%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> MANS Amazement:/ It being a true Relation of one Thomas Cox, a Hackney-Coach-man, to whom the Devil appeared on fri-/ day night, it being the 31st. of October, first in the likeness of a Gentleman, seeming to have a role of Paper or/ Parchment in his hand, afterwards in the likeness of a great Bear with glaring eyes, which so affrighted him,/ that it deprived him of all his Sences. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1671-1702 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/11/2007 20792

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2.175 R234359 1 Digbys Farewel Digby's Farewell Digby's Farewell GOod People attend now, and I will declare,/ A wonder as strange as you ever did hear; imprint unclear: Printed for [I.] Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur-street[s.] Pepys 2.175 Wing M51A Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 175 MANS Amazement:/ It being a true Relation of one Thomas Cox, a Hackney-Coach-man, to whom the Devil appeared on fri-/ day night, it being the 31st. of October, first in the likeness of a Gentleman, seeming to have a role of Paper or/ Parchment in his hand, afterwards in the likeness of a great Bear with glaring eyes, which so affrighted him,/ that it deprived him of all his Sences. MANS Amazement: it being a true Relation of one Thomas Cox, a Hackney-Coach-man, to whom the Devil appeared on fri- day night, it being the 31st. of October, first in the likeness of a Gentleman, seeming to have a role of Paper or Parchment in his hand, afterwards in the likeness of a great Bear with glaring eyes, which so affrighted him, that it deprived him of all his Sences. Man's Amazement: It Being a True Relation of One Thomas Cox, a Hackney Coachman, to Whom the Devil Appeared on Friday Night, it Being the Thirty-first of October, First in the Likeness of a Gentleman, Seeming to Have a Roll of Paper or Parchment in His Hand, Afterwards in the Likeness of a Great Bear With Glaring Eyes, Which so Affrighted Him, that It Deprived Him of All His Senses. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 205 x 304 cropped bottom edge, creased, uneven inking 1671-1702 Printed for I. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur-streets. J. Deacon Spufford and BBTI

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GOod People attend now, and I will declare, A wonder as strange as you ever did hear; It hath been apparent to many ones view, For though it is strange, yet 'tis certainly true; The last of October, on Friday at night, A strange apparition a Coachman did fright, In such a strange manner the like was ne'r known, As here by these lines shall plainly be shown. That night near White-Hall he had took up a fair, And then unto Water-Lane he did repair, And when he had set his fare down in the Lane, He drove to the end to return back again; And as he was driveing then easily on The Devil appear'd in the shape of a man, And leaning against a great post he did stand; With likeness of Parchment rol'd up in his hand.
He call'd to the Coach-man as it did appear, The Coach-man Supposing he had been a Fare; He stopped his horses and came down therefore, And stept to his Coach and then open'd the door, He bid him to drive him to Brides Low Church yard, The Coachman observ'd him with reverent regard; For little he thought of that infernal sin, And therefore to drive him he then did begin. The horses possest with a Habit of fear, They snorted and startled as it did appear, The Coachman his hat it fell of to the ground, The night being dark it could not be found. This gentleman told him though he did not see it His hat it lay under his horses fore-feet; There finding his hat and the words to be true, He then was amazed to think how he knew.
But when he got into his Coachbox again, His horses they startled and could not refrain, Thus snorting and flouncing being frighted withal, At length he came near to St. Brides church-yard-wall The coach-man came down from his box in a fright, And said he would drive him no further that night: The Devil he held out his hand and did say, Here's mony enough I will bountiful pay. Then as he did proffer to feel for his hand, Yet there was no substance he could understand Nor there was no mony the coach-man could see, The Devils a lyar and so he will be, Still he in the shape of a man did remain, Till he from the coach had desended again; The Coach-man he turning about to his fare, He then did appear in the form of a Bear. Which did both his heart and his sences surprize, It staring upon him with great flaming eyes And also did seem to make at him amain But he with his whip lashed at it again, And then he did seem to give back and retire, And vanisht away in great flashes of fire, O this was a sad and deplorable case, The flashes did seem for to fly in his face. He then stepped into his Coach-box straightway, The horses run homeward without there delay, The coach-man was speechless like one almost dead But they took him down and convey'd him to bed Where five or six days he did speechless remain, But then at the length it returned again. Now from his own mouth he hath made it appear, And briefly declared the things mention'd here. He has lost both the sence and the use of his Limbs, Which is a great cut and a grief to his friends, To see how he lyes in a languishing state, Alas this affliction and sorrow is great: To see how he lyeth and still doth remain, 'Tis fear'd that he ne'r will recover again, He says if the Lord will his Limbs now restore, He never will follow the calling no more. There's many hath seen him from both far and near; From whose just Relation the truth did appear, Now in Baldwins Gardens therein Cradle Court, This man still is living as hundreds report, And those that will take but the pains for to go A further Account of the truth you may know, Yea from his own mouth he will freely unfold, The sum and the substance of what I have told.
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Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur streets.