A Full and True NARRATIVE OF ONE Elizabeth Middleton. A Roman-Catholick, Living in Gardeners-Lane, Westminster.  
Who Endeavouring to Turn the Late Hellish- PLOT on the Non-Conformists; thereby to Vindicate her own Sect, the Papists: Was before several Witnesses heard Impudently to Wish, That she might never see the Light: and that some Remarkable Judgement might light on her, if there were any such thing as a PLOT designed, or carried on by the roman-catholics, tending to the Destruction of the KING, or the Subversion of our Religion or Government.  
Which miserable Imprecation, by 〈…〉 Hand of Providence, fell on her within Two Days afterwards, she being not only according to her own Wish, totally Deprived of her Sight, but Visited also with a dangerous Fit of Sickness. In which sad Condition she yet remains to the terror of all-equivocating Papists, who dare be to impious as to make Imprecation contrary to their Knowledge and Conscience.  
Printed for F. T. in the Year, 1679.   

A Full and True Narrative of one Elizabeth Middleton, a Roman-Catholique, etc.  
THe Invincible Impudence of the roman-catholics, is not a little remarkable, in that they still continue to endeavour to possess us, that there is no such thing as a Popish Plot; no, not although there is hardly any of our senses but have informed us on the contrary; for, alas! have we not seen our Famous City flaming about our Ears? have we not felt their perfidious Swords plunged in our Protestant- Bosom's? have we not heard them fairly Tried, and found Guilty of the same Fact? have not our Forefathers tasted of, and we been threatened with their Poisonous Cups? and had not the Nostrils of the whole Land like to have been choked with the fatal stench of their Powder-Plot? But if after all this we will not credit our senses, to what 〈◊〉 were they given us:? what assurance have we that we Eat, Drink, Walk, or Sleep? or who shall be able to make Affidavit that he lives? for certainly there cannot be a firmer demonstration of any of these, Than that the roman-catholics are our inveterate enemies, and would cordially rejoice at our designed Ruin. Which that we may undoubtedly believe, and stand o● our honest Guard, Indulgent Heaven has been very industrious in affording us frequent evidences of their hate and Treachery, the unparallelled Murder of Sir Ed. B. Godfrey, had been of itself sufficient to depaint their Gild: But as if Providence had condescended to take a particular cognizance of our foolhardy incredulity: since then there has scarcely ever a Day passed over our heads which has not given us farther assurances of their Hellish Designs. And that we may be left without all hopes of excuse, the Almighty has been pleased farther to Evidence their perfidiousness, and our danger, by a Miracle wrought on one of their Religion, which for its Truth and Rarity, ought never to be forgotten, but to be preserved and hoarded up like the Egyptian-Manna, as a Relic fit to be delivered to Posterity, that our Successors, as well as ourselves, may see the Justice, as well as the Power of him that did it.  
THe Person on whom it was effected, was a Woman well stricken in years, and one who had imbibed so many of the Popish-Principles, that she was become a most Stickling Zealot in the Romish-Religion, and so passionate that she could not with any patience endure to hear any thing, either against it, or the professors of it, without running unto many extravagant expressions against those who opposed her; and this her infirmity was much more visible, because she happened to inhabit in a Lane where many Papists did likewise dwell, whose frequent Converse might in all probability increase her eagerness, and raise her Spirit in the defence of those Principles, into which (though she were subtly seduced) she so dearly loved. The name of the place of her abode, is called Gardeners-Lane, near Westminster; the Houses whereof are of an ancient low sort of timber-Building, and consequently the more dangerous if any Fire should either by design or accident happen therein. This it seems the Papists were very well acquainted withal, who according to the information of the Inhabitants thereabouts, had some time since condemned it to their merciless flames, and had so far proceeded to execution, that one of their Firehousing-Agents had got into a great Bakehouse at the upper end of it, with intention by setting the Bavens on fire, to consume the whole Lane, but by God's mercy he was strangely prevented, by falling (in the dark) against a Glass-window, and the Panes bursting out on the other side, alarmed a Maidservant of the house, who taking him only for a Thief, endeavoured to apprehend him, by crying out, Stop Thief. But though at that time he escaped, he has since by the confession of another whom he had employed about a like concern, been apprehended, and has been so ingenious as to confess the Fact.  
