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A67363	The tragical history of Jetzer, or A faithful narrative of the feigned visions, counterfeit revelations, and false miracles of the Dominican fathers of the covent of Berne in Switzerland, to propagate their superstitions for which horrid impieties, the prior, sub-prior, lecturer, and receiver of the said covent were burnt at a stake, Anno Dom. 1509 / collected from the records of the said city by the care of Sir William Waller, Knight ; translated from his French copy by an impartial pen ...	Waller, William, Sir, d. 1699.; Impartial pen.	1679 (1679)	Wing W548; ESTC R18749	85,978	50

and thereby to gain if possible and unquestionable demonstration of the reality of her appearance The next time therefore she appeared He very confidently spits three times in her face and that it might be more effectual he added In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Thinking wisely that the Devil being a passionate Spirit he would never endure such a high affront But the Virgin answer'd him with singular mildness Dear brother It becomes us to try the Spirits whether they be of God and therefore thou hast not sinned by this thy act Now though Jetzer was abundantly satisfied in this matter fully believing that this was indeed the V. Mary yet they had cunningly put it into his head to know the true difference between good and evil Spirits The four Engineers therefore with the Prior of Basil to put all things for ever out of question and that Jetzer might arrive at a plerophory in the case had provided them of a Wafer so artificially died of a flesh colour by one Lazarus Dandalus a crafty young knave of their own Order that might have imposed upon a more discerning person than such a Blockhead as Jetzer This Dandalus you must understand was originally a Jew but at last was baptized and enter'd into the Order of the Dominicans under which Mask he practised his Villanies more securely till the Civil Magistrate in the end at Lipsick burnt him for his Rogueries At present he was a proper tool for these holy Fathers The Prior of Basil for his share in the Plott had sent to his Covent for some Wafers made twice as thick as the ordinary ones which this Dandalus coloured so artificially that the Fathers promised themselves rare success in their designed enterprize And now they address themselves once again to Jetzer telling him that for a final determination of the reality of these matters they would bring the holy Sacrament and place it in his Cell upon the Table counselling him that if ever the Blessed Virgin should appear again which they resolved she should he should more effectually conjure her by the power of the blessed Trinity by the Passion by the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ to tell him in plain terms whether she were really the very Mother of God whether her Revelations were of indubitable Truth And if she answered affirmatively that then he should reply If thou art the Mother of God shew me which is thy Son and carry him hence to his place The project thus contrived upon Wednesday the 14 of April they brought the Sacrament into his Cell and placed it decently and reverently upon the Table and on each side thereof placed a Wax-candle in the very Candlesticks which were consecrated for and used at the Mass but that night all was quiet no Mary appear'd But the night after being the 15 of April the Prior and the Father Confessor entertain'd Jetzer with many flattering discourses mixing Instructions and Directions for his Behaviour in all future occurrences whilest the Sub-prior and the Receiver were fitting their Tools Properties and Engines for the Show All things being ready their Pulleys Wheels Screws Wires and Devices for the management of their Puppets orderly placed in the Receiver's Chamber to give life and motion to the Opera that was to be acted in Jetzers these Fathers conduct Jetzer to his Chamber and having worshipt the Hoste sprinkled him with Holy-Water drawn his Curtains close about him they civilly bad him Good Night and departed Not much after Ten a Clock the Lecturer in the Habit of the Virgin comes in and having put out the Candles on each side of the Sacrament and the Lamp which stood in a corner of the Chamber which was usually the Prologue to the Play and the first feat of activity shew'd by the Virgin she marches up and down the room with great state and majesty and without speaking one word good or bad she draws the Curtains and giving him a dash or two of her Holy-water she withdraws but not long after returns with a little bag in her hand and putting out a Candle which remain'd yet lighted