The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-07-25
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SOME A0fEs ON FASTfAS-
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Thsn have been great fasteEs befols
DR.. Tanner, and, not TO 90 into aheieni
history, Rymeris "F9denA" may Be-
quoted, in tbs SIXTH volume q Which Il
8 rssenpt Of King Edward III. REFER
ing 10 = woman named Cecilia, wife Of
John de Rygeway. who Was lodged In
Nottingham jail for the murder Of her
husband, and there she lay not only a
. forezhAdowing Of Ben Johnson's sil-
emit woman b. not speaking at all but
sbstaining from food and water for
forty days the precise duration Of DTs
Tanners proposed fast This fact, II
fact 1t was 50 represented TO the king
that, moved BY piety and for the glory
OF God and the blessed Virgin, to
whom the miracle was owing" he
granted her u free pardon, bearing date
April Is, 1857. Archbishop spottis-
wood gives account ofs Tevi0tdsls man
named John Scott. who 'shaving NC
cumbed In n plea At law, and knowing
himself unable 10 pay that wherein he
was Adjudged. took sanctuary in the
Abbey Of Holyrood house, where. out
Of q deep ~displeasure, he abstained
from all meat and drink the space Of
thirty or forty days together" The
king, Henry VIII. was Of a mind with
DIR. W. A. Hammond. and would have
the thing put 10 test. and 10 that end
he shut up Mr.. Scott in a private room
In Edinburgh Castle where he caused a
little bread and water 10 be placed be-
fore him, which, however. he did not
touch for the space Of t~hirty-two days.
Having given this proof Of his abstin-
encs, he was Omitted, and, going into
the street, made 4 speech 10 the people
that locked about him, wherein he pro-
fsssed 10 do all this by the help Of the
blessed virgin and that he could fast as
long = he piessed.n As l. likely In be
the cas- with DIR. Tanner, should he
finally be successful, 30 was II with Mr..
john Scott. for, ~ 10 his fast. ''many
did take IL for n miracle. esteeming him
. person Of singular holiness; others
thought him 10 be frantic and mad, SO
as In q shorttime he came TO be neglect
ed" His inst accomplished and hs
fame gone In English, he went to Rome.
where he gave the like proof 10 Pope
Clement VIII, and then journeyed TO
Venice, where. ''apparelled with holy
vestures, such a. the priests use when
they say mass, and, carrying in his hand
4 testimonial OF his abstinence under
the Pope's ssal, he again underwent
his fast and was allowed some fifty du-
cats 10 pay his expenses 10 the holy
sepulchre. After his return 10 Eng
land he made bitter spceehes against
King Henry for his divorce from Queen
Katherine, and, notwithstanding his
miraculous record, was cast into prison,
where he remained fasting for fifty
days, probably to the great JOY and emo
lument Of his jailer. Scotto Satchells,
an old soldier in tho German wars,
drew up the chronicles Of the family in
1855. from which It appears that his
fasting ancestor was like all the Dou-
glasses. except Gawain, and could not
pen n line, though he could 90 without
food 10 admiration. This mans case
seems 10 have attracted much intention,
and Hearne says in Leland's "Itiner-
airy" that q learned Italian named Sig
nor Albergati investigated It carefully
and took strict means Of testing the
verify Of SCOTS fasting power, which
he recorded in q paper still preserved.
Sisnor Albergati took Scott to his
house, where for eleven days he kept
him under lock and key, not allowing
meat or drink TO como nea him, and
yet finding him alive and well ut the
end Of his fast. This document bears
date OF September !, 1855, and ends with
a solemn protestation Of its truthful
ness.
In his National History Of Stafford
shirep DIR. Robert Plot tells Of q girl
named Mary waughton, OF wigginton
In staffordshire. who from her cradle
up did not eat in a day "a piece above
the size Of half q crown In bread and
butter, or, II meat, not above thequant-
lty Of a pigeons eggs Mt most. And
yet she is . maiden ola fresh complex
ion and healthy enough, very piously
disposed, Of the church Of England, and
therefora lere likelv In nut n trick unon