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.

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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.
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Bridoul, Toussaint, 1595-1672.
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London :: Printed for Randall Taylor ...,
1687.
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Lord's Supper -- Catholic Church.
Lord's Supper -- Miracles -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A29396.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.

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Conies adore the H. Sacrament.

IN the year 1412. one John Vanlangarsterden came to lodge at Herental in Brabant, and went out every day secretly to catch a Prize: one day en∣tring in company into the Church of Vectrelesande, he carried away from thence the Chalice with the Pix, wherein there were five consecrated Hosts. As he was thinking to return to Herental with his booty, and was upon the Rode thither, he was much surprized, finding that he could not advance forward, do what he could, and at the same time knew not whether he

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went. This wandring, made him inwardly reflect and think that this hap∣pened to him for his sin. Hereupon he resolved to throw the stollen Hosts into the River, and going to put this in execution, he found himself stopt short, without being able to stir from the place, where he was. He being then hard by a Coney-Warren, that he might rid himself of those Hosts, he threw and hid them in a Coney-burrough. After which he found himself at liberty to return to his Lodging; where the Provost of Herental, upon the noise that ran up and down of the Robbery, caused him to be arrest∣ed; and putting him to the rack, it was not long ere he confessed the steal∣ing of the Chalice and the Pix, without saying any thing of the Hosts. But when the Sentence was pass'd on him to dye, his Confessor pressed him to tell what was become of the Hosts, and yet he would not say a word about it, till he was just going to be thrown off the Ladder; then he freely confessed the whole Fact, and discover'd the place where he had put the Hosts. Upon which he was brought down the Ladder, and led to the Warren, a number of People accompanying him, and he showed the hole where he had cast them. But not finding them there, one casting his Eyes about, saw them laid orderly upon the Grass, and round about the Conies kneeling, adored with all respect their Creator. It was eight days since this was done, and yet among all the Snows and Raines and other Injuries of the Air which happen in the Month of February, they found the Host entire and not at all endammaged: the very Elements and Beasts owning their Creator, whilst the Hereticks deny and blaspheme him. The Criminal was brought back to the Place of Execution, and was burnt, for expiation of his enormous Crime. Upon the noise of this great Miracle, Antony Duke of Brabant with the Princess Elizabeth his Wife, came to the Place with a world of followers, to testify their Piety towards the H. Sacrament. A Chappel was built over the Coney-borrough, where the Hosts had been thrown, which is to be seen to this day under the Altar. Great Devotion continued always, and does to this day towards this place, but the Hosts have been lost by the fury of our new Iconolasts and Calvinists. August: Wickman in Brab. Mariana. P. Rivero in append. ad solenne sapientiae convivium.

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