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.

Author

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. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• THE PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION Concerning the Testimony of MIRACLES.
• THE PREFACE.
• 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.
    • 2. Bees adore the H. Host, and sing the Divine Praises, dividing themselves into two Quires.
    • 3. Bees erect a compleat Chappel with their Wax.
    • 4. They revenge the injuries done to the H. Sacrament.
    • 1. A Lamb of St. Francis makes signs to a Lady to go to Masse.
    • 2. A Lamb of St. Coleta kneeled at the Elevation during the Masse.
    • 1. A Spider do's not at all impoyson at the Masse: What happened to one of the Cistertion Order, to St. Conrade and St. Norbert.
    • 2. Another instance to the same purpose.
    • 3. Another like the former.
    • 4. A Spider revenges an affront done to the H. Sacrament.
    • 1. Asses honour the H. Sacrament, making way for a Priest that carried it.
    • 2. Another such like Story.
    • 3. Another admirable History of what happened, not to an Asse, but to a man turned into an Asse.
  • B.
    • 1. Hinds come to Masse on a H. Martyrs day, and make an offering of a young Cheverel.
    • Oxen adore the H. Sacrament.
    • 2. Another story to the same purpose.
    • 4. A Sheep kneels at the Masse, at the Elevation of the Consecrated Host.
  • C.
    • 1. Ducks are present at Masse on St. Nicholas day. May 9.
    • 2. Young Ducks defend the Church, and punish Offenders till they make reparation for the wrongs they had done.
    • A Stag traces the Circuit and the place of the Church of Nostre Dame du Puy, at Velay in France.
    • 3. Caterpillars revenge the injury done to the H. Sacrament.
    • 4. A Horse given to a Priest that carried the H. Sacrament to a sick person.
    • 5. A Jews Horse pays respect to a Priest, who went with the H. Sacrament to a sick person.
    • 6. A Horse signifies to his Master, that he should hear Masse, before he went about his affairs.
    • 7. Horses lose their lives for saving the honour due to the H. Hosts.
    • 8. A Shee-goat brings up an Infant devoted to the H. Sacrament.
    • 9. Dogs revenge the injury done to the H. Hosts.
    • 10. A Dog punished by Heaven, for making a noise during the Masse.
    • A Dog respects and adores the H. Sacrament, and punishes the Blasphemy of his Master.
    • A Peasant being delivered from mischievous Dogs, devoted himself to the H. Sacrament.
    • An Infant was born with a Head like a Greyhound, whose Father was hunting without regarding to say Masse.
    • The admirable vigilancy and devoires of a Dog, in in honour of the H. Sacrament.
    • Several Holy Priests have been honoured by Pigeons, while they said Masse.
    • A Pigeon brings a H. Host, to communicate one newly Converted to the Faith.
    • Pigeons informed the Eastern Bishops concerning the Holiness of the Sacrifice, and of the Pope that celebrated.
    • A Pigeon sucks the Blood consecrated by a wicked Priest, and restores it to the Priest, after he had confessed his Sin.
    • S. Edmund was communicated by a Pigeon.
    • A Pigeon marks out the outside lines, and form of a Chappel of our Ladies.
    • Ravens, Crows, Choughs, and other Birds of prey, assembled ordinarily nigh to Ravenna, on S. Apollinarius's day, during the Divine Office, that was said there.
  • D.
    • A Dragon is made tame by the vertue of the H. Masse.
    • Dragons revenge the injuries done to the H. Eucharist.
  • E.
    • The Elephants at Goa, come in the Procession of the H. Sacrament.
    • The Ermine serves for a subject, to honour the H. Sacrament.
  • F.
    • A Falcon teaches us the reverence and decency due to places, where the H. Sacrament lies, and is kept.
    • Ants by the Punishment that befell them, shew the reve∣rence due to Altars, and to the H. Sacrament.
  • G.
    • Henns honour the H. Sacrament.
    • A Hen revenges the injury done to the H. Eucharist.
    • Frogs give respect to the H. Sacrament.
  • H.
    • Swallows. The Honour paid by this sort of Birds.
    • Another History of the same kind.
  • J.
    • Jumens. Mares adore the H. Sacrament.
    • Mares and Oxen passing through a Marsh, adore our Lord in the H. Eucharist.
    • A Woman appeared in form of a Mare, for her negligence in frequenting the Communion.
  • L.
    • Conies adore the H. Sacrament.
    • A Shamois, or wild Goat, serves to honour the H. Sacrament, in the deliverance of the Emperor Maximilian I.
    • A Wolf, in consideration of the Communion received, quits his Prey, so doing homage to the H. Sa∣crament.
    • A Man and his Wife being transformed into a Wolf by force of an im∣precation, desire to receive the communion, which was done to the Woman, being at the point of death.
    • A Wolf abusing the Beasts of S. Isidore, thereupon dyed, by virtue of the H. Sacrament.
  • M.
    • A Fly satisfies for the irreverence she had commit∣ted toward the H. Sacrament by being burnt.
    • Another such like Story.
    • Another like Punishment of another Fly.
    • A Mule adores the Sacrament.
    • A Mule serves for an Occasion to honour the H. Sacrament.
    • A Mule by Dying acknowledges the Verity of the H. Sacrament.
  • O.
    • A Bird brings S. Boniface and the Company with him, their Dinner, after he had celebrated Mass.
    • A fine Bird came to cheer a Monk with her melodious Singing, after he had received the Communion, as if she invited him to Heaven.
    • A Bear serves for a subject to honour the H. Sacrament.
  • P.
    • Sparrows by their Obedience and their Death, testify their regard to the H. Sacrament.
    • Partridges chastise the Hunter, who had taken them, for having been defective in attending Masse, and flew away, tho they were put into the Pot.
    • Fishes honour the H. Sacrament.
    • Another respect, rendred by a Fish to the H. Host.
    • A Whale, a Fish of the greater kind, lent his Back to say Masse upon, on Easter-Day.
    • Swine adore the H. Sacrament.
  • R.
    • A Fox quits the Hen he had carried away, by vertue of the H. Sacrament.
    • A Nightingale advertises a Devout Frier to prepare for his Voyage to Heaven, for his having a par∣ticular Inclination to attend Masses.
  • S.
    • A Scorpion taken and swallowed down at Masse, hurts not the Priest at all that did it.
    • A Wild Boar shows what respect is due to Altars, the Sacred Mansions of the H. Sacrament.
    • Locusts or Grashoppers acknowledge the vertue of the Eucharist, and of the H. Sacrifice, by their Death.
    • Mice, by a certain cognisance, yield respect to the H. Sacrament.
  • T.
    • A Bull acknowledges our Lord, under the Species of the Sacrament, deposing its fierceness, to be present at the Masse.
  • U.
    • A Cow revenges an Injury done to the H. Sacrament.
    • Wormes are found dead, for having eaten up the Flowers designed for the honour of the H. Sacrament.
    • Wormes revenge the Injury done to the H. Sacrament.
    • Vipers honour the H. Sacrament, by quitting those whom they had afflicted.
• The LICENSE,