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A32751	A new letter concerning the Jevves written by the French ambassador, at Constantinople, to his brother the French resident at Venice ; being a true relation of the proceedings of the Israelites, the wonderful miracles wrought by their prophet, with the terrible judgments that have fallen upon the Turks.	Chaumont, Alexandre, chevalier de, d. 1710.	1666 (1666)	Wing C3737A; ESTC R39210	3,700	9

A New Letter Concerning the JEVVES Written by the FRENCH AMBASSADOR AT Constantinople To his Brother the French Resident at VENICE Being a true Relation of the Proceedings of the Israelites the wonderful Miracles wrought by their Prophet with the terrible Judgments that have fallen upon the Turks LONDON Printed by A. Maxwell for Robert Boulter at the Turks-Head in Cornhil 1666. The Translation of a Letter from Constantinople written by the French Ambassador Monsieur de Cheaumont c. HEre are great Novelties about a Messiah of the Jews he is expected here in brief It 's said That the Grand Signior will be content to yeild him the Crown of whole Palestine The most part of the Jews here meddle no more with Trading but prepare to go for Jerusalem At the first we mocked at them and made no account of it but now by all appearances we fear that it is good earnest From a French Consul at Smyrna unto one Sir Rosano a Christian at Livorn Here are great Novelties by the arrival of a King of the Jews in this Town who is a Person of great Consideration and of great Wisdom of whom the Turks have great esteem Our Nation remains in some fear God grant it may not cause us some damage From Paris Febr. 19. 1666. The rumour concerning the Jews continues here daily and that they are gathering together under one Man who saith not that he is the Messias as it is reported but only That by Divine Revelation he is raised and sent to gather up the whole Nation of the Jews from all parts of the World and to teach them to know the Messiah to come which hitherto they have not known It 's said That something of God appears in him Abraham Perena a rich Jew of this Town parted on Monday last with his Family for Jerusalem after he had taken his leave of our Magistrate and acknowledged his thankfulness for the favour he and his Nation in their dispersion had received here c. It 's said he offered to sell a Countrey-house of his worth Three thousand pounds sterling at much loss and that on this Condition That the Buyer should not pay one farthing till he be convinced in his own Conscience That the Jews have a King On the tenth of March came divers Letters from Gaza Smyrna Livorn and Venice bringing our Jews such comfortable News that yesterday they testified such joy as never was seen here before The matter was this That now the four Prophets which the King Sabbathi expected from Aleppo to accompany him for Constantinople were come and that on the 18th of December the King who a while had kept in at Smyrna went forth in publick which the Turks perceiving went to the Cadi of the Town saying There was one that professed himself to be King of the Jews The Cadi or Sherif of the Town judging that matter pertained to the Bassa sent to him about it He at first grew angry resolving to Massacre all the Jews and to that purpose gave order to his Captains to be ready for the next morning But that very night appeared to them the Prophet Elias in a fiery Colomn saying to him Take heed of doing any harm to the Jews This so terrified and struck down his mind that he craved pardon and consequently instead of executing his Cruel Design he g●ve forth order not to do any harm to any Jew And from thenceforth the King marched up and down the City without any molestation On a night as the King went to bathe himself in a River that is as is the manner of Penitents to wash themselves with cold water yea in the midst of Winter the Constable of the Watch met him and asked if he was a Jew and because the King did not answer he lift up his Staff to strike him but feeling his arm grow st●ff and not able to move it more he cryed out I now acknowledge thou art the King pray pardon me He said Stay till it be morning and then he restored him in the Name of the God of Israel On the 5th or 6th of January the King with his four Prophets took Ship to go to Constantinople without any Mariner as some say or Pilate He being aboard the Ship was taken up in a fiery Colomn and went so swift that the King commanded to take some Port because he was to arrive at Constantinople not before the 17th of Schebet or January 21. Note that the number of Prophets doth encrease daily amongst Women and Children as well as amongst Men and that Elias had shewed himself at Constantinople Smyrna Aleppo and divers other places and that publickly speaking unto the people openly There are Prophets likewise at Constantinople And by reason of Elias his appearing and speaking to them there was celebrated great joy in their Synagogues This the Great Turk having heard sent for some of the chiefest of the Jewish Synagogue and askt them about their King They said They knew none but himself He commanded them to deliver him into his hands within seven days if not that they all should be put to death This made a great stir at Constantinople amongst both Jews and Turks The Mother of the Great Turk being warned by Elias himself came to her Son beseeching him to Revoke his Sentence but to no effect The next day arose a great Obscurity in the Town which lasted two dayes and two nights so that one could not see another and afterward there fell a showr of Hail stones as big as Hens Eggs able to kill a man whence the common people were so affrighted that they cryed out That all this was occasioned by the Sentence pronounced against the Jews and prayed the Great Lord to revoke his Sentence But all this was in vain had not God sent to him the Prophet Elias warning him not to do any harm unto the Jews and instructing him how he should deal with the King This then being hapned and the Great Turk being quite changed he sent again for the chief Rabbies and told them he would send an Ambassadour for their King and receive him honourably as he did indeed But it came not to Smyrna till after the departure of the King So much for a Compendium of those forenamed Letters Now concerning the arrival of the King at Constantinople it 's affirmed from Venice Jan. the 6. that the Great Lord received him with much respect setting him on Horseback and on his right hand c. But to be sure in these particulars we must expect yet one seven-night longer As for the two Tribes and half they are said by these Letters not to be in but near Gaza The Copy of a Bill written by Mr. Plettenberg Resident for the Emperor at Dresden Feb. 6. He that dispersed Israel will gather Him The Mouths of all from the East are enlarged concerning the New King of which it is said Psal 149. Sing unto the Lord a New Song Thou mayst say I pray Sir your