~To~ the M{r} and Wardeins of the Companie of Barbar Surgions ~Whereas~ S{r} Henry Herbert Knight M{r} of the Revells hath authorised the bearer hereof Humfrey Bromley to shew a Child presented to be naturallie borne haveing Twoe heades ffower Armes and three leggꝭ w{ch} I suppose not to be borne of any woeman or to be the perfect substance of a child in respect whereof I forbeare to pˀmitt the said Humfrey Bromely to make shewe thereof within the libˀties of this Cittye untill such tyme as I maye be truely satisfied from you whether the same child be of the substance as is pretended Therefore I desire you that upon advised view of the said Child you truly certifie mee in writing under yo{r} handꝭ whether the same be really a child as is presented to thend I maye not unadvisedly suffer his Ma{t}ꝭ subjectꝭ to be deceyved thereby. This second of November Anno Dni. 1627. HUGH HAMERSLEY _Maio{r.}_ Whereupon the vew of the supposed body as aforesaid it is ordered that this answere be returned to the Lord Maio{r} as followeth viz: ~Right~ Hono{ble} According unto yo{r} Lõps reference unto us directed dated the second of November 1627 ~Wee~ have taken a deliberate vewe of the supposed monstrous birth presented unto us to be vewed as from your hono{r} by one Humfrey Bromley And although wee cannot possitively affirme it proceeded not from a woeman Yet under favor, wee conceive and soe deliver our opinions that the said supposed monstrous shape hath beene, either by Arte soe composed and put together from unnaturall and untimely birthes of Children or from other Animalls, as Apes, Munckeys or the like w{ch} have a greate resemblance of Manns bodye, in many of their partes and soe by the cunninge subtiletye of the composer made into a monster, thereby to delude the worlde and haveing a Bodye of Antiquitie cannot safely receive a flatt and manifest contradiction; And wee are induced the rather to suspect it for that the producer thereof hath noe testimonye from any learned or judicious men; neither from any Magistrates of the partes where it is pretended to have bene borne, w{ch} such offendors use aboundantly to be furnished withall. And in conclusion compareing his printed demonstrac͠on of his monster, with the Author he siteth, and others that have written of such and the like monsters, Wee finde a greate deale of Addition and a manifest disagreem{t} w{ch} is a playne badge of fixion and falsehoode. All w{ch} our opinions wee humbly submitt to yo{r} hono{rs} grave wisdome to be further considered of.