King's-evil

In Somersetshire, 'tis confidently reported, that some were cured of the King's-evil, by the touch of the Duke of Monmouth: the Lord

Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects John Aubrey 1661

When King Charles I. was prisoner at Carisbrook Castle, there was a woman touched by him, who had the King's-evil in her eye, and had not seen in a fortnight before, her eye-lids being glued together: as they were at prayers, (after the touching) the woman's eyes opened.

Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects John Aubrey 1661

Wiltshire, did when a child wonderful cures by touching only, viz. as to the King's-evil, wens, &c. but as he grew to be a man, the virtue did decrease, and had he lived longer, perhaps might have been spent.

Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects John Aubrey 1661

The curing of the King's-evil by the touch of the King, does much puzzle our philosophers: for whether our Kings were of the house of

Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects John Aubrey 1661

Several persons have been cured of the King's-evil by the touching, or handling of a seventh son.

Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects John Aubrey 1661