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earth_n	air_n	fire_n	water_n	32,759	5	7.2266	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72576	A lamentable list of certaine hidious, frightfull, and prodigious signes, which have bin seene in the aire, earth, and waters, at severall times for these 18. yeares last past, to this present: that is to say, anno. 1618. untill this instant. anno. 1638. in Germany, and other kingdomes and provinces adjacent; which ought to be so many severall warnings to our kingdome, as to the said empire. To the tune of aime not to high.		1638 (1638)	STC 15706.5; ESTC S125080	1,876	2

A Lamentable List of certaine Hidious Frightfull and Prodigious Signes which have bin seene in the Aire Earth and Waters at severall times for these 18. yeares last past to this present that is to say Anno. 1618. untill this instant Anno. 1638. In Germany and other Kingdomes and Provinces adjacent which ought to be so many severall warnings to our Kingdome as to the said Empire To the tune of Aime not to high YOu who would be inform'd of forraine newes Attend to this which presently insues And you shall heare such marvels here exprest In eighteene yeares last past made manifest In Germany that famous Empire faire Strange sights were seene'ith water earth aire Which from good testimonies hither brought That we may know w t wonders God hath wrought In Anno sixteene hundred and eighteene A blazing Starre was o're Bohemia seene Which for the space of seven and twenty dayes Within the sky most fearefully did blaze And in Hungaria as 't is understood Water was Metamorphos'd into bloud In Brunswick-land within an evening faire Were seene two armies fighting in the aire Thrée Raine-bowes and three Suns all in one day Were at Vienna seene in Austria And over Lints in Austria nam'd before A noyse like Ordinance in the aire did roare At Darmsted bloud did drop from leaues of trees And what at Tursin hapt with this agrees Where chaires stooles wals and other things did sweat An oyle resembling bloud by iust conceite I' th Dukedome of Wirtemberg it raigned gore As it hath bin in England heretofore Over Bohemia fiery beames did oppose The Sun and crackt like Rockets in our shoes A dreadfull tempest haild at Ratisbone Strange fruit neere Frankendal y t like ne're known Crowes in Silesia fought a mortall battle Lightning and thunder in the sky did rattle The Sun in monstrous forme'ith aire was showne With a strange Raine-bow over Hunborow towne Great bands with horse-men in aray did stand With Ordnance in the aire o're Pomerland Neere Strausburg was brought forth a monstrous birth Such as was seldome seene upon y e earth A sword and rod within the Heavens were At Saxon in Sylesia seene to ' appeare The Second Part to the same Tune STrang fire ran through the towne of Coburg and No hurt it did that men could understand In Saxony water to bloud did turne At Magdenburg a child in armour borne O're Lutzin was a beautious Virgin seene A Candle and a Hand-kercheife betweene Her hands she held in open view of all Water turn'd bloud in Saxony at Hall Bloud issued from a loafe of Bread firme dry At Frowensteine a Towne in Saxony A monster borne at Kempton in Swabland And like wise bloud did spring out of a Pond In Brandenburg at Berlin heaven sent Both bloud and brimstone from the firmament A fiery Scepter was i' th aire beheld Great flocks of Birds fought each other kild Bloud perfect from a water Conduit ran A Worme was found t' th' full shape of a man At Weimer water did to bloud convert These wonderous Signes may move a Christian heart At Vienna a Woman strange appear'd Whereat some of the people were affeard And at St. Stephens Church the Bels did ring A wonderous thing Without the helpe of man Now what events these progidies have wrought And what effects have since to passe bin brought England and all the Christian world hath had Sufficient notes and motives to be sad Intestine warre contagious pestilence And other miseries deduc'd from thence As pinching Famine which hath caus'd of late A desolation of that fir●ile State Such wonderous signes tokens Heaven sent That faire Ierusalem might in time repent Prodigious sights and fearefull blazing starres As learn'd Iosephus speakes ●●'s Iewish warres But all these tokens served to no end For the rebellious Iewes did still offend And slighted these Celestiall warnings still The Viols of Gods wrath their sins did fill Which caus'd the utter ruin 〈…〉 The Romans them did qui● 〈…〉 And Captive led captivity 〈…〉 Vnto their enemies becam● 〈…〉 Even so faire Germany he 〈…〉 That shee his holy meani● 〈…〉 And left her pride desent● 〈…〉 Of Gluttony and swini● 〈…〉 Desention hath with hos● 〈…〉 Ambition with losse of L● 〈…〉 Gluttony and drunkenne 〈…〉 With raging hunger as 〈…〉 Let England then take 〈…〉 Although our Lord in 〈…〉 Seeing our sins with 〈…〉 'T is fit that by her wa● 〈…〉 Let 's leave security an 〈…〉 And learne to feare our 〈…〉 For we may thinke ou● 〈…〉 But that our share of 〈…〉 One fire is kindling v● 〈…〉 And Schollers often 〈…〉 God grant us grace th● 〈…〉 And with humility 〈…〉 Although we live in 〈…〉 And spend our preci● 〈…〉 Yet Heaven 's not 〈…〉 By the successe of t● 〈…〉 VVherein although 〈…〉 As in precedent ti● 〈…〉 Yet still the Pestil● 〈…〉 Hath almost all the 〈…〉 This his Paterna● 〈…〉 And yet ingratefu● 〈…〉 Each one seekes 〈…〉 But few regard t● 〈…〉 I for my part do● 〈…〉 That every one 〈…〉 And that in tim● 〈…〉 VVith gratit● 〈…〉 Printed at London for Tho. Lambert and are to be sold at the Sig●