ,consternation return'd home1 without the ,cards1 fell into a ,fit as he enter'd the ,house1 but1 soon recovering his ,senses1 related to his ,master all that had pass'd4 ,,the following ,night1 one of the ,ghostly ,company came to the ,butler's ,bed-side and told him1 that if he offer'd to stir out the next ,day1 he would be carry'd away2 upon whose ,advice1 he kept within till towards the ,evening1 and having then an ,occasion to make ,water1 ventur'd to set one ,foot over the ,threshold of the ,door1 in order to ease himself1 which he had no sooner done1 but a ,rope was cast about his ,middle1 in the ,sight of several ,standers-by1 and the poor ,man was hurry'd from the ,porch with unaccountable ,swiftness1 follow'd by many ,persons1 but they were not nimble enough to overtake him1 till a ,horseman1 well mounted1 happening to meet him upon the ,road1 and seeing many followers in pursuit of a ,man hurry'd along in a ,rope1 without any ,body to force him1 catch'd hold of the ,cord and stop'd him in his ,career1 but receiv'd1 for his ,pains1 such a strap upon his ,back with one ,end of the ,rope1 as almost fell'd him from his ,horse2 however1 being a good ,christian1 he was too strong for the ,devil1 and recover'd the ,butler out of the ,spirits ,clutches and brought him back to his ,friends4 ,,the ,lord ,orrery1 hearing of these strange ,passages1 for his further ,satisfaction in the ,truth thereof1 sent for the ,butler1 with leave of his ,master1 to come and continue some ,days and ,nights at his ,house1 which1 in ,obedience to his ,lordship1 the ,servant did accordingly1 who after his first ,night's ,bedding there1 reported to the ,earl in the ,morning1 that his ,spectre had again been with him1 and assur'd him1 that on that very ,day he should be spirited away1 in spight of all the ,measures that could possibly be taken to prevent it3 ,upon which1 he was conducted into a large ,room1 with a considerable ,number of holy ,persons to defend him from the ,assaults of ,satan2 among whom1 was the famous stroker of bewitch'd ,persons1 ,mr4 ,greatrix1 who liv'd in the ,neighbourhood1 and knew1 as may be presum'd1 how to deal with the ,devil as well as any ,body2 besides several eminent ,quality were present in the ,house1 among the rest1 two ,bishops1 all waiting the wonderful ,event of this unaccountable ,prodigy4 ,,till part of the ,afternoon was spent1 the ,time slid away in nothing but ,peace and ,quietness1 but1 at length1 the enchanted ,patient was perceiv'd to rise from the ,floor without any visible ,assistance1 whereupon1 ,mr4 ,greatrix and another lusty ,man clapt their ,arms over his ,shoulders1 and endeavour'd to weigh him down with their utmost ,strength1 but to no purpose1 for the ,devil prov'd too powerful1 and after a hard struggle on both sides1 made them quit their hold1 and snatching the ,butler from 'em1 carry'd him over their ,heads and toss'd him in the ,air1 to and fro1 like a ,dog in a ,blanket2 several of the ,company running under the poor ,wretch to save him from the ,ground1 by which means1 when the ,spirits ,frolick was over1 they could not find that in all this hurry-scurry1 the frighted ,butler had receiv'd the least ,damage1 but was left in ,statu quo1 upon the same ,premises1 to prove the ,devil a ,liar4 ,,the ,goblins1 for this bout1 having given over their ,pastime1 and left their ,maygame to take a little repose1 that he might in some ,measure be refresh'd against their next ,sally1 ,my ,lord order'd1 the same ,night1 two of his ,servants to lie with him1 for fear some ,devil or other should come and catch him ,napping1 notwithstanding which1 the ,butler told his ,lordship the next ,morning1 that the ,spirit had again been with him in the likeness of a ,quack ,doctor1 and in his right ,hand a wooden ,dish-full of grey ,liquor1 like a ,mess of ,porridge1 at sight of which1 he endeavour'd to awake his ,bedfellows1 but the ,spectre told him his attempts were fruitless1 for that his ,companions were enchanted into a deep ,sleep1 advising him not to be frighted1 for he came as a ,friend1 and was the same ,spirit that caution'd him in the ,field against complying with the ,company he there met1 when he was going for the ,cards2 adding1 that if he had not refus'd to come into their ,measures1 he had been for ever miserable2 also wonder'd he had escap'd the ,day before1 because he knew there was so powerful a ,combination against him2 but assur'd him1 that for the future there would be no more attempts of the like ,nature2 further telling the poor trembling ,butler1 that he knew he was sadly troubl'd with two sorts of ,fits1 and1 therefore1 as a ,friend1 had brought him a ,medicine that would ,cure him of both1 beseeching him to take it1 but the poor ,patient1 who had been so scurvily us'd by these sort of ,doctors1 and fearing the ,devil might be at the ,bottom of the ,cup1 would not be prevail'd upon to swallow the ,dose1 which made the ,spirit ,angry2 who told him1 however1 he had a kindness for him1 and that if he would bruise the ,roots of ,plantane without the ,leaves1 and drink the the ,juice thereof1 it should certainly ,cure him of one sort of his ,fits1 but as a ,punishment for his ,obstinacy in refusing the ,liquor1 he should carry the other to his ,grave1 then the spiritual ,doctor ask'd his ,patient if he knew him2 the ,butler answer'd1 ,no4 ,i am1 says he1 the wandring ,ghost of your old ,acquaintance ,john ,hobby1 who has been dead and bury'd these seven ,years2 and ever since1 for the wickedness of my ,life1 have been lifted into the ,company of those ,evil-,spirits you beheld in the ,fields1 am hurry'd up and down in this restless ,condition1 and doom'd to continue in the same wretched ,state till the ,day of ,judgment4 ,adding1 that ,had you serv'd your ,creator in the days of your ,youth1 and offer'd up your ,prayers that ,morning1 before you were sent for the ,cards1 you had not been treated by the ,spirits that tormented you1 with so much ,rigour and ,severity4 ,,after the ,butler had reported these marvellous ,passages to my ,lord and his ,family1 the two ,bishops1 that were present1 among other ,quality1 were thereupon consulted1 whether or no1 it was proper for the ,butler to follow the ,spirit's ,advice1 in taking ,plantane ,juice for the ,cure of his ,fits1 and whether he had done well or ill1 in refusing the ,liquid ,dose which the ,spectre would have given him2 the ,question1 at first1 seem'd to be a kind of moot ,point1 but1 after some struggle in the ,debate1 their ,resolution was1 that the ,butler had acted1 through the whole ,affair1 like a good ,christian1 for that it was highly sinful to follow the ,devil's ,advice in any thing1 and that no ,man should do ,evil that ,good might come of it2 so that1 in short1 the poor ,butler1 after all his ,fatigue1 had no amends for his trouble1 but was deny'd1 by the ,bishops1 the seeming ,benefit that the ,spirit intended him4 ,i do not introduce this old surprising ,story to amuse you1 but to let you know1 that it is no new thing for ,spectres to turn ,doctors to such ailing ,persons as they retain a ,respect for1 and that your ,genius was not the first ,spirit that ever practis'd ,physick2 therefore1 if this ,narrative reported by ,glanvil1 ,beaumont1 and others1 may obtain ,credit1 upon the ,authorities of my ,lord ,orrery1 ,mr4 ,greatrix1 and divers ,persons1 who were in a great measure ,eye-,witnesses of the matter1 ,i see no ,reason ,i have to doubt the ,truth of your ,letter1 since ,i know your ,integrity2 besides1 it has always been allow'd by such ,dmonologers as have ,publish'd their ,thoughts upon the visibility of ,spirits1 that ,scotland1 is never without such a sort of ,people as they call ,second-sighted1 who have not only the ,power of discerning ,apparitions1 but1 by their frequent ,conversation with ,spirits1 foretel future ,events1 to the great ,astonishment of all ,persons that consult them3 ,that there are such sort of ,diviners in the ,world1 especially in ,scotland1 ,i am throughly convinc'd2 of which ,number ,i take your self to be one1 but how to account for your mysterious ,performances1 ,i readily confess1 ,i know not1 and therefore shall submit that ,task to such as are qualify'd with a more subtil ,penetration4 ,i doubt ,i have tir'd your ,patience with too much ,prolixity upon familiar ,spirits1 therefore1 to make you amends1 ,i will be but short in my ,dissertation upon the ,loadstone2 which in the first place1 is1 a very ponderous ,fossile1 found in different ,climates1 and seems in its ,nature and ,qualities to be nearly related to ,iron ,oar1 from whence it is endow'd with a peculiar property of drawing ,iron to its self by the ,power of ,sympathy1 or the natural ,disposition it has to ,embrace that particular ,metal4 ,in gypt there are large ,mines of it1 some few ,magnets have been found in thiopia1 which have attracted ,iron very forcibly2 but two sorts are dug up at the foot of the ,sardinian ,mountains1 of such different ,natures1 that as one draws ,iron1 the other will repel it2 as you will find it reported by ,johannes ,jonstonus1 in his ,history of ,nature1 also by ,pliny1 in his ,second ,book1 who1 for the aforesaid ,reason1 calls this ,stone ,theamedes3 ,as to the singular ,virtues hitherto discover'd in the common ,loadstone1 the most admirable of all are the strict ,correspondence it maintains with the two ,poles1 and the wonderful ,property it communicates1 by a touch1 to the ,needle1 for the ,benefit of ,mariners4 ,the ,power of its ,attraction1 is thought by some ,virtuosos to be owing to a clammy bituminous ,substance1 by which the ,contexture of the more solid ,parts are closely semented and confirm'd2 to prove this1 work a ,loadstone in the ,fire and it shall cast forth a blewish ,flame1 like that of lighted ,brimstone1 and so continue1 till it spends its ,life and loses the ,power of ,attraction4 ,there is a great deal of ,sulphur in ,iron as well as in the ,loadstone1 which is the principal ,cause of their ,sympathising with each other1 and if you destroy the first in either1 the last will fail in course1 which is the ,reason1 why the ,loadstone will not attract the ,rust of ,iron1 tho' it will the ,filings1 because in the former1 the bituminous ,matter is quite spent and nothing left but a kind of ,caput mortuum4 ,the ,loadstone hath also two ,poles1 which answer those in the ,heavens1 if you touch the ,needle with the ,north ,pole of the ,stone1 it will point to the ,artick1 if with the ,south part thereof1 as it stood posited in the ,mine1 it will point to the ,antartick1 but not with the utmost exactness1 except it stands in the ,meridian3 ,but to be further satisfy'd in these ,mysteries1 have recourse to ,libavius1 ,cardanus1 ,pliny1 ,bodin1 ,porta1 our own ,philosophical ,transactions1 and such ,authors as have treated more largely upon this ,subject3 for1 ,i suppose1 all that you want to know of me is1 if ever ,i have heard from others1 or discover'd by my own ,experience1 any such ,physical ,virtue in the ,loadstone1 as may tend to the ,cure of any ,chronical or other ,disease incident to humane ,bodies1 that may strengthen the ,opinion you seem to entertain of it in such ,cases1 from the ,benefit your self has lately receiv'd in so extraordinary a manner4 ,,in answer to this1 ,i confess1 ,i have heard it affirm'd 7but not by a ,physician7 that the ,loadstone hath withdrawn the ,inflamation and given ,ease in the ,gout1 and by changing the ,application of it from one side to the other1 has at length chas'd it away1 to the perfect recovery of the ,patient2 but in any other ,case1 excepting your own1 ,i never heard of a ,cure so much as facilitated or attempted to be perform'd thereby2 therefore1 as the ,use of it in any ,disease is quite ,foreign to the common ,practice of ,physick1 if others1 as well as your self1 have receiv'd ,benefit by this new ,discovery1 ,i think not my self oblig'd to account for it1 till it becomes practical among my own ,fraternity1 and then it will be ,time enough for any ,physician to give his ,thoughts thereon2 besides1 ,i am a ,stranger to the ,preparation prescrib'd to you by your ,genius1 and without the knowledge of that material ,secret1 it is impossible for any ,physician1 in your ,case1 to make a clear ,judgment1 or to know which of the two your ,cure is chiefly owing to1 the ,powder or the ,loadstone2 for how far the latter may operate upon a ,body prepar'd by ,pulvis ,martis or other ,chalybeates1 ,i shall not pretend to determine1 tho'1 for ought ,i know1 wonderful ,cures may be perform'd in that way1 but upon what ,reason in ,nature1 such a new ,system can be founded1 seems very remote from my present understanding2 but1 since you are become sole ,master of so wonderful a ,secret1 my ,advice is1 that you keep the ,recipe to your self1 in ,obedience to your ,genius1 and tho' you ,assist others1 never to do it without ,fee or ,reward1 for all useful ,discoveries ought to be render'd ,profitable4 ,,in answer to the last ,article of your ,request1 ,i shall now proceed to say something of ,sympathy1 and the ,cures reported to have been done thereby4 ,the ,sympathetick ,powder1 so highly esteem'd about a hundred ,years since1 by ,men of ,art in this ,kingdom1 was first brought into ,europe by a ,religious ,carmelite1 who in his ,travels thro' ,india1 ,persia1 and ,china1 had made himself ,master of this ,secret1 and from some of those ,eastern ,countries1 came over into ,tuscany1 where he perform'd many considerable ,cures by this occult ,method1 to the great ,astonishment of the most eminent ,physicians and ,surgeons in those ,parts2 insomuch that the ,duke of ,tuscany himself was very desirous of becoming ,master of this surprizing ,arcanum1 but1 the honest ,fryar by many handsome ,excuses brought himself off1 and would not be prevail'd upon to communicate his ,nostrum to his ,highness4 ,,some few ,months after this1 our ,famous ,english ,virtuoso1 ,sir ,kenelm ,digby1 happening in his ,travels to be at the ,grand ,duke's ,court1 an ,opportunity fell accidentally in the ,knight's way to do the ,fryar a ,service1 which the good old ,man took so kindly at his hands1 that he recompenc'd the ,curtesy with a ,discovery of his ,secret2 and soon after returning into ,persia1 left no ,man in ,europe ,master of the same but ,sir ,kenelm1 who was the first ,person that brought the ,recipe into ,england1 and that here wrought ,cures by it himself1 and recommended it to the ,practice of others2 so that1 in a little ,time1 every ,mother-,midwife1 and ,country ,fleabeard1 became topping ,surgeons1 especially for the ,cure of ,green-,wounds2 for it is not to be trusted to1 in other ,cases4 ,,this ,sympathetick ,powder1 by which many ,miracles have been perform'd at great ,distances1 is nothing more than the ,simple ,powder of ,roman ,vitriol1 either ,chymically prepar'd1 or imperfectly calcin'd in the ,beams of the ,sun2 from whence1 'tis said1 it derives a very balsamick ,virtue2 a little of this apply'd to any ,instrument that has done ,mischief1 or to a ,rag dip'd into1 or stain'd with1 the ,blood of a ,wound1 never fails of ,curing the ,patient at the widest ,distance1 provided the ,wound be ,curable4 ,,sir ,kenelm ,digby1 to advance the ,credit of this surprising ,medicine1 speaks very largely in ,commendation thereof1 in a little ,treatise of his1 written first in ,french1 upon the same ,subject2 wherein he boasts of a remarkable ,cure perform'd by himself1 in a most wonderful manner1 with only the use of this astonishing ,powder2 and1 therefore1 as in religious ,cases1 ,example goes beyond ,precept1 so1 to convince you of the ,miracles perform'd by ,sympathy1 ,instances1 perhaps1 may prove more effectual than ,arguments2 for which ,reason1 ,i shall proceed to furnish you with a notable ,experiment of this ,magical ,powder1 and so conclude4 ,,mr4 ,james ,howel1 a trusty ,servant to ,king ,james the ,first1 famous in those ,days for ,compiling a ,treatise1 entitled ,dendrologia1 and afterwards for his ,legacy to the ,world1 call'd1 ,epistoli ,ho-,elian1 happen'd1 when he was a ,young ,gentleman1 to accidently come by1 when two of his dearest ,friends were fiercely ,engag'd in a very dangerous ,duel1 and to prevent the ,mischief very likely to ensue1 too rashly catch'd hold1 with his naked ,hand1 of his ,sword1 whose ,passion prompted him to be the most desperate2 in which attempt1 the ,weapon1 being drawn through ,mr4 ,howel's ,palm1 cut the ,nerves and ,muscles thereof to the very ,bone1 and1 as they were thus ,scuffling1 holding up the same ,hand to defend one of his ,friends from a ,blow upon his ,head1 receiv'd another cut upon the back of his ,hand1 cross all the ,veins and ,tendons1 more terrible than the former1 which1 his ,friends perceiving1 put a sudden stop to their inebrious ,fury1 run both to embrace him and to express their sorrow for the unhappy ,accident1 lending him their ,assistance to bind up his ,wounds with one of his own ,garters1 and so conducted him to his ,lodgings1 where they sent immediately for a ,surgeon1 who found the ,case desperate1 for he bled abundantly4 ,,mr4 ,howel1 being a ,gentleman much respected by the ,quality1 the ,news of his ,misfortune soon reach'd the ,court2 and his ,majesty1 having1 also1 a great regard for him1 sent one of his own ,surgeons to attend him1 who found the ,case to