in the room there appeared in the place five other Candles miraculously lighted at a clap that is one on each side the Sacrament the Lamp and two others in the hands of two Angels which under the Rose were the Prior and Sub-prior Jetzer now lying with his eyes wide open to make observations saw to his astonishment the Virgin hanging in the Aire between the two Angels directly over the Hoste and presently he falls a conjuring her as he had been instructed Art thou the Virgin Mary then let me see thy Son and carry him hence and set him in his proper place Hereupon she with much Devotion kisses the Hoste and opening the Pixe takes out the two consecrated Wafers the one white and the other red Jetzer knew nothing all this while of the red Wafer The red one she kept secretly in her hand and holding up the white one Behold said she brother John my dear Son my own flesh and blood born of my body and that thou mayst now be assured that both I and all men descended from Adam by ordinary generation are born in Original Sin excepting only my beloved Son whose sole Priviledge it is and that thou mayst know that thy holy Fathers ought to preach and maintain this grand Article yea and advertise the Pope himself of it Behold I say this Hoste yea this my Son shall in the twinkling of an eye be transubstanstiated into the reall and true-body of Christ and become visible Flesh And with that she dropt the red Hoste which she had kept close in her hand upon the Table Jetzer at this was so surprized that forgetting the Commands of the Fathers not to stir out of his place whatever he saw or heard by a strange Providence hastily puts on his Morning-gown and starting out of his Bed runs directly to our Lady They that managed the Engines standing in the Receivers Chamber that is Megerlin and the Cook seeing this action through the hole in the wall whisper'd one to the other See! see by the blood of God this young Rascal is got out of bed The Angels in the mean time aware of the danger had put out their Candles and Mary endeavouring to do as much by those two that stood upon the Table Jetzer being very nimble seized one of them and with his other hand at the same time laid fast hold upon her hand so that she was forced to drop the other white Host upon the Pixe Jetzer at this having discovered something of the knavery fell a weeping storming and raging most furiously crying out O ye Rogues and panderly Rascals and all the ugly Names he could think on are ye not ashamed thus to prophane the holy Sacrament and blaspheme the Name of God! to Abuse our Lady only to gull a sorry wretched young man And immediately opening the door

that are quoted in confirmation of the Christian Doctrine are equally to be suspected and rejected 7. Lastly Observe we hence how unmovably constant the Papists have been to their main Design who though they produce Miracle against Miracle Revelation against Revelation the Franciscans striving to out-vie the Dominicans and these again to out-do those yet all agree in Calculating their spurious Miracles and Apparitions for the abetting some of their Superstitions and Heresies Worshipping of the Virgin Mary Saints and Angels the Doctrine of Purgatory and the Mass above all which because they cannot be Justified from Heaven must be Justified as they can and rather than left Naked to shift for themselves shall be warranted from Hell But the Reader will find these with many other particulars through this ensuing Narrative wherein the Translator has kept so Superstitiously to the Text of his Author that he fears nothing more than to be Condemned for spoiling the Language whilst he has bound himself up to a rigid and Exact Rehearsal of the Truth The Contents of this History THe Quarrel between the Dominicans and the Franciscans about the Immaculate Conception Page 1. The Dominicans meet at Wimpten where they propound and agree to the Counterfeiting of certain Miracles Apparitions c. for the supporting of their Doctrine ibid. John Jetzer a Taylor comes to Berne is admitted into the Covent of the Dominicans he is judged by the Fathers a fit subject to practise upon p. 2. Jetzer is haunted with a Spirit in the shape of a Prior persecuted and tormented with Devils in the shape of Monks which ceases during the time he is in the Infirmary ibid. The Fathers meet in close Consult to advise how to carry on their Design the Sub-prior promises them a trial of his Skill how well he can Act the part of a Ghost p. 3. He appears to Jetzer followed with mad Dogs Jetzer makes use of Holy Water and Reliques to resist the Devil ibid. He appears a second time with great Terrour throws down his Holy Water yet promises