By some evidences since recovered, it appeared that the project was very much like that memorable one in Eighty-eight. And at the beginning of the following Parliament, a book was produced in the House of Commons, intituled, "The Papists fishing in troubled waters, whilst the King was at war with the Scots, with prayers in it for the Holy Martyrs that suffered in the fleet sent against the Heretics in England, anno 1639. However, this proved such a fatal blow to the maritime power of Spain, that they never since recovered it."

DÆMONOLOGY.

The succeeding tales are introduced as proofs of the lamentable mental imbecillity of 1680.

“A young maid, who lived formerly at Kensington, but, removing from thence, lived in St. Martin's le Grand, London, being about eighteen years of age, is fallen into fits of despair, saying while she lived at Kensington (being then about twelve years of age) she sold herself to the Devil for half a crown, and that the time is almost expired when the bargain must be performed.

"Several have been with her, giving her Christian counsel; but nothing will prevail with her, she raving like one distracted, acknowledging herself

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herself to have led a very wicked life: that when she used to go to church with her Mistress, she went as if she had been loaded with some great burthen; and that the Devil used to prick her in the side, as if iron spikes had been run into her, so that she was not able to sit in the church, but was forced to go out, and fall to cursing and swearing, and then she could be at quiet.

"Her Mistress says, she shewed always an unwillingness to any thing of piety: if she called upon her in the morning, or at night, to come up stairs to prayer in the family, she could not induce her to come; and since the maid says, that the Devil used to meet her upon the stairs, and would not suffer her to go up. He generally appeared to her when she went about any thing that was good, as reading in the Bible, or any other good book, and would dehort her from it. Once he appeared to her about the middle of the night, and asked her if she wanted a light? to which she replied, that she had light enough when he was present.

"On Tuesday last, some friends came to her in St. Martin's, and carried her to an aunt of her's, living at Putney,; and the waterman that carried her thither said, that he was afraid the boat would have been lost in his passage thither, but could give no reason for it; and being told, when he landed, of the maid's distemper

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(for he was ignorant of it before), he said, had he known it, he would not have carried her for 100%.

"At Putney her aunt is very careful of her, procuring godly people to come daily to her to visit her, and give her spiritual comfort. One day they had her out to walk on Putney-heath; and, as she was walking, she of a sudden cried out, Look there! look there! do you not see him? There he stands,' pointing with her finger, and saying, 'I must go, he is come for me.' She being asked the reason why she sold herself, she said she saw other girls have fine things, and she had none, and therefore she sold herself. And being further questioned what she did with the half-crown which she sold herself for? she replied, she bought a pair of shoes with the money." Banks's Current Intelligence.

"From Edinburgh, of the 27th of last month (April 1680), we have the following account, that a certain woman there, supposed by her neighbours to have a familiar spirit, coming into the house of a certain citizen of that place, pretending to ask for one that was not there, the man of the house gave her some sharp language, and caused his servants to turn her out of door, which they did with some violence; but she had not been gone half an hour, but they found a strange alteration in their bodies, a numbness seizing on

their limbs, accompanied with great pain, so that they were not able to help themselves. This accident increased the suspicion of the woman having a familiar, and was thereupon committed to prison." True Domestic Intelligence.

REMARKABLE EVENTS IN ITALY.

The month of March, 1680, was distinguished by several uncommon occurrences in the Ecclesiastical States of Italy. Lewis XIV. commanded his Ambassador at Rome to require the natives of Burgundy, resident in that city, to remove the Arms of Spain from the Church of St. Claudius, and to replace them with those of France. His mandate was obeyed, but a violent altercation between the Envoys of the two nations' was the

consequence.

A dreadful accident happened on the 24th, at Macerata, where forty-three Members of the Jesuits' College had assembled in their church to deliberate on the affairs of the brotherhood. At the very instant they were thus employed, the roof fell in, and killed and wounded twenty-seven of them.

On the same day, the son of the Marquis of Manilani lost his life by the overturning of his carriage; and the coach of the Duke of Newburgh's agent experienced a similar disaster, andfell into the Tyber.

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On the 30th, the Pope distributed the annual gifts, or marriage-portions, to 440 poor young women, 38 of whom had 100 crowns each, six 200, and the remainder 50 each.

A HINT TO THOSE WHO ARE SOMETIMES

INEBRIATED.

The author of "The True Protestant Domestic Intelligence" informs us, in his Paper of April 27, 1680, that," Last week, a gentleman, having got drunk in Fleet-street, met with a cobler and another person, and, in his extravagant humour, took them to a tavern, and spent about eight shillings upon them, where he fell asleep. They, observing him to have much money about him, agreed to make prize of him, and accordingly took from him, as is said, forty shillings in silver, three guineas, a watch, and a ring off his finger. The next day the cobler was bragging with his guineas at a neighbour's house. But afterwards the person of the house, hearing of the gentleman's loss, suspected it might be the cobler had done it upon which a warrant was issued to apprehend him; but the cobler, hearing of it, got out at the top of the house, where he stayed until he thought the coast clear, and then called to a neighbour to let him into their house, for the serjeants were waiting for him; but the person, understanding that it was the constable and not serjeants,