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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68203	Motus Medi-terraneus. Or, A true relation of a fearefull and prodigious earthquake which lately happened in the ancient citie of Couentrie, and some other places of the Kingdome, to the great amazement of the inhabitants. With a touch of some other occurrences, as well forraine as domestique.	Holland, Henry, 1583-1650?	1626 (1626)	STC 13585.5; ESTC S119151	5,450	21

clocke after dinner vnlookt for and on a sudden happened this fearefull and prodigious shocke of Earth-quake to the great amazement and almost astonishment of the Inhabitants which was sensiblie felt and obserued throughout the Citie shrewdly shaking the Houses making the glasse windowes about the houses the Pewter and other materialls in the Houses to clatter the Beds wherein some lay sicke to shake vnder them and all in a most terrible manner and to make it more strange fearefull and prodigious it yeelded forth at the instant an hideous noise and roaring as it were in the Aire which noise and roaring was like betwixt the noise of Thunder and the roaring of the Sea The Inhabitants and beholders hereof especially the better sort betaking themselues to their best meditations and devotions and humbly submitting themselues vnder Gods hand and handie-workes Though blessed be Almightie God there was no great hurt done thereby throughout the whole Citie albeit therin are many goodly Houses and buildings two large and faire Churches about the heart of the Citie and with those Churches two loftie Pyramidall Spire-steeples of stone-worke and not farre from them a Crosse of stone also in the Market-place either of which three Monuments will hardly yeeld inferioritie to any others in the Kingdome Now that this Earth-quake or Prodigie did not containe it selfe in Coventrie alone but by credible information it was also sensibly obserued in diuers other places of the Countrie euen as farre as Bristoll And what this prodigious Accident may portend in the Counsell of GOD I must leaue it But thus much I dare bee bold to say and pray GOD grant vs quietnesse vpon the Land for doubtlesse the Earth was much shaken within If any list to bee so censorious as to make question of the truth of this fearfull Earth-quake let them repaire vnto the publisher and printer hereof who hath diuers Letters from sundrie graue learned religious and judicious people for confirmation thereof which shall be produced if need require And if this late Earth-quake seeme strange or incredible vnto them I wish them haue recourse vnto that more admirable worke of the Omnipotent euen in ours and our Fathers remembrance in Hereford-shire and recorded by our best Historiographers when as In the yeere of Christ Iesus 1571. Marcley Hill in the East of the shire rowzed it selfe out of a dead sleepe and with a roaring noise remoued from the place where it stood for ought wee know from the Creation or the Deluge at the least and for three dayes together trauailed from her first Site to the great amazement and feare of the beholders It began to journey vpon the seuenth day of Februarie being Saturday at sixe of the clocke at night and by seuen in the next morning had gone fourtie Paces carrying with it Sheepe in their coates hedge-rowes and Trees whereof some were ouerturned and some that stood vpon the Plaine are firmely growing vpon the Hill those that were East are turned West and those in the West were set in the East In which remoue it ouerthrew Kinnaston-Chappell and turned two High-wayes neere a hundred yardes from their vsuall Paths formerly trod The ground thus trauelling was about twentie six Acres which opening it selfe with Rockes and all bare the Earth before it for foure hundred yardes without any stay leauing that which was Pasturage in the place of Tillage and the Tillage ouerspread with Pasturage Lastly ouerwhelming the lower parts mounted to an Hill of twelue fathomes high and there rested her selfe after three dayes trauell remaining His Marke that so laid his hand vpon this Rocke whose Power hath poysed the Hills in His Ballance But leauing Hereford shire and Marcley Hill where God hath now placed it and not to speake of diuers other inferiour Eearth-quakes which since and before wee and our Fathers may remember and our Chronicles make mention of them And to come more neere to these present times though somewhat further from home Wee may remember that about the very time of the Apparition of that