Casebooks

RN she was strangly taken w^th her sicknes & a shak{ing} in her right arme. Sept 21. ♀. h 4. p m 1610. {illeg} held her two houres. & th{en} tooke her a sonday being 23{illeg} in the after noone afore sone set & held all y^t ni{ght} vntill ten the next daye h. 4. p m 16i0

RN Decēb 22. ☉ h. 2. 40|5| p m 1622 swounded & fomed & his mouth Drawen backward. & at night had another fit & this swounded 4 tymes yesterd daye

RN first of all taken in his bed w^th a great heavynes in his head Aug 3. ☾ h. 7 ant m 1629

first taken w^th an aguish fit

RN Mres Sara Wheelows first taken Ian 23 h|☉| 4 \3. 30/ 11. 30 30 p |ant| m 1631 |of Collingtree 2 myles frō Northāpton|

strangly taken w^th strang fits lifting her vp as on shaken w^th a shaking Ague w^th a great hart beating |was p^rsent|

RN a rising vp ready to choake her voydeth vp flegme & blood & swoundeth often sinc last night about nine & cānot speake feb 2. ☿ h. 9 p m 163i |body swelled| /speachles\ /An Impost feared\ |neav^r had child|

RN was first strangly taken feb 28. ♂ h. 9. p m 1632.

fell downe dead & had 2 or 3 fits in an houres & will \doth/ quake skreame & crye

feb 28 ♂ h. 8 40 \30/ p m 1632 /of all tes body & toes\

RN Susan Blundle {illeg} 1597 was grevously handled w^th a disease w^ch taketh her every saterday since it began to take her w^c was not vntill this yeare 1597 & towards the latter end of Ian. shee was greeved therw^th on feb. the 12 of feb{r} betwixt on & two in the mor:¹ shee is as on dead & sowneth 2 or 3 times togeath^r. or a litle after midnight betwixt 12. & on. it tooke her cōmonly in her sleepe./

RN This strang fit of y^e ague tooke Sept 22 ☿ h. 6. 40 p m 1630 |it tooke her yest in great extremity feb malig|

RN Thomas Pryer taken strangly. Iuly 20. h {sic} hor. 11. p m. 1605. w^th a feare & a quaking calling vppon god for mercye.

RN Cicely Cowden of Newp. 15 y Iune 24. h {sic} hor 5. 20 p m 1615

at this tyme her laughing frentick fittꝭ began.

RN Alce Knight of newp 18 f|y| feb 14. ☿ h. 13 ♂ h. 10 10 30 ant m 1621 sudenly taken w^th skyking fits cry & take on grevously /this was the third tyme troubled w^th the kings evill.\

RN Edward Mashe of Brodwell 17 y a weeke before S^t Thomas Day on thursday night about mydnight troubled w^th a voyding of nutch {sic} blood a pynt at a tyme was brused w^th a horse & had a fall frō a cart, & had many waxing kernels.

RN Susan Blundell toke her fit by some foolish vision & sight at what time she laughed & sawe Goody Greene & goody Nichols flinging of trenchers & when it tooke her as they say shee cryed out vppon Goody Barnwell. the 13 of Novemb. die ♄. h noctis circ 12 1596.

Susan Blundell

RN It tooke Iohn Odyll Decēmb 9 ☾ in extremely. about 8. 30 ant m 1622 had it before but thē in great extremely & swounded. & so did onc or twice before & fomed & draweth his mouth.

RN on thursd last about 9 in y^e morning tooke it Ian 16. ♃. h. 9. ant m 1623¹

RN B{illeg}|r|idens Daghter 12. y. Iue {sic} 7. {illeg}|☾|. h. 11. 20 ant. m. 1624.

Bridens child fell sick May 22 ♂ h. 6. 30 p|a|nt m m {sic} 1624

left syde stitch begā first on the right arm

RN taken last night agayne w^th a sodyne frighting making her wild & ready to goe out of her wits. March. 7. ☾ h 12. p m 163i.

RN was first taken the 4 of march ☾ h 4. 30 ant m 1633.

RN Iuly 10 first taken of late w^th a gydynes ☉ 27 ♋ ☾ h 8 ant m & Iuly 22 ♃ ☾ in ♓ h. 9 ant m w^th a gydynes & could neyther stand nor goe

RN Mres Ans fit tooke her Ian. 14. ☾ h. hor 2. p. m. 1633

horrible str{ā}g fits of \the/ motherSRN