Touching for the Evil

I have seen an illuminated MS. containing the form of prayer in use previous to the Reformation. As far as I remember, the MS. in question must have been of the fifteenth century. Where it may now be found I am not aware. At the time of my seeing it, it was in the possession of Mr. Toovey of Piccadilly. A somewhat curious field for inquiry on this subject is opened by a passage in Voltaire's *Siècle de Louis XIV*. Speaking of James II. touching for the evil while in exile at the French court, he says— "Soit que les Rois Anglais se soient attribué ce singulier privilège, comme prétendans à la c…