A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, (lame almost ever since she was born,) on Sunday the 26th of November 1693 : with the affidavits and certificates of the girl, and several other credible and worthy persons, who knew her both before and since her being cured : to which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood to the Right Honourable the Lady Mayoress, upon that subject.

Date:
1787
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Credit: A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, (lame almost ever since she was born,) on Sunday the 26th of November 1693 : with the affidavits and certificates of the girl, and several other credible and worthy persons, who knew her both before and since her being cured : to which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood to the Right Honourable the Lady Mayoress, upon that subject. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    This being fo, we wiil now proceed to give you the Character of our Witneffes. We yet cannot pafs a true Judgment on the Difpofition and Manners of a Girl of Marie Maillard’s Age; Infancy is moft com- monly divided between little Paftimes and Diverlions, and at 13 Years old we feldom have anyThoughts of God, and of regulating the Way of our Lives ; yet this we may fay, that the Girl we fpeak of is to be excepted ■out of this Rule; and whether the Condi- tion of a Refugee obliged her Parents to . fpeak oftner to her of God, than otherwife perhaps they might have done, or elfe the Difeourfes that were made her to comfort her concerning her Deformity, touched her Heart, it is certain that this Girl bath dif- covered a great Deal more of Religion, than is ordinarily feen in a riper Age : She is very well inftrudted in the firft Rudi- ments of the Chriftian Religion, and fhe has for her Years a competent Knowledge of the Holy S;criptures. This, I think, is fufficient for our firft Witnefs. The fecond is Mademoifelle de Laulani She is an honeft Gentlewoman, who hath always had a very, good Reputation ; fire lived a confiderable Time in the Family of Madam de Turenne, thafincomparable Prin- cefs, who was lefs illuftrious in her high Birth,* and Rank fhe had in the World, B . than * She was the only Daughter of the Duke de la Forcc^