On 26 May 1578, the Alteration took place in Amsterdam. In a peaceful revolution, the Catholic city council is literally put on the dike by Protestants in small boats. Three days later, the Holy Stead is besieged. Everything that reminds us of the Miracle so cursed by the Protestants is destroyed. What can still be saved from the contents is distributed among the various institutions in the city. A 'quadrant green coffin' from the sacristy of the chapel also changed hands and moved to the Burgerweeshuis (orphanage), which had just moved into the former Sint Lucien monastery.

In 1762, city historian Jan Wagenaar visited the orphanage to view the coffin. He notices that sick orphans, who are placed on top of them, heal immediately. He knows for sure: this must be the linen coffin in which the miracle host was brought to the Oude Kerk. The two angels, who worship a host floating in the fireplace, speak volumes.

Wagenaar records his discovery in the same year in his 'Amsterdam in zyne opkomst' and thus rekindles interest in the miracle. Many, too many Catholics find their way to the orphanage to see the miracle coffin. The coffin is taken to the attic for safety reasons to suppress any form of "superstition".

At the end of the nineteenth century, historian Jan Sterck (1859-1941) threw a spanner in the works for Catholics. He gets hold of a document showing that the alleged miracle chest was purchased by the Sacrament Guild around 1500. His source describes how two regents could no longer contain their curiosity in 1579. They opened the chest and found interest letters in it. The guild also used the two host-worshiping angels as a "logo". Wagenaar has been wrong-footed by it. The miracle worshippers are an illusion poorer, the Burgerweeshuis an archive chest richer.