A wonderfull preservation.

MAster Patricke Oneale, Servant to Sir William Clotwerthy, being the first discoverer of that divelish Plot of I reason by the Rebels in Ireland, com­ming from thence, being well rewarded for his good Service; repayred into England, where in London he hath since lodged, at the [Page 3]signe of the George, neere Barnerds Jnne, in Holborne, and is now made a Captaine, and to goe in the Irish Fxpedition, in the interim he entertained into his Service an Irish Youth, who fained himselfe to be a Barber, which Youth was soone inveigled by some Popish Priests heere in towne, to murther his sayd Master, for which he should be pardo­ned by the Pope their holy Father, the young man was soone drawne on to act mis­cheife, in regard as the Priest; told him it was a meritorious Act to make him away, who was the hinderer of that great designe that was to be effected in Ireland, he was al­so perswaded to make away Sir Iohn Clotworthy, by strewing poyson on his meat, the day was prefixed for the acting of this hellish, and diabolicall Act, but marke the hand of God in the timely preventing thereof, for this Boy went to a Countrywoman of his, a Maid Ser­vant in Drewry Lane, to whom hee tould his full mind and intent, thinking shee had beene a Romish Catholique, but shee was other­waies, and declared the truth to her Mistris, how he should have done it, and fained him­selfe to be drunke, all which was timely dis­covered to the Gentleman, and the Boy now lyes in Newgate, to answer for it at the Sessions.

A Wonderfull Accident.

ABout a quarter of a myle from the Bridge at Mayden-head, up­on the right hand, on the side of a Hill was an ancient House standing among a Thicket of Trees, which house hath of a long time beene inhabited by Papists, and a great shelter for Priests and Seminaries, who have there con­tinually lurked, and now of late the Jnhabi­tant of the said House being a great Papist, did procure a place to be made under the Hill and House, by digging many large Vaults and Sellers, wherein he did store many Horses, Armes, Ammunition, Powder and Shot, with the like Engines of Warre, for what use may be easily conjectured, in regard of the ill successe by many such Hellish Plots and Practises, which had not God prevented might have fallen upon us, but our God, which never faileth his that trust in him, can and will in his good time bring all their imagina­tions to nought, for while they were lately ex­traordinarily imployed in their Divelish un­dermining Plots, and disposing of the Gun­powder in these Cells, the hand of God brought all to confusion, both Man, Wo­men, Children, Beasts and all, one with an­other, for by the Powder taking fire all was [Page 5]blowne up into the Ayre, where now is no­thing left but a dreadfull Spectacle of so mi­serable a Confusion.

The truth of this was fully confirmed by a sufficient honest man, the Clarke of the Pa­rish of White Waltham neere adjoyning, who was an eye witnesse thereof.

A strange Birth.

THat there have beene many strange and prodigious Births, brought forth from time, to time, yet in these latter Ages, none more monstrous and wonderfull, then this which was lately produced from the body of one Mistresse Hide neere Fullers Rents in high Holborne, in the Parish of St. Andrewes, it was a Male Child, borne dead, having a Seame dented from the crowne of the head, to the bottome of his fore-head instead of the eyes, the appearance of two blathers of blood, and which was most won­derfull, it had a double row of Teeth in ei­ther Jaw, both above and below, the Gumes standing as full as they could hold,' which bred a great astonishment, and much amaze­ment to all beholders.