to come again within eight days if he could get leave p. 4. The Fathers teach him how to conjure the Spirit they hang about his Neck a small Cross made of the wood of the true Crose of Christ to fortifie him against the Assaults of the Devil ibid. The Spirit confesses himself to be a Soul tormented in Purgatory that he had been once Prior of the same Covent he tells him by what means he might be deliver'd p. 5. The whole Covent Fast Pray receive the Discipline the Spirit appears again giving further directions for his final release ibid. The Spirit appears the last time in a Glorious shape give the Covent thanks with some hints that the V. Mary would appear also p. 6. St. Barbe appears to him to give Notice of the appoach of the Virgin p. 7. The Virgin her self appears declares her displeasure against the Doctrine of the Franciscans about the Immaculate Conception Shee gives him some drops of the true Blood of Christ shed on the Cross ibid. Shee peirces his right hand through with a dagger telling him it was the first of the five Wounds of Christ and that in due time she would honour him with the rest p. 8 These Miracles are divulged and the Fathers shew great Veneration to this great Saint Jetzer The Lecturer in a Sermon magnifies these Miracles as Vnparallel'd p. 9. The Virgin appears a second time opens and condemns the Doctrine of the Franciscans and justifies that of the Dominicans condemns the Council of Basil and tells how she got the blood of Christ for the Covents of Cologne and Berne ibid. The Prior of Ulm is acquainted with the Intrigue he Advises to Caution the Prior of Berne undertakes to Act the Virgin Appears to Jetzer in the presence of two Citizens p. 10. The Prior of Basil comes to Berne he furnishes the Confederates with properties and rare Engines to carry on the Design ibid. They bring the Sacrament into Jetzer's Cell and lay it with a Treatise of the Cordeliers upon the table The Virgin appears worships the Hoste tears in pieces the Treatise as containing Heretical Doctrine p. 11. The Virgin appears again Jetzer desires her to say the Lords Prayer Ave Maria and the Creed which she does after an odd fashion ibid. For a final proof that this was really the Virgin Mary Jetzer spits in her Face three times which she approves and commends as done to try the Spirits ibid. Dandanlus a Jew but a pretended Convert colours wafers of so exact a dye that they represent Flesh and Blood these are laid on Jetzer's Table p. 12. The Virgin appears again shuffles a red Wafer in the room of a white one Jetzer leaps out of bed catches hold on the Virgins hands and finds her to be the Lecturer he stormes and rages ibid. The Confederates are put to their shifts how to reconcile Jetzer many Artifices are used by his Confessor and the Prior of Basil but all in vain p. 13. To satisfie him in the Truth of the red colour'd Hoste they make an experiment to colour a white wafer with a Chickens blood Dandalus runs away The Prior of Basil of Berne and the Lecturer go to Pforcheim and in the Interim the Sub-prior appears in the shape of the V. Mary p. 14. The Sub-prior prepares Jetzer Ceremoniously to receive the other four wounds of Christ appears like the Virgin peirces his other hand his side both his feet with the same dagger p. 15. The Sub-prior Conjures up a Devil who instructs him to make a potion that should work strangely upon Jetzer and forces him to Act all the parts of the Passion of Christ he renounces God the Mass and gives himself to the Devil Body and Soul by a Deed under his hand written with his own blood ibid. Jetzer receives the Potion is in a stranges Extasie Acts all the parts of Christs passion before witnesses one of them at the horrid sight falls into a swoon p. 16. Jetzer continuing incredulous in the matter of the red coloured Hoste the Fathers resolve to poyson him p. 17. They provide him a mess of broth he suspects refuses throws it secretly out of the window where some young wolves lick it up and are poyson'd but they endeavour to heal and salve all again ibid. The Virgin appears again to dress Jetzer's wounds Jetzer knows the hand falls into a rage and spoils the sport ibid. The Fathers contrive how to make the Virgins Image weep tears of blood he is brought after midnight into the Chappel A young Frier is placed behind the Image to counterfeit the voices of Christ and Mary p. 18. The Virgin complains of the worlds Vnbelief about her Revelations and Apparitions her Son in her Arms comforts her and promises to take the matter into his own hands ibid. Jetzer is convinced of the truth of this last Revelation Company is called in to see the Virgin weep tears of blood p.