most memorable Comet or Blazing-Starre which appeared in Aarctophylax Anno 1618. In Italie a Towne called Pleurs was by a fearefull and prodigious Earthquake the ground opening it selfe cleane swallowed vp Houses Inhabitants and all not one soule in it left aliue nor so much as any Monument of it remaining to be seene And a while after the subuersion of it diuers neighboures that repaired thither would needs attempt to digge into the ground that they might see what they could finde Among other things that they found GOD directed them to a Stone which when they had taken vp they saw something written vpon it in Hebrew Letters as if like the Tables of Stone that were giuen to MOSES in Mount Sinay it had beene grauen with Gods owne singer Miraculous it was and the writing this Read and tremble Reade and wonder Thus saith the LORD My Word is like fire and like an hammer breaking the Rockes Goe out of Babylon and euery one looke to the sauing of his owne soule Let none winke at his sinnes for the vengeance will come and all shall be rewarded according to their wickednesse Immediatly after that most memorable Prodigie followed the Death of Great Princes and Potentates to wit the Emperour MATTHIAS and Empresse his wife his two Brethren both Arch-Dukes of Austria then Queene ANNE of Great Britaine his Sacred Maiesties Mother of famous Memorie then PHILIP the third King of Spaine and since that King IAMES of blessed Memorie then also began the Broyles and Warres in Bohemia the Palatinate and other places the wofull Consequences whereof wee daily see and heare of In so much as that wee haue I say as our Sauiour Prophesieth Warres Seditions and almost nothing but Rumours of Warres Yea I may further say the RED HORSE of WARRE hath and doth trample all ouer Christendome with a fearefull and most lamentable hauocke embrewing his feet especially in the blood of Saints the professours of the Gospell And to passe from Warre Hath not God caused the BLACK HORSE of PESTILENCE to play his part more neere vs yea euen here amongst vs in and about this famous Citie of London where hee hath trampled to death since this time twelue-moneth aboue 55000. soules besides what haue died in other Cities Townes and places in this Kingdome And now for the LEANE and Pale HORSE of FAMINE although wee must thankfully confesse that God hath wonderfully restrained him yet other Countries haue felt and doe feele his weight with cleanenesse of Teeth and emptinesse of Belly yea and wee our selues haue had a fearefull Glympse of Him and how soone God may permit him further to appeare amongst vs for our manyfold sinnes wee know not but may doubt and ought to pray against Famine To draw to a conclusion If Warres and Seditions Pestilences Famines and Earth-qvakes bee speciall Signes and Fore-runners of the last Iudgement as our Sauiour CHRIST hath prophesied they are and certes Heauen and Earth shall passe but his words shall not passe It behoueth vs except we will be wilfully blinde and stupid to take the Premisses into consideration and not slightly to passe by without observation and good vse making of this Earthquake such being I say once againe one of our blessed Saviours Signes of his comming to judgement And however hee in his wisedome haue concealed that Yeere day and houre that hee will come though some too to pragmatically and petulantly haue gone about to define the Yeere to bee nigh at hand yet it much behoueth vs to meditate thereon and prepare therefore that so wee may take all these fore-runners to be so many fore-warners of vs particularly to turne to God by a true Conversion whereupon will ensue all other Graces needfull for Salvation And the rather wee ought to take all Gods judgements to bee warnings vnto vs of the last Day because be it whensoever it shall please God every particular mans death is vnto him as the day of Iudgement for as wee die so shall wee rise Now what is more certeine than Death and what more vncertaine than the day of Death and it being so what manner of men ought wee to bee Good Lord therefore giue vs grace to turne vnto thee by true Repentance that so we may say ingenuously and heartily wish Thy will be done And Come Lord Iesu Come quickly HALLELVIAH DEO VNITRINO GLORIA Amen FINIS Keckerman de Terrae motu Magiri Phys Luke 21. Matth. 24.6 Tit. 3.11 S. Michaels Trinitie Speed in his Geography pag. 49 Iob 28.9 Isay 40.12 1619. Gallobelgieus B. of Londons Sermon at the Crosse I. Leech his Militarie Sermon Maximilian Albertus Matth. 24.35