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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96025	Vox infantis. Or, The propheticall child. Being a true relation of an infant that was found in a field, neere Lempster, in Herefordshire, July 16. 1649. That did declare the fore-tell of many strange things that shall ensue in England and Ireland, within the space of three yeeres. Concerning the crowning of Charles the second King of England, Scotland, and Ireland; his great victories, with the destruction of this present Parliament and Army; and many other passages touching the death of our late King. This relation is attested to bee true, as appeares by the hands of severall witnesses annexed to the booke.	Jones, Sampson.	1649 (1649)	Wing V719; Thomason E566_27; ESTC R204629	4,078	8

Vox Infantis OR THE PROPHETICALL CHILD Being a true Relation of an Infant that was found in a Field neere Lempster in Herefordshire July 16. 1649. That did Declare and Fore-tell of many Strange things that Shall ensue in England and Ireland within the space of three yeeres Concerning the Crowning of CHARLES the second King of England Scotland and Ireland His great Victories with the Destruction of this present Parliament and Army and many other passages touching the Death of our late King This Relation is Attested to bee True as appeares by the hands of severall Witnesses annexed to the Booke Aug 2 d. 1649 LONDON Printed in the yeere 1649. STRANGE NEVVES OUT OF Hereford-shire THE workes of the Lord are wonderfull And the Heavens declare his handy worke Before the day of Judgement Signes shall appeare in the Firmament and Wonders upon the face of the Earth Nation shall rise against Nation and Kingdome against Kingdome there shall bee Famines Pestilences and Earthquakes in divers places False Prophets shall arise Rebellion Murther and Desolation in all places Factions Schismes and Heresies in the Church and Distractions Feares and Oppressions in the Common-wealth Are not all these Judgements fallen upon us For the nationall Sinnes of this Kingdome are these things come to passe Who lookes upon these bloody and unnaturall Warres which have continued the space of seaven yeeres amongst us Where the most flourishing Kingdome in the Christian World is now become the Theater of Misery and a Spectacle of Lamentation where Brother hath slaine his Brother and the Sonne hath not spared to sheath his Sword in the Bowells of his Father England the Glory of Europe is now become the Scaene or Stage of Rebellion Blood and Murther A Den of Vipers A Cage of Uncleanenesse and a Nursery of all Sects and Schisme● The Subjects of the most virtuous Prince that ever swayed the Scepter in this Kingdome have made it no Sinne or Guilt to Sacrifice the Blood of their Soveraigne to their ambitious Fury How many forerunners of these our Calamities and Sorrowes have beene heretofore Declared and Predicted to forewarne us of the Evils to come but wee have rejected and contemned them as Erronious and Ridiculous but our sufferings have made us sensible what our Sinne and security hath brought upon us I shall for your better information particularize some of the most remarkable Miracles and Wonders that have appeared in these latter times As for instance At Bradford in York-shire in the yeere of our Lord one thousand six hundred forty eight there appeared in the Ayre the visions of two severall Armies in Batalia skyrmishing one against another with Colours flying the sound of Drumms were perfectly heard and the noyse of Musquett-Reports which continued the space of three houres to the admiration of many hundreds that were Spectators and shortly after it vanished Againe neere Skipton in the same Countie not farre from Denton where the Ld. Generall FAIRFAX was born in the yeere of our Lord one thousand six hundred fourty nine it rayned blood of which my selfe was an Eye-witnesse in the company of many more In the same yeere at six of the clock in the morning being in June two Sonnes appeared and continued visible the space of two houres What inordinate Thunders Tempests and Earth-quakes hath beene of late yeeres great and impetuous VVinds and stormy weather losses at Sea with great Inundations on the Land At Dublin in Ireland in the yeere of our Lord one thousand six hundred fortie Another wonderfull sight in the Sky where thousands of Byrds called Sterlings did meete neere the City like two Armies and fought untill many were killed and fell in great multitudes on the Earth The like was neere Scarborough not farre from Rippon in Yorkeshire in the yeere one thousand six hundred forty foure where thousands of Crowes called Rookes did meete and fight in two bodies untill an innumerable company were killed and fell upon the ground In Norfolke in the yeere of our Lord one thousand six hundred forty five a Childe was borne who presently spake some certaine things that should ensue in these times and lived not above two houres In Buckingham-shire in the yeare one thou●sand six hundred fourty nine A Child was borne neere Alsbury that declared some strange passages which should happen in this Kingdome and lived not above three dayes but dyed But I shall forbeare to mention any more in this Nature because I would not seeme tedious to the Reader And now to the Relation of this strange and miraculous Wonder I promised you which is Attested by many sufficient eye Witnesses there present that will averre and manifest this Relation for a Truth against the incredulous and unbeleeving times On Monday July the sixteenth one thousand six hundred fourty nine neere Lempster in Hereford-shire hard by a Village called the Hope not farre from Corfe-Castle Certaine Workemen or Mowers that went to cut downe Grasse or Hay in a very large and spacious Field containing above threescore Acres and being at their laborious Worke betwixt the houres often and eleven they heard the Crying of an Infant or a young Child which they imagined to bee in the middle of the Field but pausing a little while with giving attention to it not without admiration they concluded unanimously or all of them to goe to the place from whence they heard the Voyce and comeing to the place in the middle of the Grasse or Field they found a young Child which was wraped up in Swadling Clouts and to their Judgements appeared not to bee above a quarter of a yeare old standing thus amazed with their eyes fixed upon the Child at last resolved to take it up and to make some of the chiefe of the Towne acquainted with this Accident But one of the Mowers or labouring Men having never a Child at all replyed hee would take it home as his owne the rest of them having made it knowne to the Towne the Child was brought to a house where the Inhabitants round about flocked together to see this Child after every ones Censure was past upon this Infant they provided some sustenance for it suspecting it was hungry which was Milke and Flower boyled in it which that Countrey calleth Pap the Child eating very heartily of it and being therewith satisfied begun to speake to all the People there present and told them that it was the best meate hee did ever eate which Miracle in an Infant so young bred admiration and astonishment in all the Spectators This Child told them further That the Warres of England should continue three yeares longer and that Charles a young King whose Father was put to death by seventeene of his Subjects that Conspired his death long before who for Acting such a bloody Tragedy shall come to untimely ends not any of them shall dye in their Beds saying also that Innocent Blood calls for vengeance and that which they spilt in the first Moneth shall in the same