done his best it would rise no higher than a pallid whitterish colour whereupon they all avow with most dreadfull Oaths and Curses that the aforesaid Hoste could be no other than the very Body and Blood of our Lord which the B. Virgin had brought with her from Heaven and that he was now bound in Conscience to believe it and to hold for reall all the aforesaid Apparitions and to own the Fathers for persons of honour and integrity Whilest this pleasant Comoedy through the ill management of some of the chief Actors had like to have had a tragical end the wicked Varlet Dandalus show'd 'em a fair pair of heels and honestly ran away The Prior of Basil with one of his Friers Bernard Sangar prudently retired to their own Covent under pretence of fitting themselves for their Journey to Pforcheim waiting till the Fathers of Berne should call on them that so in one Company they might meet at the Chapter The Prior and the Lecturer being just upon their departure they committed the grand affair in hand during their absence to the Sub-prior and the Receiver and April the 20th set forwards The Sub-prior for a Specimen of his Art after his Midnight Mass came in the shape of the V. Mary to give Jetzer a short Visit and a short one it was for when she had saluted him and through the hole in the wall wisht a good journey to the good Fathers that were now upon the road she disappeared rejoycing that she had come off so handsomly The Fathers being now arrived at Pforcheim with the Prior of Basil related to their most intimate Confidents namely to their Provincial to the Prior of Cologne and Dr. Servatius Frankel the Priors of Heidelberg Stutgard and Pforcheim what progress they had made in the Design with their good and evil success therein craving their advice and what was to be done further And in full Chapter the matter was reported to those Venerable Fathers as a most holy and miraculous Providence of God yet could they not so colour the business but that the greater part of that Assembly perceiv'd there was some sleight of hand in the thing Much debate there was about it some advised that the whole of it should be supprest and never brought to light least coming to be scanned by curious eyes and prying heads the forgery should appear to the world others on the contrary advised only to let it rest for the present and wait what might further fall out and that from the issue of things they might proceed as they found occasion In fine it was agreed that the affair should be committed to those Fathers who should have suffrage in the Chapter generall not long after to be held at Lyons to enquire more amply into the Intrigue as they pass'd by Berne and from the circumstances which they should find to make a full report to the General Consult and from thence to take due measures in their proceedings But the Sub-prior all this while at Berne stoutly pursued the project according to the Instructions left him by the Prior at his Departure And on the sixth of May reminded Jetzer of that Promise the Virgin had made him of honouring him with the other four wounds which he yet wanted to accomplish his happiness though the poor fellow thought he had ene enough and too much of the former The Sub-prior in order to this with much address and devotion washed his feet that they might be clean and so meet for so great a favour received his Confession gave him punctual Instructions how to behave himself in the sequel and for his Supper gave him a Mess of broth which composed him to a sweet sleep and when he was well in bed bestow'd on him good store of Holy-water and for the present bad him good night Not much after Midnight he returned disguised like the Virgin and thus salutes him Behold I am the V. Mary thy Protector who have hitherto preserved thee from all cheats and frauds Thy holy Fathers are perfectly innocent whose only design was to prove thee that hereby my real Apparitions and Revelations might be rendred more conspicuous and glorious and so they shall in the issue appear if thou behavest thy self tractable to my good pleasure I am now sent to thee by my dear Son who prizes thee as a special friend of God to honour thee with the four remaining wounds of his Passion to convince this Incredulous Age that he is really in Heaven and to give Faith and Credit to those wonderful Signs and Miracles which in thy sight have already been performed Receive therefore with an obedient and zealous heart these wounds in honour of my Son and for the confirmation of the Truth Jetzer was loath to undergoe any further penance of this nature had no great Ambition to be a Martyr and therefore answer'd Alas sweet and dear Virgin why dost thou thus trouble thy self with me She replyed Come come no more of this reluctancy against the Divine pleasure Well says Jetzer seeing it must be so Thy will be done The Virgin with great expedition and dexterity pierces his other hand both his feet and his side with the aforementioned Dagger which so conquer'd his Resolution and Devotion that he could not contain