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Stealing hens and relics from a church...
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Stealing hens and relics from a church...

Item # 705063 ·

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Dec. 11, 1671  Near the bottom of the front page is a report noting in part: "...From Lisbonne they tell us that a servant of a certain Jew there, endeavoring to steal hens out of the nunnery at Odivelas, had been apprehended, and discovered to have been the author of the late sacrilege committed in the stealing the host out of the Parish Church of that place, by some relics he had about him, which were then lost out of that church."
Complete as a single sheet, 7 by 11 inches, some dirtiness near the top & central fold, a few minor worm holes at the blank spine, good condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #371 - released for October, 2026

Price
$47
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.