A LETTER Sent into FRANCE to the Lord DUKE of BUCKINGHAM His Grace: OF A GREAT MIRACLE wrought by a piece of a Handkerchefe, dipped in His Majesties blood.  
The Truth whereof, he himself saw, and is ready to depose it, and doth believe will be attested by 500. others, if occasion requires.  
Imprinted in the year, 1649.   

A LETTER, Sent to a Noble Lord of this, K●●gdome, from an E●… DIVINE.  
Most Excellent Sir:  
THAT your Lordship may not bee a Stranger to those things which have come to pass here in these our days, since the death of our Gracious sovereign Lord, King CHARLES; I shall make bold to begin this my Letter unto you( most Excellent Sir) in the Words and Preface( with a little alteration) of Saint LUKE to his Gospel.  
Forasmuch as many have set forth, and privately discoursed of those things which are most surely believed amongst us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye and ear Witnesses of them. It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of those things from the very first, to writ unto you in order, most Excellent Lord, that you may know the certainty of those things, which I have both heard and seen.  
I Was desired by a Noble Knight, a Kinsman of mine, after he had related to me a Miracle which he had seen done at DEDFORD near LONDON, to go thither to know the truth of it, and to witness it under my hand for the greater confirmation of it, that thereby it might bee the more credibly believed amongst Strangers; whereupon I went thither to the house of one mistress BAYLY, the Wife of CHARLES BAYLY, who related it to me as it followeth, which I writ down verbatim, as near as I could, from her and her daughters own mouth( in the presence of Mr. THOMAS BRET, an Ancient Gentleman of known truth and integrity) and then I red it over to them, and they confessing the truth of it, the Mother set her hand unto it, her Daughter her Mark, and Mr. BRET subscribed his name as a Witness to it.  

This my Daughter about a year and a half after her birth was troubled with a swelling under her Chin, and a flux of rheum in her eyes, for the removal and cure whereof I used all the means I could; but shee continued still in the same case: at last I procured a water from one Mrs. ARNOLD, which being applied to her eyes, diverted the humour from thence; so as they being pretty well, it fell into her lips, which thereupon swelled grievously, and then about a month after it returned into her eyes again, whereupon both her eyes and lips were extremely ill, the swelling in her neck still continuing, and at last shee was absolutely blind in her right eye for twelve months, and then it fell into the left eye after that manner, that she could scarce discern the light of a Candle; some telling me that it was the Kings evil, others doubting of it; I never sought for remedy by a touch from the hand of His Sacred Majesty while He was living; at last the Saturday after his death, I went to Mr. FRANCIS coal his house a Woollen Draper at the black lion at Pauls chain, whose Journey-man gave me a little piece of a Handkerchefe that was dip't in the Kings blood, and then returning home, it came into my mind that many Miracles had been done by Handkerchefes or Aprons, which were brought from PAULS body to the sick; as I had red, Acts 19. v. 12. whereupon I stroked my Daughters eyes, and the swelling under her chin with it, which presently was much better then before, and mended every day; at last through forgetfulness I neglected the application of it for a Night, and then the next day she was almost as ill as ever she was before in her eyes; whereupon I used it again, and it hath helped her, and she is now perfectly recovered, as you see, in her eyes, and the swelling under her chin is almost gone, the colour of her flesh is recovered, and the pain totally gone: with this small piece of a Handkerchefe was all this done, which many have desired of me; but, although I am but a poor woman, and of mean condition, I protest I will not sell it for forty pounds.  
MARY BAYLY the Mother of the child. The mark[ M] of MARY BAYLY, the child that is cured, who is about fourteen yeares of Age.  
All this was related, confessed, and subscribed in the presence of me,  
THOMAS BRET.   
ANd now, Excellent Sir, I shall crave leave to make the same profession, that ANNAS the high Priest, and CAIPHAS did when they saw what was done by PETER, Acts 4.16.  
It is manifest that a notable miracle hath been done, and we cannot deny it, but must confess( as our Saviour did of the man that was born blind, Joh. 9.3.) the works of God are manifest in this child by this miraculous cure: For my part therefore I cannot but aclowledge( and here I shall make bold to express myself almost in the same manner that NICODEMUS did unto our Saviour,) that his Sacred Majesty( now with God) was a physician that was sent from God; for the relics of no man could do such miracles, except God had been with him, John 3.2. And I hope it may be lawful for me to say, as Saint Peter did, Acts 2.22. that he was a man approved of God by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God had done by him. As then the blind man in the Gospel, John 9.30.  told the Pharisees, that it was a marvelous thing, that they should not know from whence his physician was, who had opened his eyes: so shall I from henceforth tell any man that doubts of our sovereigns being with, and coming from God, that I marvel at him, since this relic( with Gods blessing) hath opened the eyes of a child that was blind, which ought to stop the mouths of all those railing RABSHAKAH'S, Tumule quos sensimus hostes, who have lately standred the footsteps of the Lords Anointed, and endeavoured to kill him in his grave. This one miracle( not now to speak of his sanctified life, and unimitable expression of himself in his most divine book, which shows, though he were bodily here, yet his conversation was still in Heaven) may make it apparent( since it will be attested by so many hundreds of Brethren) to all good Christians, who will not wilfully blindefold themselves that he is returned to God( who gave and sent him out of his especial favour unto us) and that he is now a Saint in Heaven. And that your Lordship may also, after this painful life is ended, reign with him there, shall ever be the prayer of  
Your Excellencies most humble servant, G. I.   
Barbara Pyramidum sileat miracula Memphis. 

Let Rome no longer boast of Garnets straw,  
Nor Beckets blood, for what I lately saw  
Done by a crimson relic of King Charles,  
Outshines their feigned miracles and charms,  
As much as Phoebus in his pride at noon,  
Outshines the twinkling stars, and darkened moon.   
MAY it please you( Excellent Sir) to know that I am informed there have been many others cured by his Majesties blood, which will be attested by people of most eminent quality; but in regard I can onely be deposed of the truth of this particular, I have onely made mention thereof; but concerning the rest, I believe that suddenly( Excellent Sir) you will have a true and certain Certificate.