himself at every wound from crying out bitterly Alas alas pretious Mary the Mother of God why dost thou thus torment thy poor servant Jetzer in the midst of his Dolours observed that the Virgin did not pierce his feet quite through as she had done his hands and being desirous to know the Reason she answer'd O dear brother 't is because thou mightest not tread upon such tremendous and sacred marks In conclusion she exhorted him to all due obedience to God and her self who had accounted him worthy to partake of the sufferings of the Son of God she charged him moreover to exercise patience to be much in the acts of piety to be conscientious in obeying his Superiours and to be fruitfull in good works to fast pray and receive the Sacrament often And when she had blessed him with holy Water she departed leaving him this sweet consolation that she would revisit him in a few dayes And presently all the Candles were miraculously lighted and the Bells rung of their own accord to the great astonishment of all the other Friers This was a happy advance towards the retrieving of the Design which was almost grown desperate and now flusht with hope the Sub-prior the Receiver and Master-Cook came in and askt him what ayled him to cry out so grievously and so often upon Mary He answer'd Be content at present and perhaps to morrow you may know more But the Cooke who had the charge and care of his Bed making as if he had accidentally taken up the Rug suddenly espying his wound told the rest of his companions who after their first amazement cast themselves down upon their knees and with profound groans and sighs kissed his pierced hand

but the Sub-prior whose Devotion had not quencht his Charity runs with all speed to seek some linnen rags to bind up his wound which yet they had ready prepared and brings with him those shreds left by our Lady on purpose for this Service He used also an excellent Salve which he had of Mr. Henry Haller which was proper to prevent the swelling and inflammation of those wounds and thus having skilfully dressed them they left him to his repose This miserable Jetzer being now made a second St. Francis and a Martyr of Christ that he might the better act the Enterlude of the Passion which they design'd him for the Sub-Prior consulted his Books Amongst others there was one which he had from one Martyn an Organist of Botzen a famous Conjurer by the help of this Book he raised a Devil in Humane shape but of a swarthy colour and complexion who ask'd our Father what he wanted The Sub-prior answer'd It was to be instructed how he might make a Potion for Jetzer the receipt whereof might dispose him to act the Passion of Christ The Devil told him he would willingly reveal to him the grand secret provided always he would solemnly renounce God and ever after to consecrate Mass and give up himself Body and Soul entirely to his disposal and all this to be by a Deed written and signed with his own blood This Miscreant accepted the Conditions and was thereupon thus Instructed That he should take so much Chrisine Holy-water Palmes Wax from the Candles consecrated at Easter of consecrated Salt of the Hair and Blood of an unbaptized Child of Quick-silver and such other Ingredients which being mixed according to Art and blessed upon Candlemas-day and perfumed with Incense of Myrrhe he should make a Potion in the Name and under the Auspices of the Devil which Liquor should be impregnated with the energy of as many Devils as there were of the Infants hairs put into it which should perform whatsoever he should enjoyn them This Prescription the Sub-prior faithfully made up and put it into Phials for use The Friday after his Instructions he resolv'd to make an Essay of this potion upon Jetzer and for the dose he gave him only a Spoonfull in a glass of red Wine which immediately discovered its operation in cold sweats heaving and swelling of his Breast itchings all over his Body as if he had had a Pismires nest in him attended with terrible cracking of his bones and so exceeding sick he was at heart that for an hour he could neither speak not hear whilest this wretched Patients Physick was thus working the Sub-Prior tyes his Head hard with a Scarf draws his Cowle over his Head and Face opens all his Wounds and Dresses them which without seeming sense he endures and when he had privately conveyed him into their Chappel calls in Spectators to Entertain themselves with this Tragedy And first he casts him down on his knees on a low Stool which stood before a little Altar whereon the Images of St. Dominick and St. Francis stood where was also a table representing the Passion of Christ there he Prayed silently tossing his Arms about and at times stretching out his Hands smiting his Heart and Breast and this Act of the Tragedy these Impostors call'd the Mount of Olives By and by he rises up tottering and trembling all over his Body and this forsooth they call'd his Seizure and Imprisonment Then he falls down as if he had been in an Epilepsie and knockt his Head against the