be so very bad that he seem'd doubtful of a ,cure1 without cutting off his ,hand1 which occasion'd ,mr4 ,howel1 about five ,days after the ,hurt receiv'd1 to apply himself to his good ,friend and ,neighbour1 ,sir ,kenelm ,digby1 who1 at that ,time was famous for the ,sympathetick-,powder1 begging his ,assistance in that painful ,extremity1 telling him1 that his ,surgeons were apprehensive of a ,gangrene4 ,,sir ,kenelm1 opening the ,wounds1 found a terrible ,case of it1 and a dangerous ,inflamation upon the ,part1 which1 ,mr4 ,howel acknowledg'd1 gave him such intolerable ,pain as was scarce supportable2 the ,knight1 ask'd him1 if he had any ,bandage with the ,blood upon it1 ,mr4 ,howel answer'd1 ,yes2 accordingly sent his ,servant for the bloody ,garter which had first bound up his ,wounds1 and deliver'd it to ,sir ,kenelm1 who1 calling for a ,bason of ,water1 went into his ,closet for a handful of his ,powder1 which he infus'd therein1 and then soak'd the ,garter in the same ,liquor2 whilst ,mr4 ,howel was talking with another ,gentleman1 at the further ,end of the ,room1 not knowing in the least what ,sir ,kenelm was doing1 who1 after he had bath'd the ,garter in the ,bason about a ,minute1 call'd to his ,patient and ask'd him how he found himself1 who answer'd1 ,so wonderful ,easy that the ,inflamation seems to be totally ,extinguish'd1 the ,pain quite gone off1 and my ,hand ,i find as cool and as much refresh'd1 as if it was wrap'd up in a wet ,napkin4 ,then1 reply'd the ,knight1 fling off your ,dressings1 meddle no more with ,plasters1 only keep your ,wounds clean and from the ,air1 and ,i doubt not1 but in a few ,days ,time1 ,i shall effectually ,cure you1 without putting you to any further ,trouble4 ,much ,comforted with this ,assurance1 ,mr4 ,howel took a thankful ,leave of ,sir ,kenelm1 and so departed4 ,,mr4 ,howel1 had not been gone above a ,quarter of an ,hour1 but the ,knight took the ,garter out of the ,liquor1 to dry it before the ,fire1 and carelesly hanging it a little too near1 the extraordinary ,heat1 by the ,concatination of ,effluvia's1 had such an ,effect upon the ,patient1 that he made as many wry ,faces as a ,cook that had burnt his ,fingers2 dispatching his ,servant1 with all imaginable ,expedition1 to let his ,doctor know what a ,condition he was relaps'd into4 ,,sir ,kenelm1 who presently conjectur'd the ,cause of this ,disaster1 smiling at the ,message the ,servant had deliver'd1 and snatching the ,garter from the ,fire1 told him1 that his ,master should be very ,easy by the ,time he could return to him1 which the ,footman1 by the acknowledgment of his ,master1 found to be true accordingly2 ,sir ,kenelm1 doing nothing more to work this change1 than cooling the wreaking ,garter by a speedy ,repetition of his former ,application2 so that1 without any further ,accident interposing1 the ,patient was thoroughly cur'd1 in five or six ,days ,time1 by this extraordinary ,method1 to the inexpressible ,admiration of all his ,majesty's ,surgeons4 ,,sir1 ,this is all1 at present1 ,i am at ,leisure to say in ,answer to your ,letter1 and ,i doubt you will think it enough too1 except more to the purpose3 ,what extraordinary ,cures you happen to perform by your new ,method1 ,i desire you will communicate to me as soon as you can conveniently1 for to hear of your ,success1 will be no little ,satisfaction to1 ,sir1 ,your assured ,friend and humble ,servant4 ,,finis4 ,illustration ,,postscript4 ,,the ,powder1 communicated to ,doctor ,campbel by his ,genius1 together1 with the ,use of the ,loadstone1 having wrought many wonderful ,cures upon other ,patients as well as himself2 this ,postscript is to acquaint the ,publick1 that any ,person labouring under one or more of the following ,calamities1 viz4 ,hypochondriacal1 ,hysterical1 ,epileptical1 ,convulsive1 or any other sort of ,fits that either ,sex can be subject to1 may be reliev'd1 after the same manner as aforemention'd2 at ,doctor ,campbel's ,house1 in ,buckingham-,court1 over against ,old ,man's ,coffee-,house at ,chairing-,cross1 where they may be readily furnish'd with his ,pulvis ,miraculosus1 and the finest sort of gyptian ,loadstones1 ready arm'd and fitted for the purpose1 which if apply'd and continu'd according to ,direction never fail of ,success4 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired4