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A29396	The school of the Eucharist established upon the miraculous respects and acknowledgments, which beasts, birds, and insects, upon several occasions, have rendred to the Holy Sacrament of the altar : whence Catholicks may increase in devotion towards this divine mystery, and hereticks find there their confusion / by F. Toussain Bridoul ... ; printed in French at Lille, 1672, and now made English, and published ; with a preface concerning the testimony of miracles.; Escole de l'Eucharistie. English	Bridoul, Toussaint, 1595-1672.; Clagett, William, 1646-1688.	1687 (1687)	Wing B4495; ESTC R9439	58,294	76

travelled then in this part of Italy informed himself carefully of this matter that it happened a little while before our First Fathers came into Italy and found that all had happened as has been told P. Orlandin in his Hist of the Society tom 1. l. 2. n. 27. 3. Another admirable History of what happened not to an Asse but to a man turned into an Asse A Certain Knight of Jerusalem arriving at the Town of Famagusta in Cyprus with some others of the same Order as they were busied to provide themselves of things necessary for the finishing their Voyage this Knight went abroad and walking along by the Sea side he accosted a Woman and asked her whether she had any Eggs to sell She that was another Medea in Sorcery seeing him young lusty and a stranger that the Country people might suspect nothing desired him to wait a while and she would furnish him with every thing he wanted As she tarried somewhat longer than he would have had her so her fear lest the Pilot should not leave him ashore caused her to make more hast So she brought him the Eggs and told him that if the Ship was gone and he would come back to her he should be welcome With this provision he drew towards his Ship and seeing that his Companions were not yet come he fell to eating his Eggs. As he was eating them to his admiration he found himself wholly altered and that he went as it were out of himself so that in an hours time he became dumb and as if he had lost his Brains so he exprest it after he was well not knowing whence this happened Moreover when it was time to set Sail he drew towards the Ship to take his place there but was driven away by great blows of a Staff since he was changed into an Asse He suspected now ill dealing and that this Woman had bewitched him hearing them call him Asse notwithstanding though he could not make answer being dumb yet he made another attempt to get into the Ship but was treated just as before being repulsed as an Asse by the stroaks of a good Cudgel Being thus abandon'd by all he was forced to go back to that Womans house whom he served as an Asse for the preservation of his life the space of 3 years this Witch making use of him to carry provisions to the House at 3 years end this poor young man following the Sorceress at a little distance comming into the Town in shape of an Asse by good chance passing by a Church he heard the Bell ring for the Elevation of the Host and presently he turned towards the Church but not having the hardiness to go in fearing to be driven away he staid without bending his knees and leggs towards the ground and raising his head bowed it to adore the H. Sacrament This being observed by some Merchants of Genoa and being greatly astonish'd they followed this Asse which a Woman drove away with a Cudgel and went after them both as far as to the house Hereupon they advertised the Judge of the Town concerning this matter who caused both the Asse and Woman to be apprehended She being exaamined confessed her crime and promised the Judge that if he would suffer her to go home she would restore the young Knight to his former shape which she did As for her she was afterwards condemned to the fire and burnt for a Witch Nic. de Laghi p. 244. Hier. Mengi de arte Exorcisticâ B. Biche A Hind 1. Hinds come to Masse on a H. Martyrs day and make an offering of a young Cheverel ST Athenogenes a Martyr under the Emperour Dioclesian whose feast is kept on the 16th of July returning to his Monastery found none there save a Hind the Monks being before laid in Prison which he had a long time nourisht She presenting her self before him and moving his Compassion he blessed her and prayed God that she might never be taken nor fall into the Hunters nets neither she nor her young ones Charging her further that she and others of them should yearly bring a Cheverel to the Monastery to perpetuate the memory of this favour and priviledge All came to pass as the Martyr had required for every year after the reading of the Gospel at the time of celebrating the Masse of the H. Martyr they saw a Hind enter into the Church and after she had offered a Cherevel to the Saint went back into the Forrests It was ordained that this Cheverel should serve for the feasting the Priests that had celebrated the Office on the day of that Feast Raderus Viridarii SS p. 1. Boeufs Oxen. Oxen adore the H. Sacrament CErtain Robbers broke into a Church of a Town called Homel siezing upon a Casket in which they found nought besides some reliques and the Pix in which they kept the H. Sacrament But this booty not turning much to their profit they left all in the Fields In the morning before day a Peasant went out with his Oxen to plow the Oxen being yoked in the plough began to draw but when they were come to the place where the H. Pix lay they stopt on a suddain the Peasant not knowing what was the matter cryed to them aloud and push'd them with his Staff to make them go forward but all in vain He increased his blows and his noyse to no purpose onely that he received their kicks they having more regard to the H. Sacrament than to their Patron The Peasant in great anger left his plow to look whether any thing was there which might cause this stop As he did this he took notice of that Pix lying at the feet of his beasts with the Relicks belonging to his Village Being in a great astonishment he left the field and his plough to advertise the Parish-Priest of what he had found Upon this report the Priest came out in procession with the people to the place where the Host and the H. Relicks lay which they carried back to the Church with the same devotion where they put them under a more safe Custody Caesarius l. 9. 7. 2. Another story to the same purpose IN Bavaria not far from Ingolstad a Peasant who was a simple but devout man not being able on all Festivals to be present at Masse because he was obliged to look after his Cattel put a part of the consecrated Host which he had reserved into a hole made in his Staff which when he could not go to Church he always fixed in the ground and addressed his prayers to it adoring the H. Sacrament Now one time as he saw his beasts run about hither and thither and would fain stop them he heedlesly threw down his Staff where the H. Sacrament was But presently reflecting upon what he had done ran in great haste to take it up As he fell on his knees to do it he saw that the ground where his staff was depressed it self and so much the more as he

lift up his hand This wonder troubled him and still more when rising up he saw all the Oxen round about the hollow place with bended knees adoring our Lord. Upon the sight of these wonders he ran bitterly weeping to give an account thereof to his Parish-Priest He addressed himself to the Bishop who came thither in Procession and with great reverence and humility took up the Staff in which was the Holy Sacrament In memory of this Miracle he built a Chappel under the Title of Saviour A world of people came thither and took of the Earth of this hollow place in testimony of their Devotion R. P. Lucas Pinelli at the end of his Meditat. on the Mystery of the Sacrament Brebis A Sheep 4. A Sheep kneels at the Masse at the Elevation of the Consecrated Host AT St. Mary de Portiuncula one gave S. Francis for an Almes a live Ewe which he willingly received as a Symbol of innocence and simplicity He admonished her to live in the Convent without disquieting the Friers when the Friers went to the Quire this Ewe went into the Church and kneeled before the Altar of our Lady bleating as if she would salute her and at the Elevation of the most H. Sacrament at the Masse she kneeled in token of adoration S. Bonavent in vit S. Francisci C. Cannes Ducks 1. Ducks are present at Masse on St. Nicholas day May 9. THere is in the Suburbs of Monfort in Brittanie a Parish Church of St. Nicholas and at a little distance from thence one may see a Lake not far from a Castle of that Territory From that Lake for more than a hundred or 200 years came forth a Wild Duck which on St. Nicholas day 9th of May came into this Church with a number of Ducklins and among the people there assembled to the number of three or four thousand persons chose its way and entred the Church and abode there some while without being frighted and afterwards returned peaceably to its Lake Some years since it did the same but more seldom and not every year As a Lord of the Country whose name was Dandelot who was of the New Religion related this as a contrivance of some Priest one day dining in this Town of Monfort this Wild-Dack came thither as if she had a mind to appear to this man of a false perswasion who being advertised of it came in Querpo and running with some of his company to the said Church he beheld that Duck enter in and after some while returned quietly thither from whence she came He followed her by his Eye as far as to the Lake after which when any one spoke of this Duck he said not a word If these hold their peace the stones will cry out Le Seur de Argentré in his History of Brittain l. 1. p. 63 64. Joh. Bapt. Fulgos l. de Mirac 2. Young Ducks defend the Church and punish Offenders till they make reparation for the wrongs they had done IN the Lake of Lagenne in Ireland one may see young Ducks among those Ducks of S. Coleman that had been made tame in his time which were not afraid when men came nigh them These Ducklins that met together in this Lake about the number of sixteen constantly when any injury was done to the Church where the H. Sacrament was lodged or to the Clergy they forsook this Lake and flew far away to another and returned not till satisfaction was given and reparation made of the wrong done to the Church and Clergy And during their absence that the reparation might not be deferred the Waters of that first Lake which were cleer and chrystaline became muddy and corrupt and smelt so ill that they became neither fit for the use of Men or Beasts The same Author also reports that if any should injure one of the Birds for being Protectors and Defenders of the Church he would not escape long unpunished He reports that a Kite having caught up in his Tallons one of these Ducklins perched upon a Tree to devour it but immediately all his Members became stiffe so that he could not perceive the prey under his feet Another time in a Winter Frost a Fox caught one of these Birds but he had better have let it alone for in the morning he was found in a Grot nigh to the Lake venerable for the abode of S. Coleman there dead and choaked the Duck that he had in his throat stopping his breath Nieremberg ex Sylvest Gyrald lib. 2. de Mirac in Europa Cerf A Stag. A Stag traces the Circuit and the place of the Church of Nostre Dame du Puy at Velay in France IN the days of S. George the first Bishop and Apostle of Velay a Woman of that Country who had a long time been sick of a Quartan Ague one day as she was asleep heard this voice Betake thy self to the Rock d' Anis this is the place where I will cure thee She obeying this voice found there a large and square Stone like an Altar Being seated there upon it sleep surprized her and at the same time the Virgin appeared to her saying to her at her awaking Thou shalt be cured and know that I have chose this place to be honoured there in Ages to come All which coming to pass as had been foretold her she made a rehearsal of it to St. George who went upon this Rock where he was further assured of the Virgins pleasure by a new Prodigy for having attained to the top of the Mountain he saw at the foot of the Rock de Corneille the place where now our Ladies Church stands all covered with Snow though this was on the 11th of July At the same time a Stag suddenly leapt forward in the Snow took a round as it were tracing the circuit and compass of the Church which was there to be built and having done this disappeared from the sight of all that were present S. George prostrating himself on the ground to adore the traces of the Divine Providence immediately ordained that following the prints of the Stags feet the place should be encompassed with a strong hedge so that it might not be profaned that since it could not be yet undertaken it might be deferred to a better season S. George therefore contented himself with marking out the place for the Church and other Prelates that succeeded him had not the hardiness to undertake the building till S. Vossi was establisht Bishop there who gave beginning to the Church by reason of the Miracle following In his days a Lady of a very noble Family of Polignac being troubled with the Palsey was advertised in her sleep by the Virgin that if she would be healed she should go up to the Mountain called Puy d' Anis and there repose her self upon a Stone made in the fashion of an Altar Being seated upon this Stone she fell there asleep till such time as she was awaked by an Angel At her waking she saw

may become more wise and return to their reason being taught by the Animals that have none If they receive no benefit hereby no more than others yet I hope it will be serviceable to Catholiques to enkindle their Zeal by a more careful frequenting this Bread of strong men and not only serve the grown and aged persons who have already a full belief and high esteem for this Divine Sacrament but also which is one of my motives hereto to imprint on the Minds of Children the first belief and a wise regard for this Sacrament to the end that they may come to it when they are judged capable to receive it with more devotion and reverence Which is that which I have seen put in practise by good Fathers of Families who use to put into their Childrens Hands such like Devout Histories to dispose them to communicate worthily when they first receive the Sacrament It is also most certain that Histories and Examples however it comes to pass have a great advantage to make impressions on the minds of Children above discourses and reasonings which are above the capacities of youth Note Where the English word for Birds or Beasts c. agrees not to the Alphabetical order I have set the French word in the Margin THE School of the Eucharist Established upon The Miraculous Respects and Acknowledgments which Beasts Birds and Insects upon several occasions have rendred to the H. Sacrament of the Altar c. A Abeilles Bees 1. Bees honour the H. Host divers ways by lifting it from the Earth and carrying it in their Hives as it were in Procession A Certain Peasant of Auvergne a Province in France perceiving that his Bees were likely to die to prevent this misfortune was advised after he had received the Communion to reserve the Host and to blow it into one of his Hives As he tryed to do it the Host fell on the ground Behold now a wonder On a sudden all the Bees came forth out of their Hives and ranging themselves in good order lifted the Host up from the ground and carrying it in upon their wings placed it among their Combes After this the man went out about his business and at his return found that this advise had succeeded ill for all his Bees were dead Moreover when he lifted up the Hive he saw that the Host was turned into a fair Child among the Honey-Combes Being much astonish'd at this change and seeing that this Infant seemed to be dead he took it in his hands intending to bury it privately in the Church but when he came to do it he found nothing in his hands for the Infant was vanish'd and gone This thing happened in the County of Clermont which for this irreverence was a while after chastised by divers calamities which so dispeopled those parts that they became like a Wilderness Pet. Cluniac l. 1. c. 1. 2. Bees adore the H. Host and sing the Divine Praises dividing themselves into two Quires IT is reported of another poor man that going to visit his Bees perceived them to make a sweet harmony he stood ravished a while with it not knowing what it meant The night following as he went out about some business and cast his Eyes towards his Bees he perceiv'd them to rejoyce and sport themselves making an admirable melody He first inform'd his Curate of it and afterwards the Bishop who after they had consulted about it advised him to break up the Hive where they found a Box or Pix made of Wax but of such whiteness that it looked like Ivory and within it the H. Sacrament adored by the Bees who ranged themselves into two Quires and sang the praises of their Creator The Bishop gave order for a goodly Procession to carry back the H. Host to the Church and in that place was erected a fair Chappel which became a place of refuge for the sick and afflicted When no body knew from whence and by whom that Host had been brought thither two Thieves of their own accord discovered themselves and confessed that having stollen a Pix they had thrown the Host against the Hives Cantiprat l. 2. c. 40. sec 1. 3. Bees erect a compleat Chappel with their Wax A Certain Woman as covetous as the former Peasant having received the Communion unworthily carried the Host to her Hives for to enrich her Stock of Bees and afterwards coming again thither to understand the Success she perceived that the Bees acknowledging their God in the Sacrament had with admirable Artifice erected to him a Chappel of Wax with its Dores Windows Bells and Vestrie and within it a Chalice where they layd the H. Body of Jesus Christ She could not long conceal this wonder The Priest being advertised of it came thither in Procession and he himself heard a consort of most harmonious Musick which the Bees made flying round about the H. Sacracrament and having taken it out he brought it back to the Church full of comfort certifying that he had seen and heard our Lord acknowledged and praised by those little Animals Caesarius l. 9. c. 8. 4. They revenge the injuries done to the H. Sacrament A Peasant swayed by a Covetous mind being communicated on Easter-day received the Host in his Mouth and afterwards laid it among his Bees believing that all the Bees of the Neighbourhood would come thitherto work their Wax and Honey This covetous impious wretch was not wholly disappointed of his hopes for all his Neighbours Bees come indeed to his Hives but not to make honey but to render there the honours due to the Creator The issue of their Arrival was that they melodiously sang to him Songs of praise as they were able after that they built a little Church with their Wax from the foundations to the roof divided into 3 Rooms sustained by Pillars with their Bases and Chapiters They had there also an Altar upon which they had laid the pretious Body of Jesus Christ and flew round about it continuing their Musique The Peasant who took notice of all this though he could not comprehend the meaning of this harmony yet was right glad to see all his neighbours Bees met together there When the time came to examine what profit he had made then it appeared how he was deceived For when he would take a view of the quantity of honey and wax which all these Swarms had made he found all his hives empty of both and coming nigh that hive where he had put the H. Sacrament the Bees issued out furiously by Troops and surrounding him on all sides revenged the irreverence done to their Creator and stung him so severely that they left him in a sad case This punishment made this miserable wretch come to himself who acknowledging his Error went to find out his Parish Priest to confess his fault to him The Priest discoursed the Bishop about it who advised him to go in procession with all his Parishioners At his Arrival the Bees testifyed the joy they

away Then the Fly mounting up higher and stopping a little on a suddain fell down dead at the foot of the Chalice as a punishment for the trouble she had given them during the Sacrifice Caesarius l. 9. c. 10. Another like Punishment of another Fly ABout the year 1545. as one sung the Conventual Mass in a Monastery of the Celestines the Priest that celebrated perceived at the Communion that a Fly was got into the Chalice he endeavoured to catch it and to take it out but all in vain but seeing she was disturbed of her own accord she flew away As the Priest after dinner was thanking God that he had escaped this mischance the same Fly came to settle upon the Arm of the V. F. Frier John Bardoul●t and tho' he shook his arm yet she continued fixed Then thinking of what had happened at Masse he seized her being as yet wet with the Sacred Blood after this he carried her into the Vestry where she received the Penalty of her rashness according as it is commanded by the Canons Gon. in hist ejus l. 2. c. 126. A Mule adores the Sacrament S. Anthony of Padua disputing one day with one of the most obstinate Hereticks that denyed the truth of the H. Sacrament the Saint drove him to such a plunge that he stood mute yet so it was that not being willing to confess that he was wholly convinced he desired that the Saint would prove this truth by some Miracle S. Anthony accepted the condition and said he would work it upon his Mule Upon this the Heretick kept her shut up three days without eating or drinking The third day the Saint having said Masse took up the H. Host with great reverence and made them bring forth the hungry Mule to which he spake in these termes In the name of the Lord whom I tho' unworthy hold in my hands I command thee without delay to come and do reverence to thy Creator and confound the Malice of Hereticks making every one understand the Truth of this most high Sacrament which we Priests handle at the Altar and that all Creatures are subject to their Creator Whilst the Saint made this discourse the Heretick sifted out Oats to his Mule to make him eat but the Beast having more understanding than his Master without minding the Oats kneeled and prostrated it self before the H. Sacrament adoring and honouring it as its Creator and Lord. This Miracle comforted all the faithful and enraged the Hereticks except him who had disputed with the Saint who was converted to the Catholick Faith Wadingus in a●n Minorum A Mule serves for an Occasion to honour the H. Sacrament IN the year 1453. on Thursday the 6th of June this following Miracle happen'd A War being raised in Piedmont between the Savoyards and the French about certain Merchants Goods that had been detained at Juigtie and the heat of the War increasing the Place was taken and left to pillage A Souldier entred into the Church and carried away thence the Tabernacle of the H. Sacrament where he had a consecrated Host and having hid it in a Pack marched towards Turin When he arrived there at the Gate of Suse the Mule that carried the Goods and the Booty fell down to the ground neer the Church of S. Sylvester The Pack where the Hosts were opened of it self and the Host came forth and flew up into the Air accompanied with Splendors and casting forth Rays like the Sun This wonder having been seen by a venerable Person called Bartholomew Loconi he went presently to give notice of it to the Bishop of Turin who was at that time the Reverend Lewis Nomagnano who came thither without delay with the Cross and the Clergy Being come to the place he and all that were present kneeled down on the ground and whilst the Tabernacle