stool for pain and madness and this must be the third Act and called His crowning with thorns Then he began to stretch out one of his Arms and then the other his Hands and Feet being strangely distorted and twisted as if he had been in a Convulsion fit which were so fixed in that posture as if they had been tyed with strong cords the strongest Persons in the company attempting it could not in the least move them out of that posture then did he seem to be just a dying his body quaking his teeth grating and this you must call the Passion of the cross A sight it was so horrible and not to be exprest by words that a certain Canon whom curiosity drew thither to behold the Play fell down in a swoon and was carried out of the Chappel In a while he drew in his Arms to himself placing them in the figure of a Cross upon his Belly his Feet he stretch'd out at length where they lay in their Natural scite and thus he continued without any perceptible motion and this they called His death and burial At last he came to himself began to stir and got upon his Feet and this was the last Act and called the Resurrection And when he had gone through this Purgatory the charitable Fathers gave him a Cordial to revive his Spirits and so conducted their silly Martyr to his Cell But believe it the poor Patient had enough of their Prescriptions and the effects of it stuck to him so troublesomely that he was hardly brought to run another course these Fathers therefore address'd him with subtle insinuations that he should not rob himself of the Honour of being a fellow-sufferer with Christ and that the Potion given him was the most Innocent thing in Nature being nothing but Holy-water Chrism and a little Consecrated Wine to give it a flavour which of themselves could not produce such Symptoms but his Passion was to be ascribed to a Supernatural cause that he had great Reason to praise the Grace of Christ which had Dignified him in a way almost Peculiar and whereof very few of the Blessed Saints were ever partakers With these words they so wheadled the simple Sot that for several days together he was drawn in to make them the same Pastime with his own inexpressible torments About this time the two Fathers sent to Pforcheim return'd and with them or soon after there Arrived at Berne the Deputies of that National chapter in Order to their Attendance at the General chapter at Lyons namely the Provincial himself with Lawrence Obkick to whom this Comedy was not at all agreeable the Priors also of Cologne and Basil Doctor Mangwitter Paul Hug of Vlme with some others who having taken particular cognizance of the whole progress of this Affair pleased themselves mightily with the conceit what an huge Advantage their Order should get by it over their Enemies one thing onely disturb'd their satisfaction that Jetzer had so unhappily discover'd the Roguery which though they had pretty will healed by their second Artifices yet it was judg'd convenient by the most wary of these Fathers to desire the Provincial to give Jetzer a Visit to sift him throughly whether he had any fixt apprehension that upon the whole matter he had been abused And indeed by his looks and answers he discovered evidently that there were some remaining flaws of unhealed suspicions in his Breast which he could not clearly remove though

19. The Fathers plot to poyson Jetzer in the Sacrament he refuses it but receives the Potion and acts the Passion before some Lords of the Council p. 19 20. John Boursier a Curate openly questions the truth of these bloody Tears is mildly chidden by some of the Council and soundly rattled by the Prior. p. 20. The Council of Berne issue out a Commission to Advocate Derlach to examine the Truth the politick Fathers get it Adjourn'd and in the mean time prepare Jetzer how to answer the Interrogatories ibid. In order to which Jetzer is brought before the Image of the Virgin She complains Lamentably of the affront done her in questioning her Revelalations tells what dreadful Judgments God had Denounced against that City which had bin executed but that her Intercession for the sake of Jetzer had suspended them p. 21. The Lecturer who acted this part behind a Picture in a frame stirring himself imprudently gives Jetzer the Advantage to discover the fraud he rages and storms more furiously then before ibid. Another Commission is issued out from the Council to examine the truth but the Fathers insist upon the Priviledges of their Covent not to come under the visitation of the Secular Magistrate ibid. The Fathers carry these Reliques in Procession assisted by Embassadors and other great Persons then in Town ibid. The Provincial of the Dominicans at the Request of the Conuncil deputes two Doctors to inspect the affair who being privy to the cheat smooth it over p. 22. Dr. Hug one of the two Visits Jetzer and because he could not reduce him to his Will falls on him and with a bunch of Keys makes the blood run about his ears ibid. The Fathers compel Jetzer to swear upon a Mass-book that he would avow