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VGW(PA.739.052
20-27 Jul 1739:12 (156)
From the Paris A-la-main, May 24. They write from Macon,
near Cogent upon the River Seine, that two men digging a
grave in a church-yard there, found a skull, which they laid
upon the grass by them; but soon after, perceiving it
stirring, they ran to the Cure (parson) and told him there
was a saint buried in the place where they had been digging.
The Cure immediately posted thither, and to his great
surprize found the skull moving, upon which he cry'd out, a
miracle! a miracle! as did likewise those that came along
with him; but not being willing to leave so precious a
relick behind him, he sent for a cross and holy water, his
surplice, stole and cap, order'd all the bells to be rung,
and sent notice to the parishioners, who immediately
throng'd to the place: Then he caused a dish to be brought,
put the skull into it, covered it with a napkin, and carry'd
it into the church, in procession during which, great
debates arose among his parishioners, every one of them
insisting that somebody or another of their family had been
buried there. The Cure being arriv'd in the church, the
skull was laid on the high-alter, and he began to sing Te
Deum; but when they came to the verse Te per orbem
terreatum, a mole starting out of the skull, discover'd the
cause of its motion; upon which the Cure broke off Te Deum,
and the congregation dispers'd.
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