17976] Ceremony ufed at the 
month of May, 1791, particularly in the 
file of December, 1788, isto be found a 
curious notice relative to the extraordi- 
hary winters of 763, 801, and 1067; in 
the laft of thefe years occurred a hard 
froft, which continued from the 13th of 
November to the 12th of March. The 
years 1210, 1272, and 1288, arealfo cited ; 
in the Jaftofthefe, the Rhine froze below 
Bafle, in the month of March. 
Papon, author of a Hiftory of Pro- 
vence, mentions feveral others, which 
will be found in the fame paper of De- 
cember, 1788, and alfo in the Journal de 
Paris of the 6th of January, 1789: thefe 
are the years 1305, 1354, 1358, 1361, 
1364, 1420, 1480, 1493, 1507, 1522, 
1608 (which Mezerat calls the year of 
ak hard froft) and 1638 ; during the laf, 
e fca, in the port of Marfeilles, froze 
ground the gallies. _ 
C. PInGRE, in the Mémoires of the 
Academy for 1789, p. 514, has extracted 
notes from the manufcripts of Bouillaud, 
from 1635 to 1677, which are in the nof- 
feffion of the citizen LE MonnIER, re- 
. lative to the extraordinary degrees of 
cold of 1655-6, 1657-8, 1652-3, 1666, 
1670, and 1677. We alfo difcover, by 
MEZERAI, that in 1672, the froft con- 
tinued for three months; in fine, in 1683, 
a rigorous cold was felt throughout all 
Europe, from November, until March, 
1684. 
In the preceding account, two intervals 
ef 101 years will be noticed, viz. 1507, 
1608, and 1709; but neither natural hif- 
tory nor aftronomy can account for thefe. 
The details contained in the books quoted 
by me, of the horrible calamities of thefe 
févere winters I have mentioned, will 
confole us, in fome meafure, for what 
we endured during the winter of 1794-5. 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
your Correfpondent Miso PsEuDEs, 
- in his letter on the Royal Touch in 
the Evil, has very fatisfaétorily proved, 
that the greateft advocates for that ab- 
furd praétice durft not let it have a fair 
trial on all the patients that offered. As the 
Service ufed on thofe occafions is proba- 
bly unknown to moft of your Readers, | 
here fend it you, copied from a Common- 
_ Prayer-Book, printed in duodecimo in 
the year 1708 It follows the Service for 
the 8th of March, the anniverfary of 
. Queen Anne’s acceflion, and comes next 
betore ibe Thirty-nine Articles. Having 
never feen it but once before, I prefume 
it muft have been ina Prayer-book of the 
Moxtury Mac, No. XIII. _ : 
Royal Touch for the Evil. 25 
fame edition. It is fo far curious, as it 
exhibits a fuperftitious farce, a€ted by a 
fovereign of Great Britain within the 
prefent century. Afterall, itis not more 
extravagant than Animal Magnetifm, 
which, even in our time, has received 
too much encouragement, not only abroad 
but in our own country. 
Lam, f&r, 
Your very humble fervant, 
A. B. 
AT THE HEALING 
PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings, 
with thy moft gracious favour, and further 
us with thy continual help, that in all our works 
begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may . 
glorify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy 
obtain everlafting life, through Jefus Chrift 
our Lord. Amen. 
The holy Gofpel is written in the 16th chap- 
ter of Saint Mark, beginning at the 14th verfe. 
Jefus appeared unto the eleven as they fat at 
meat and upbraided them with their unbelief 
and hardnefs of heart, becaufe they believed 
not them which had feen him after he was rifen. 
And he faid unto them, Go ye into all the 
world, and preach the gofpel to every creature. 
He that believeth and is baptized fhall be faved ; 
but he that believed not ihall be damned. And 
thefe figns fhall follow them that believe: in 
my name they fhall caft out devils, they fhall 
{peak with new tongues, they fhall take up fer- 
pents, andif they drink any deadly thing, it 
thall not hurt them ; they fall lay their hands 
on the fick and they fhall recover. So then after 
the Lord had fpoken unto them, he was’ re- 
ceived up into heaven, and fat on the right hand 
of God. And they went forth, and preaching 
every where, the Lord working with them, 
and confirming the word with figns following. 
Let us pray. ‘ 
Lord have mercy upon use=Chrift have mercy 
upon us. . 
Lord have mercy upon us Our Father, Sc. 
Then fhall the infirm Perfons, one by 
one, be prefented to the Queen upon their 
knees, and as every one is prefented, and while 
the Queen is laying her hands upon them, and 
putting the Gold about their necks, the Chap- 
Jain that officiates, turning himfelf to her Ma- 
jelty, fhall fay thefe words following : 
_ God give a bleffing to this work ; and grant 
that rhefe fick Perfons; on whom the Queen 
Jays her hands, may recover through Jefus 
Chrift our Lord. 
After all have been prefented, the Chap- 
lain thall fay, 
Verf. O Lord fave thy fervants. 
Refp. Who put their truft in thec. 
Verf. Send them help from thy holy place. 
Refp. dnd evermore mightily defend them, 
Verf. Help us, O God of our Salvation. 
Refp. And for the glory of thy name, deliver 
us ; and be merciful unto us finners, for thy name's 
ake. i 
‘ Verf. O Lord hear our praycrs. 
Refp, And ict our cry come unto thet. 
: Thele 
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