A full and True ACCOUNT Of a Strange APPARITION, THAT too Months last past hath frequently Appeared and Haunted the House of Mr. S—ge in ●HERREY-TREE-ALLEY, NEAR … hill-Fields, by the Artillery-wall, in the County of Middlesex.  
●T is very frequent amongst the Multitude to disbelieve those things of which their own Eyes were never Witnesses: upon which Ac●●●nt any thing that is Novel seems so far from ●●uth, that scarce one in a Thousand will give ●●edit thereunto, and more especially in that 〈◊〉 Apparitions; of which the following Accounted is so Notorious, that it is enough to con●●uce Infidelity itself. And that no Person ●●atsoever (even in this Incredulous Age) may ●●●ke Scurple to believe the same, he need only give himself the trouble to repair to the place in the Title directed, and he shall have sufficient Satisfaction to clear all his Doubts touching the same; the true Relation whereof follows.  
The House now in the Possession of Mr. S—ge, in the place aforesaid, was in the late dreadful Sickness in London, commonly made use of as a Pest-house, for the more Gentile sort of Persons, who would not expose themselves to the general House made use of for that purpose: And as most People conclude, the Persons that then kept the same, did not so fairly use such as were their Patients; insomuch, as it is credibly reported that after the Death of a Gentleman of a good Quality, who there departed this Life, the House was usually Haunted, and the Persons who then lived therein were so mu●h Affrighted with the usual Appearance of a certain Apparition, that they were forced to get Ministers and others who undertook to Lay and quiet the same for some time, which being since expired, for about two or three months' last past the same hath again Appeared, and so Affrighted the Master and the rest of his Family, that the same is now become public, and grown so familiar with all the House, that they see it with much less Astonishment then when it ●●●st Appeared; and what quiets them the more 〈◊〉 that no Person of the Family hath received the ●●ast Detriment thereby, and though sometimes it ●ay Appear in several shapes, as that of a Man 〈◊〉 Dog, yet as it is Harmless, they now scarce ●●ar it; the Report of which hath encouraged ●●veral Persons to Attempt the Lodging in the ●●d House, and particularly one who pretended to be a Cunning-Man, who with two or three ●ore undertook to come one Night and ●●atch the same Appearance: in order where●●to having laid in some Bottles of Wine and 〈◊〉 good Fire made, they sat up: but being told 〈◊〉 some Persons that for their further security 〈◊〉 was the best way to lay two Swords a cross at 〈◊〉 entrance of the Door, and that then though 〈◊〉 Apparition might appear, it would not enter 〈◊〉 Room; and so accordingly the same fell 〈◊〉, for that about twelve or one of the Clock 〈◊〉 could see the same pass by and look into 〈◊〉 Room where they were, yet did it not presume to enter thereinto, whereby they had ●●e satisfaction of proving the Truth of what ●●ey came to see: without the further fear or ●●arer approach of the Apparition then the passage before the Door, in their view as aforesaid: yet did not the same so patiently deal with tho●● who were the Servants of the House, and 〈◊〉 above Stairs, for that being disappointed belo● it went up Stairs into the Garret, where the Servants lay and pulled the  from their Bed●▪ whereby it put them to so great an Astonishment that they never were before so Affrighted therewith, which being told amongst some of the Neighbours they were very inquisitive of the Truth of the story, and one that was a Maid Servant in the House next adjoining thereunto, being in herself persuaded that there was no Truth in the Relation, did so far prevail wit● Mr. S—ge, that the next Night she was admitted to Lodge in the House, and being very Confident, went to Bed all alone; yet having from the former Relation some sort of Apprehension, she kept her Candle alight and shut h●● Door fast to her: Yet notwithstanding all th● Confidence and Presumption, about the usu●● time of the Appearance the same entered into the Room, and coming near to the Bedside Habited like a Country Gentleman, he dre● the Curtains and laid his Hands on the Bedcloth● and by degrees pulled off first the upper Rugg and then the Blankets, which she percieveingshe pulled the same to her again and contended for ●he Mastery till at last the Ghost became so Of●●●●ed in the Contest that he insensibly pinched 〈◊〉 bruised her, that the next Morning when 〈◊〉 came to report the Truth of what she had 〈◊〉 and felt the same appeared as well in her ●●nishment and Bruises, which made her Black 〈◊〉 Blue from the Elbows to the Shoulders, as ●●at she reported and complained of. And 〈◊〉 this may not appear strange, I would not 〈◊〉 e any Person censure the same till he be fur … satisfied therein: Nor would I be so Presumptuous to put the same upon the World, and ●●●reby to cheat them with a Falsity, had I not ●●●●icient Satisfaction thereof, and that from the inhabitants themselves, who have often seen the 〈◊〉: Nor is the place where the scene of this ●●ir is laid so far off, but that any Person in 〈◊〉 Hours time may satisfy himself of the Truth ●●●●eof: In which Relation I am come so far ●●t of the particulars that no Person upon injury but will meet with the Relation far more ●●ply than here set down, and more particularly is reported by the Master of the House, that 〈◊〉 Apparition aforesaid very often comes into 〈◊〉 Chamber and took his  off the Bed, ●●gs his Money and other things about the ●●re, but though this hath often times happened, yet he never lost any thing, nor was his Wa … damaged in the least, and upon the sight ●●●●●of, though he calls out, yet will not the same departed but if his Wife chances to see it and Shrieks 〈◊〉 presently Disappears and rambles into the Garret, where the Servants are sure to be Trouble● and Affrighted therewith: And moreover 〈◊〉 hath been credibly said, that in the Yard ther● hath been sometimes seen, and often heard 〈◊〉 Coach to drive about the Yard, insomuch tha● a great Mastif which was kept for the Security thereof, hath continually How led every Night to the disturbance of all the Neighbourhood▪ and is since almost pined away: and the nex● Neighbour in the House adjoining hath been several times waked by the noise of Groans and Howl, and hath risen from his Bed, to loo● out of the Window, where he hath upon th● Ridge of the House perceived to his Astonishment the shape of a great Dog, and notwithstanding all the calling and noise he could make, the same would not stir from the said Place● Let not therefore the World be still Incredulous of Reports of this Nature, and think themselves Cheated in this till they have some proof to the contrary, this being not the first Accounted of Apparitions of this kind, but many other● have been made Evident from the Learned … ed Pen of Mr. Glanvile; many of which I 〈◊〉 herein ennumerate would the narrowness ●●is Sheet contain the same: In which for 〈◊〉 Readers better satisfaction I would refer him 〈◊〉 ●hat Ingenuous Author before mentioned, 〈◊〉 hath not only given instances of the like apparitions in several remarkable Stories and ●●●ations of the same, but hath also proved the ●●●h thereof against the Infidelity of all Deni … whatsoever. And it is further intended by 〈◊〉 Master of the House that he will obtain the … ur of some Divines to set up and speak to 〈◊〉 Apparition, whereby the same may be qui … in that it is very Troublesome to the ●●ole Family: and the Person who now lives 〈◊〉 the said House hath laid out for the co … cy of his Trade several hundred Pounds ●●●●eupon.  
FINIS.   

LONDON, ●●●●ted by G. C. for J. Cox, at the Blue-Ball in Thames-street, over against Baynard's Castle. 1685.