lay on the Earth the Host alone remained hanging in the Air brightly shining Whereupon the Bishop made them bring the Chalice and standing with it devoutly under the Sacred Host it came down into it which he carried with great Respect and Solemnity to the Cathedral Church where there was set up for it a rich and artificial Tabernacle which continued till the building of a new Dome for to perpetuate the memory of the Fact There was also built a Chappel of the H. Sacrament in the foresaid Church of S. Sylvester where this Miracle is to be seen painted and he erected a devout Fraternity also of the H. Sacrament Nic. de Laghi tract 1. dist 9. cap. 93. A Mule by Dying acknowledges the Verity of the H. Sacrament A Little Town in Spain called Aroca containing about a thousand People being besieged by an infinite number of Saracens the Inhabitants resolved to defend themselves but so as they would first receive the Communion and hear Masse The affair was pressing and therefore they committed the business of communicating to six of the chief of them The Priest put on his H. Vestments to celebrate and consecrated the Hosts but a little before the Communion news came that an Assault was made by the Enemies which obliged these Communicants to run armed to the Walk and God accepting the will for the deed did so favour these devoted of his that they defeated the Enemies some being slain and the rest put to flight After which these six returned to the Church with the People to receive the Communion But the Corporal or Cloath being unfolded the six Hosts were found all bloody and sticking to the Linnen so that they could not separate them Moreover the Enemies to revenge their disgrace returning in greater numbers gave a second Assault The advise given was that the Priest should also go to the Fight bearing the H. Corporal and these six bloody Hostes as well thereby to encourage the Citizens as for to terrify the Enemies and it succeeded so well that God gave the victory to the Christians After this they deliberated whither they should carry this parcel of H. Reliques so as to be safely kept and honoured The Lot being thrice cast it fell upon the Town of Aroca A Mule having been taken among the Spoiles of the Enemy they set the H. Hosts upon her back letting her go whither she would the Clergy and People following her with lighted Torches In the way they offered to her Straw Hay and Grass all which she refused thô she was very hungry as not having eaten a long while and went on straight to the Town of Aroca Coming into a Church nigh the Hospital she fell on her knees on the ground and being disburdned of this pretious load she dyed it being undecent that she which had served in so worthy an Employment for the Glory of God should serve any Man after that There was another wonder in this matter viz. That after three hundred years this most H. parcel of Reliques continues in the same beauty and lively colour as if the thing had but newly happened and all the People of the neighbouring

any deadly thing it shall not hurt them banishing all fear and overcoming all horror he courageously swallowed the consecrated Wine with this little Animal in it When he was gone back from the Altar and had offered his thanksgivings he made them call a Chirurgeon When he came into the Convent Bl. Francis was praying in that Church and repeating these words My help is of the Lord who made Heaven and Earth When notice was given him that the Surgeon was come he went into his Cell and there presented to him his right Arm to let him Blood and out of it by a strange wonder the Scorpion came out alive with the Blood without doing the H. man any harm or putting him to peine Waddingus tom 3. ad ann 1312. n. 7. Nic. de Lag tr 6. c. 13. Sanglier A wild Boar. A Wild Boar shows what respect is due to Altars the Sacred Mansions of the H. Sacrament IN the year 1032. Sanchy the Aged King of Navarr and Castille going a hunting at the place where sometime stood the Town of Palence he there pursued a wild Boar which tiring after a long chase cast it self into Sanctuary among the Ruines of the Church of S. Antony the Martyr and there stood unmoved against the Altar as in a place of safety and having ordinarily the guard of Angels the King entring on a sudden lifted up his Sword to wound it but when he thought to discharge his blow at it his Arm became stiff so that he could not use it Whereupon he acknowledged his fault since Churches where God uses to dwell in the H. Eucharist ought to serve for an Asylum and a refuge to Men and Beasts according to the Divine Oracle Psal 35. Thou Lord shalt save both men and beasts Immediately he asked Pardon of God and the H. Martyr and immediately by a Miracle he recovered the use of his Arm teaching