Palmes, William, Life of Mrs. Dorothy Lawson of St. Anthony's near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Northumberland

(Newcastle-upon-Tyne :  Imprinted by George Bouchier Richardson, at the sign of the River-god Tyne, Clayton-treet-west; printer to the Society of antiquaries, and to the Typographical society, both of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  1851.)

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HER husband's BROTHER.                          23

powering herself out of herself, when shee parted with so
many pledges, or precious parts and pieces, which the co¬
operation of grace with nature made more dear than a
second self.

To this obligatory (as I may say) degree or part of
charity, shee added a second of supererogation, so stu¬
dious of her neighbour's good, that reflecting on saints of
foregoing ages, I find it sympathize most with St. Gregory,
Thaumaturge bishop of Neocsesarea, who being to leave
with the world his bishoprick, asked how many infidels
were in it, and when it was answered seventeen, he gave
thanks to God ; saying " That was the number of the
faithfull at my establishment." HuHwhen this apostolicall
spirit arrived first at Heton, there was but one Catholic
family in the parish orcircuit; no church-stuff but hers,
which was carried to severall places upon necessity. Att
her departure from thence (or St. Anthony's, which is all
one, because it borders upon it) to heaven, there wa& not
one heretick i'amily, and six altars were erected for divine
service. Of this harvest, as next God shee was the seeds¬
man on earth, so assuredly shee reaps the fruit with a
plenteous increase in heaven.

I must not here omitt, for the honour of God in hia
saints, an act of sublime charity, grounded in most sub-,
lime and profound humility.

A brother of her husbandr (by infection I rather think,
than disorder) had contracted a disease so contagious and
noisome, that neither friend nor stranger would entertain
him. Behold a true Samaritan ! shee took care of him ;
accommodated him in her own house, sent for a very
knowing physitian, hier'd a skillfull woeman for his at¬
tendance, and, with her help only, till he recovered, which
was a complete quarter of a year, did all about himself,
his diet, and  chamber, without  troubling  any servant.
 

r By the, limitations in the settlement of the 10th of March, 1597,
it appears that her husband had five younger brothers, viz., Ed¬
mond, Anthony, Marmaduke, James, and William.
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