these Apparitions Revelations Miracles before all the world that he would stand to their Doctrine of the Conception that he would not reveal what had happened to him to their prejudice ibid. St. Bernard appears to him justifies the Dominicans Doctrine at his departure Jetzer discovers him by his shoes thrust him head long out at the window which almost broke his Neck ibid. The Bishop of Lausanne at the request of the Council visits the Covent is Opposed and without effect departs p. 23. The Fathers seeing they cannot gain Jetzer entirely to them plot how to take the credit of his Testimony if he should come in against them ibid. They propound six Articles to be subscrib'd by him threatning him with Excommunication in case of Refusal p. 24. The Virgin with St. Kath. of Sienne appear to him he discovers the Sub-prior by his voice draws his Knife and runs at him but missing the Virgin thrusts St. Katharine into the Thigh she falls upon him with fury Jetzer catches up a Mallet and lays at her head the Virgin le ts fly at him with a pint pot it misses him and breaks the window he being overmatch in the Counter-scuffle runs out locks the door and leaves the Fathers prisoners ibid. The Fathers consult how to make Jetzer appear guilty of Sacriledge to take away the credit of his Testimony he evades it pretty well p. 24 25. Jetzer unhappily discovers the Fathers Juncketting and Revelling with their Miss's he entraps them several times but they brazen out the matter p. 25. The Father seeing themselves in a strait betakes themselves to Conjuration The Sub-prior who was an Artist promises them Wonder but first tells them they must Abjure God Christ the Faith and give themselves up to the Devil or he could assure them of no good Success ibid. The Fathers with some reluctancy consent Jetzer will not be draw in The Sub-prior conjures up six Devils poor Jetzer is affrighted snatches the book out of the Sub-priors hand and disturbs the whole business ibid. Jetzer for his Stubbornness has Pennance imposed upon him they fasten a great Iron Chain about his naked body and force him to lie in ashes all Night and because he loosed his Chain they lock it upon him and gag him for three Days and Nights p. 26. The Sub-prior to humble his proud Heart with a red hot Iron bores his arm in three several places quite through Jetzer being overcome with these usages takes his Oath to keep secret whatever they had done ibid. The Fathers offer him the red coloured Hoste to eat he refuses it they torment him miserably and force the Hoste which was poyson'd into his mouth he spits it out it leaves an impression where it fell that they could by no Art get it out the Lecturer makes a fire and burns it at which there arose such a noyse as almost affrighted them out of their Witts ibid. The Fathers bind themselves to each other by an Oath to keep secret what had passed p. 27. The Fathers resolve to give Jetzer one Apparition more of the Virgin in the Chappel after midnight Mass she appears in a most glorious shape crowned with Stars she declares her mind with much Majesty Jetzer railes at her and spoiles the whole Pageant p. 27. Jetzer for Blasphemous sawciness is lasht with the Iron Chain p. 28. The Lecturer and Sub-prior are sent to Rome to acquaint his Holiness with those Apparitions Revelations and Miracles they visit Cajetane Vicar General of their order by the way he commands them to proceed no further in this Assair they return to Berne ibid. The clamour of the People being great the Council reassume the cognizance of the affair The Prior and Jetzer are summon'd they will confess nothing the Prior is remanded to his Covent and Jetzer sent to Lausanne to be examin'd by the Bishop Jetzer appears and upon Oath confirmes all the Priors Narrative onely be hesitates at the Doctrine of the Conception ibid. Jetzer puts a trick upon the Bishop p. 29. The Council of Berne troubled with these Delays send a Deputy to assist the Bishop before whom Jetzer confesses that he was under an Oath of Secrecy that the Fathers had mutually bound themselves by Oath for the same end that they had forged several Apparitions of the Virgin and had concontrived to poyson him c. ibid. The Bishop of Lausanne cooling in his Zeal Jetzer is commanded back to Berne where Jetzer is made a Layman he then discovers more of the Fathers Roguery he is sentenced to the Rack where he more particularly discovers the intrigue p. 30. The Council place a strong Guard upon the Covent both to secure the place from the violence of the enraged Multitude and to prevent the guilty Fathers from making their escape p. 31. The State of Berne dispatch Oubli with a petition to his Holiness that he would take Cognizance of this perplexed affair He issues out a Brief to the Bishops of Lausaune and Sion and the Provincial of the Dominicans to examine the matter ibid. These Delegates meet at Berne where they constitute Assistants Procurators Secretaries and other Officers and having formed their Court Jetzer and the Fathers are summoned before them