all what respect is due to holy Places altho ruined since Beasts may there find their safety This Prodigy gave an occasion to King Sanchy not onely to repair the Church of S. Antonin but also to cause the Town of Palence to be rebuilded Roder. Tolet. l. 6. Regum Hispan c. 6. Rod. Sancius c. 25. Sauterelles Locusts or Grashoppers Locusts or Grashoppers acknowledge the vertue of the Eucharist and of the H. Sacrifice by their Death SVrius reports in the Life of S. Theodore 22d of April that the H. Abbot was pressed by the Inhabitants of Neran that he would help them against the Armies of Locusts that had invested like a thick mist all the Fields of that Territory and went on brouzing and consuming all the Herbs and Fruits of the ground The H. Abbot was perswaded by their instant intreaties and comming upon the place he said Masse The day following he sent again the People into the Fields commanding them to stop at a certain place for to implore the divine aid mean while he took up in his hands some of these Locusts and found them dead Hereupon he gave God thanks and said to the People My Children return to the Churches and you shall see the Miracles of the divine Goodness All the People being come thither S. Theodore celebrated the H. Sacrifice of the Masse and the day following they found in the Field an innumerable company of Locusts all lying dead which instead of depopulating the Fields served to manure and enrich them Souris A Mouse Mice by a certain cognisance yield respect to the H. Sacrament CEsarius tells us that the Sacrist of the Abbey of Eberbac having found certain Hosts marred and crack'd mixed among others he cast them under a Window neer to the Altar and some days after he observed that the Mice had nibled and eaten all that which was round the Host not what was Printed with Letters and it was held for a great Wonder that these little Animals so greedy of such stuff had spared them in testimony of certain respect and onely because they had been appointed for the use of the Sacrifice of the Masse Lib. 9. c. 11. about the year 1222. T. Taureau A Bull. A Bull acknowledges our Lord under the Species of the Sacrament deposing its fierceness to be present at the Masse IN the Town of Brosa in Spain may be seen an admirable Prodigy which has been seen many years ago and may still be seen every year on the Vespers and day of S. Mark the Evangelist In this place is a Fraternity under the Title of S. Mark to which Heaven has given this Priviledge following viz. That at the Feast of this H. Evangelist this Congregation makes choice of one of their Company whom they send into the Fields where he demands of the Neat-heard that looks to the Cattle which of his Bulls is the most fierce and furious When he has learnt this he commands this Bull in the name of S. Mark to follow him which like a tame Lamb follows him to the Village and is present at Vespers on the Eve of this Feast after which he returns to the Meadows and the next day he presents himself on the same manner at Masse where the true Lamb of God is sacrificed after this he marches in procession in the same Posture and suffers the Boys and Girles to touch him and put Wreaths of Flowers about his Neck This Feast and Ceremony being over he is sent back to the Herd and resumes immediately his wonted and natural fierceness and from that time People must have a care of him P. Bibero in append Solemnis sapientiae convivii U. Vache A Cow A Cow revenges an Injury done to the H. Sacrament IN the year 1650. in a Town of the Province of Austria called in Latin Vnguarinum on an Easter Eve when they were busy in a Procession according to the Custome of the Country carrying the H. Sacrament in great Pomp amidst Acclamations many Vollies of Guns shot off and the noyse of Kettle-drums Trumpets and Tabours an old Minister's Wife fell into a rage through despite to see the honour they gave to God in the H. Eucharist and cryed out furiously with full mouth Behold says she the Papists have again raised their Christ whom they put to death three days agoe This Blasphemy was immediately punish'd for a Cow that came no body knew from whence and followed this Fury on a suddain being as it were pricked forward by an extraordinary indignation ran furiously against this Heretick and having pushed and gored her back with her horns rush'd her down so wounded that she expired a few hours after to be presented before him whom she had blasphemed who is the Judge of Quick and Dead P. Nadasi in literis annuis ad an Cit. prov Austriae par 3. Vers. Wormes Wormes are found dead for having eaten up the Flowers designed for the honour of the H. Sacrament IN the Convent of S. Catherine in the Province of Valentia a Lay-Brother called Assensius one of great Faith