A wonderful And Strange Miracle OR God's Just Vengeance against the Cavaliers Declaring how Mr. Andrew Stonsby, a Cavalier under the Command of the Lord Mohone at Listelleth in Cornwall, at the sign of the Dolphin, drank a health to the devil.  
Daring him to come and pledge him, with many blasphemmous imprecations.  
Also how the devil appeared to him at that instant, so that he was distracted, and died raving and blaspheming, to the terror and amazement of all the behoulders.  
Attested by 

Mr. Adam Nicholson, Cler. P. & Co.  
Mr. Dudley Silvester, Clericus.  
Mr. William Holsonford, master of the inn,   And many other sufficient and well-affected Gentlemen.  
From Listelleth, Octobar the 30th. 1642.  
LONDON Printed for HENRY Hutton 1642.   

A wonderful And strange Miracle OR God's Vengeance against the Cavaliers.  
Sir,  
IN return of your last news, i shall make bold to inform you of some unusual passages that lately happened in our town of Listelleth, it was our fortune, ill fortune i may call it, to have some two hundred of the Cavaliers billeted in our town, those sons of Belial, whose wickedness is so great that words cannot ex press it, these inhuman caterpillars for better epithet thy deserve not being billeted in our town, the chief unbrideled roarers, to the number of thirty five were billeted in the chief inn of the town, in a very honest religious man's house, for such is our misery we dare deny them nothing, neigh and glad they will be pleased to take it, that so we may save our houses from being fired and our bodies unmaslacred, it being indeed their whole delight to exercise cruelty upon those that are well-affected to the King and Parliament, to be brief, in this man's House the roisters were calling (as is their customary use) for what even the House could afford, so they had indeed was not sit only to satisfy, but also to superfluity, having sild their ungodly paunches, upon the goods of this honest man, they began withal those horrid imprecations they are used to utter, to call him Rogue and rascal,, and Roundhead, telling him that he went about to starve them because they were Cavaliers, the man of a good honest patient spirit, entreated them to be quiet, and told them nothing should be wanting that he could procure for their content, than flew out oaths as thick as hailstones like an impetuous storm from the mouth of the most deboyst Cavalier that he would have a Sea of drink, a wilderness of tobacco, and ten Legions of Whores, what Company if this wretch might have had his wish, had he provided for his own destruction, a Sea of drink, that Leviathan-like he might swill himself to death in his own Ellement, i cannot choose but comment on his detestable Phrases, A wilderness of tobacco, that he might lose his soul in those misty vapours of that Jndian devil, ten Legions of Whores, that lulled in the lap of sensuality, he might dally himself into damnation, oh most intemperate wretch, Sollomon the wisest and richest King that ever was, had but a thousand yet they made him become an Jdollater.  
And i believe, might I appeal to the conscience of the most luxurious man now living, he would ingeniously confess the truth of this assertion, that one Strumpet by her wiles and false allurements, has unmanned him of his best part, his reason and left him to the mercy of her devouring appetite; i doubt i have exceeded the customary bounds of a Letter, but i hope not the limits of your patience, for though the subject be bad, yet in some part to defect those vices is not amiss, that that advice may serve as a Bovy, to give warning to the approaching mariner, that so he may avoid the danger, i have extended this discourse, and now must fall upon that which is most fearful to the apprehension of you or any other Christian. Some volleys of unaccustomed oaths being shot up to heaven, that they might the sooner pull down vengeance on his own head, he begun to advance his horrid voice among them, craving attention and silence, that he might be heard my masters quoth he. I begin a health to the devil, and I would fain see who dare pledge me, but the rest of his company though they were steeped in Wine, began to shrink back, and look one upon another, as fearing the even, when he redoubling his damnable resolution, cried out, if none dare pledge me, let the devil come and do it himself, the word was no sooner spoken, but a damp faint air begun to move in the room, and an unacquainted person stood in the midst of them,, who said with a terrible and hideous voice, Andrew Stonesby i am here, immediately all his Company fled from him and the misserable man was left alone, where after some quarter of an hour of an hour of terrible noise, the man of the House, Master Silvester our Minister, and the other persons here mentioned, adventured into the room, where they found the miserable wretch laid grovelling on the ground, raving and blaspheming, and so he continued for the space of a day and a night, and afterward died raging and blaspheming against God, and cursing the Roundheads. Let this serve as a warning to the rest of that Crew, that they mend their manners, for fear God's Vengeance fall in like manner upon them, so having troubled you to long I take leave to rest,  
Your loving Friend John Hadfred Listelleth, October, the 30th. 1642.  
We whose names are here subscrbed were eye witnesses of this fearful spectacle.  


Adam Nicholson. Cler. P.  
Dudley Silvester, Clericus.  
William Holtonford, Master of the said House    
FINIS.