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A19341 A relation of the most lamentable burning of the cittie of Corke, in the west of Ireland, in the province of Monster, by thunder and lightning With other most dolefull and miserable accidents, which fell out the last of May 1622. after the prodigious battell of the birds called stares, which fought strangely over and neare that citie the 12. & 14. of May 1621. As it hath beene reported to divers right honourable persons. 1622 (1622) STC 5766; ESTC S108693 3,720 16

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A RELATION O● 〈◊〉 Most lamentable Burning of th● 〈◊〉 of Corke in the west of Ireland in the Province of MONSTER by Thunder and Lightning With ether most dolefull and miserable Accidents which fell out the last of May 1622 after the prodigious barrell of the birds called Stares which fought strangely over and meare that Cit●●● the 12. 14. of May 1623. As it hath beene Reported to divers Right Honourable PERSONS Printed this 20 of Iune 1622. LONDON Printed by I. D. for Nicholas Bourne and Thomas Archer 1622. ❧ To the courteous Reader CHristian Reader There was this last yeare 1621. in October last published a report of a wonderfull battell fought betwixt certaine birdes called Stares or Sterlings at and neare a Cittie in Ireland called Corke which was so strange and admirable an accident as the like hath very seldome or never bin heard of or registred in any History in moderne or former ages This report being so strange was of some censured as an vntrue and idle invention Of others which vnderstood and by enquirie were resolved of the truth it was imagined to prognosticate some strange and dreadfull accident to follow as warres plagues or pestilence with such like coniectures Sithence which time namely this last of May 1622. the Omnipotent Maiestie of heaven hath not onely reprooved their vanitie who would not beleeue so strange a Relation but hath further by a most dreadfull and lamentable demonstration of his power and Iustice resolved what that battell of Birds might or did prognosticate wherein his Iustice in one respect may be feared and his mercy by so exemplar a manifestation may be sought after in another In what manner this battell of Birds was performed is needles in this place to be repeated because the relation is extant in Print albeit fitting for the Reader to know because he shall thereby vnderstand how directly this dreadfull and most terrible late Accident in Corke was prognosticated in the clamorous and cruell fight of the Stares at and neare vnto Corke where the Stares began their fiery and furious fight at the East end of the Cittie there began the first originall of the ruine of Corke And as the Birds proceeded in their fight so did the Cittie of Corke consume by fire from heaven as it is more plainely delivered in the Relation following to which I leaue thee A RELATION OF THE MOST LAMENTABLE Burning of the Cittie of Corke in the West of Ireland in the Province of MONSTER by Thunder and Lightning THe Cittie of Corke hath his beginning vpon the side of an Hill which discendeth easily into one wide and long streete The onely principall and chiefe streete of the Cittie At the first entrance there is a Castle called Shandon Castle And almost over against it a Church built of Stone as the Castle is a kinde of Marble of which that Country yeeldeth store The Cittie hath many houses built of the same stone and covered with Slate But the greatest number of houses are built with Tymber or Mudde walles and covered with Thatch This last of May being the most pleasant and delightfull moneth of the yeare To take his farewell gaue it in the most ruefull and terrible manner the like seldome heard of or seene in any Country or heard of in any Age since the beginning of the World The Citties of Sodome and Gomorrah were not more suddainely or more horribly consumed with fire from heaven then this Cittie of Corke was this last of May Albeit I compare this Cittie with Sodome and Gomorrah it is not in respect of the sinnes but in respect of the heavy hand of God shewed in like degree To consume by fire from Heaven eyther of them the sinnes of Sodome are by the Scriptures made knowne which are and ever will be knowne by the names of the sinnes of Sodome No question but this Cittie of Corke had her sinnes Otherwise the hand of God had not falne so heavily vpon her but they are not made so apparant as the sinnes of Sodome But if Vox Populi be Vox Dei If the people of the Country adioyning round about them may be taken for witnesses for sufficient proofe of their sinnes which might provoke the wrath of God vpon them The Citizens and Inhabitants of Corke haue beene taxed and noted for Vsury the chiefest Daughter of Covetousnesse to exceed any Cittie in the Kings Dominions except some Citties in England which as they are farre greater in quantitie so I feare they doe as much exceed in qualitie of the same sinne But of this more hereafter when I shall haue passed over this lamentable Narration of Corke This last of May being Fryday betwixt eleven and twelue of the Clocke the Cloudes over the Cittie began to gather thicke which caused such a darknes in their houses that they were amazed to behold so sodaine a darkenes These darke Cloudes seemed to Muster together and to descend by degrees nearer to the Cittie Whilest the Inhabitants stood thus wondering at the extraordinary darkenes suddenly they heard a terrible clappe of thunder And at the same instant they saw a dreadfull lightning with flames of fire breake out of the Cloudes and fall vpon the Cittie at the same instant at the East end and the highest part of the Cittie At that very place where the Stares beganne their Battell and where they first fell downe being killed in the fight There the fire first began with horrible flames which the Inhabitants of the West and lower part of the Cittie beholding they began hastily to run towardes the East part where the fire began They were not runne halfe the way when as they heard a woefull cry of fire behinde them for the West part was also set on fire Betwixt two fires being amazed and confounded not knowing what to doe the flames of fire raged also extreamely in the middest of the houses on both sides of the streete Albeit they had great aboundance of water neare at hand there was no meanes to be had nor any endevour to be vsed to quench the flames For the fire was so sodaine the flames so hot and raging that there was no possibilitie to come neare them For the fire which falleth from Heaven is vnquencheable and rageth with that violent heate as may not be endured So that the Inhabitants seeing all their labours and indevours to be spent in vaine and many consumed which adventured too neare to saue their goods their wiues or children then they resolue to saue themselues by running and flying out of the Citie into the fields and to an Iland adioyning neare vnto the Cittie Some were saved by this meanes But those who were in the Cittie were so enclosed vpon bothsides with fire that they were brought into miserable extreamities These had no other meanes to saue themselues but to fly for refuge into the Churches There were in this Cittie three Churches all which were filled with people tormented with woe and terrour For albeit