Strange and wonderful news of the birth of a monstrous child with two heads, and three arms which was lately born at Attenree, in the county of Meath, in Ireland.
         E. B.
      
       
         
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             Strange and wonderful news of the birth of a monstrous child with two heads, and three arms which was lately born at Attenree, in the county of Meath, in Ireland.
             E. B.
          
           1 sheet ([2]) p.
           
             Printed for John Smith,
             London :
             1685
          
           
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           Strange
           and
           Wonderful
           News
           Of
           the
           BIRTH
           of
           a
           Monstrous
           CHILD
           With
           Two
           HEADS
           ,
           and
           Three
           ARMS
           ,
           Which
           was
           lately
           Born
           at
           
             ATTENREE
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             MEATH
             ,
          
           IN
           IRELAND
           .
        
         
           
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ianuary
              
               the
               31
               
                 th
                 .
              
               1684
               /
               5.
               
            
          
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           YOU
           may
           remember
           I
           made
           you
           a
           promise
           ,
           That
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           had
           a
           sight
           of
           that
           
             Monstrous
             Birth
          
           mentioned
           in
           a
           former
           Letter
           ,
           I
           would
           send
           you
           a
           particular
           Relation
           of
           it
           :
           And
           yesterday
           it
           being
           exposed
           next
           door
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           accordingly
           took
           time
           to
           view
           every
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           made
           my
           particular
           observations
           on
           every
           point
           needful
           to
           be
           remembred
           .
           It
           hath
           two
           Heads
           upon
           two
           well-proportion'd
           Necks
           :
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           bigness
           of
           any
           Child
           of
           a
           quarter
           or
           half
           a
           year
           old
           ;
           fair
           and
           large
           ,
           well-proportion'd
           and
           comly
           Faces
           ,
           with
           Hair
           upon
           each
           of
           the
           Heads
           ;
           not
           the
           least
           defect
           (
           as
           I
           could
           perceive
           )
           either
           in
           Eyes
           ,
           Noses
           ,
           Ears
           ,
           or
           Mouths
           .
           The
           Shoulders
           are
           as
           large
           as
           a
           Child
           of
           two
           or
           three
           years
           of
           age
           ,
           proportion'd
           to
           bear
           two
           Heads
           .
           I
           had
           a
           long
           Pipe
           that
           I
           was
           smoaking
           in
           ,
           which
           I
           laid
           across
           between
           the
           Shoulders
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           to
           be
           seven
           Inches
           by
           measure
           and
           better
           in
           
           breadth
           on
           the
           back
           ,
           from
           one
           Shoulder
           to
           the
           other
           .
           Between
           the
           two
           Necks
           (
           which
           stand
           at
           a
           proportionable
           distance
           )
           there
           grows
           out
           an
           Arm
           ,
           with
           an
           Hand
           ,
           with
           all
           its
           Fingers
           and
           Nails
           ,
           ascending
           upright
           between
           the
           two
           Heads
           ,
           and
           is
           a
           full
           hands
           breadth
           (
           if
           not
           more
           )
           higher
           than
           the
           Heads
           .
           The
           upper-part
           of
           the
           Body
           is
           very
           thick
           ,
           but
           downwards
           is
           much
           smaller
           ,
           and
           it
           hath
           two
           Arms
           and
           two
           Legs
           as
           in
           other
           Bodies
           ,
           duly
           plac'd
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           but
           slender
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           longer
           (
           in
           my
           apprehension
           )
           than
           the
           usual
           length
           .
           They
           have
           all
           the
           Fingers
           and
           Toes
           as
           others
           have
           ,
           with
           Nails
           upon
           them
           .
           It
           hath
           the
           Privy-parts
           of
           a
           Male-Child
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Relation
           they
           appear
           to
           have
           been
           two
           distinct
           Conceptions
           ;
           for
           there
           was
           two
           Hearts
           found
           in
           that
           single
           Trunk
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           other
           inwards
           ;
           and
           I
           perceived
           there
           was
           a
           difference
           in
           the
           size
           of
           the
           Heads
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           Faces
           did
           seem
           to
           me
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           be
           Male
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Female
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           given
           you
           as
           exact
           an
           account
           as
           I
           could
           bear
           away
           of
           this
           Prodigious
           Birth
           .
           It
           was
           born
           about
           ten
           days
           since
           at
           a
           place
           called
           
             Attenree
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Barony
           of
           
             Kelly
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Meath
          
           ;
           the
           Parents
           but
           poor
           people
           ,
           the
           Father
           a
           holder
           of
           the
           Plough
           ,
           and
           the
           Mother
           a
           young
           Woman
           ,
           this
           being
           her
           first
           Child
           .
           When
           I
           saw
           the
           bigness
           of
           the
           Heads
           and
           breadth
           of
           the
           Shoulders
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           stand
           and
           admire
           how
           it
           was
           possible
           for
           a
           Woman
           to
           bring
           it
           forth
           ,
           and
           live
           ;
           for
           the
           Mother
           is
           still
           living
           ,
           though
           very
           weak
           ,
           but
           the
           Child
           was
           Still-born
           .
        
         
           A
           Gentlewoman
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           a
           Friend
           of
           hers
           ,
           a
           Surgeon
           ,
           not
           long
           since
           was
           employed
           to
           open
           a
           Child
           that
           was
           born
           with
           two
           Heads
           .
           But
           of
           a
           different
           nature
           to
           this
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           all
           in
           peace
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           and
           our
           Weather
           very
           open
           ,
           having
           had
           some
           Rain
           ,
           but
           not
           very
           cold
           .
           This
           is
           all
           at
           present
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             affectionate
             Servant
             ,
             
               E.
               B.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             LONDON
          
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Smith
             ,
          
           1685.