This narrow deliverance could not but possess the ●autious Inhabitants to be more careful for the time to come; and in order thereunto, to extirpate, o● Root out (as possible they may) as many of the aforesaid Papists as they could: at which this Woman Elizabeth Middleton, seemed more than ordinarily concerned, nor would be persuaded to desert the City, though his Majesty's Royal Proclamation had been exhibited to that purpose. But she obstinate in her own ways, seemed to take no Notice thereof; but stayed at her usual habitation, openly proclaiming her opinion, and boldly commending those Principles, and vindicating the practisers thereof, insomuch that she was at length taken notice of by Authority, which according to the usual method followed in those cases, proceeded to render her a Papist Convict, in order to the farther Execution of the Law, long since provided for such Recusants.  
But nothing could stop the fierce current of this Woman's incorrigableness; she continued as malapert and bold as ever: and once about a fortnight since, it was her fortune to go into a Neighbours Victualling. House, known by the Sign of the Sun and Phoenix, in the same Lane, and not above four Doors off her own home: there she fell afresh to the aspersing of Non-conformists, and the aserting the Loyalty and Innocence of those of the Romish Religion. It could not be imagined but at such a juncture as this is, she should meet with some that opposed her, whom she patiently resisting, was by the Nervous strength of their reason, brought to the contrary of what she said, screwed up to such an excess of extravagent passion, that at last in a very concerned posture, she openly wished, That she might never see the Light, and that some Remarkable judgement might fall on her (for an Example) if there were any such thing as a Plot Designed, or carried on by the roman-catholics, tending to the Destruction of the King, or the Subversion of our Religion or Government. There is no question but when she spoke this hideous Imprecation, she imagined she might digest it with as much ease, and less harm, than others of her persuasion swallow Oaths, Tests and Sacraments, in attestation of their Loyalty, when they intent nothing but Bloodshed and Sedition; But God will not always be Mocked, and though his Vengeance comes but seldom, yet it comes sure, and he will be Glorified either in afflicting us and making us thereby immediate and open Examples of his displeasure: or else in preserving us and rendering us the happy Subjects of his care and Providence. This truth is Remarkable by those dispensations which the Almighty thought in his infinite wisdom, fit to lay on this rash woman, who must necessarily know that either her asseverations were not true, and so it was but just that her own Imprecations should fall on her, or else that she was ignorant in the thing she so confidently affirmed, and so ought not to have challenged God at so high a rate, to inflict his Judgements upon her if it were not true.  
Had she but thought of this, she might in all humane probability have escaped those dreadful judgements which seized her but Two days afterwards, for then according to her wish, she was strucken stark Blind, insomuch that when many of her neighbours went to visit her, she knew them by their Voices, but could not in the least distinguish who they were by her eyes or sight, being by her own acknowledgement stark blind; and being told of her rashness in making the aforesaid asseveration, she was heard to answer to no other purpose than this; Viz. That God was a just God, and would not be mocked. But Heaven thought not Blindness alone a sufficient penalty for so great an Impiety, and therefore added to it a dangerous fit of Sickness, with both of which, she remains miserably afflicted to this day.  
And now behold honest Reader, the sad effects of Popish presumption, and the miserable condition of Popish Proselytes, who if they can by any clandestine or daring Impiety, outbrave Mankind, think that God takes no notice of them; but let such take warning by this unhappy Example, and knew that if for such Sins they escape here, yet he will certainly light on them, and punish them hereafter.  
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POSTSCRIPT.  
If any one questions the Truth of this Narrative, let them Repair to the Prementioned Sign of the Sun and Phoenix in Gardeners-Lane, near Westminster, and the Man of the House who is a sufficiant Honest sober Protestant, will give them Satisfaction.  
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