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A65153	The vulcano's, or, Burning and fire-vomiting mountains, famous in the world, with their remarkables collected for the most part out of Kircher's Subterraneous world, and exposed to more general view in English : upon the relation of the late wonderful and prodigious eruptions of Ætna, thereby to occasion greater admirations of the wonders of nature (and of the God of nature) in the mighty element of fire.; Mundus subterraneus. English. Selections	Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.	1669 (1669)	Wing V688; Wing K624; ESTC R7959	57,839	80

a youth in the days of King Henry That it was then generally bruited throughout England That Mr. Gresham a Merchant setting sail from Palermo in Sicily where there then dwelt one Antonio called The Rich who at one time had two Kingdoms morgaged unto him by the King of Spain being crossed by contrary winds was constrained to anchor under the Lee of this Island Strombolo Now about mid day when for certain hours it accustomedly forbears to flame he ascended the Mountain with eight of the Sailers and approaching as near the vent as they durst among other Noises they heard a Voice cry aloud Dispatch Dispatch The Rich Antonio is a coming Terrified herewith they descended and anon the Mountain again evaporated fire But from so dismal a place they made all the haste that they could when the wind still thwarting their Course and desiring much to know more of this matter they returned to Palermo and forthwith enquiring of Antonio It was told them that he was dead and computing the time did find it to agree with the very Instant that the Voice was heard by them Gresham reported this at his return to the King and the Mariners being called before him confirmed by Oath the Narration In Gresham himself as this Gentleman said for I no otherwise report it it wrought so deep an impression that he gave over all Traffick distributing his Goods part to his Kinsfolkes and the rest to good and publick uses retaining only a competency for himself and so spent the rest of his Life in a solitary devotion A very ill contrived Story attended with no probable circumstances T is like indeed it might be generally bruited as the Gentleman says among the Vulgar by some that would have had it so but never could obtain general credit among the wiser at least and more knowing much less ever to be recorded because so easily consutable ERRATA Candid Reader IF thou wouldst make true sense of what thou readest thou must needs first correct at least these grosser Errata's which quite and clean pervert it Page 5. line 11. For Stagnete reade Stagnate P. 7. l. 7. Blot out Canary Islands And add to that Section of that Chapter thus much further Historians of these times write also That even Teneriff in the Canary Islands now and then smokes out of the top of its crown and to have sometimes heretofore burnt and vomited I lames The Sulphureous Stones testifie which in great plenty are brought into Spain It abounds also with hot Ba hs and Bituminous l ountains which are manifest tokens of Subrerraneous Fires in those AtlanticklSeas lurking underneath Pag. 8. l. 4. for Vulcano's read Vulcanello's P. 9. l. 1. for Island read Islands P. 10. l. 29. f. Mothern r. Northern P. 23. l. 20. f. Fire Sulphur r. Fir'd Sulphur P. 29. l. 33. f. rarifie r. rarifie P. 32. l. 9. f. Shone 2. shown P. 33. l. 3d from the bottom f. could r. they could P. 36. l. 20 f. discuse r. discusse P. 47 l. 23 and 24. No doubt in stead of 30. and 400 miles it should be 3 and 4 miles though so in our Author P. 48. l. 6 from bottom f Rocks verge r. Rocks verge c. P. 57. l. 3. from bottom f. lies r. lay's P 58. l. 14 from bottom f. Islands r. Island P. 62. l. 14. from bottom f. Memories r. Memoires Besides many lesser faults which are left to thy own discretion in reading From what Signs Subterraneous Fire is gathered The necessity of Subterraneous Fire Fire is no where wanting Vables of Poets allude to Subterraneous Fire The whole Earth is Cavernous The Wedlock of Fire and water within the Earth Subterraneous fire seeks passages for vent The need and use thereof The last general Conflagration of the World Hell in the Center of the Earth according to some The Fire and Waters mutual need and use And need of air and breath as it were Vulcano's are Breathing-Holes of Nature Earthquakes proper Effects of Sub erraneous fire 〈…〉 ano's of 〈◊〉 c. The Vulcanian Mountains of Africa Of America The Vulcan's of Europe Italy abounds with subterraneous fires Of Germany c. Towards the Northern Pole Italy abounds with Subterraneous Fires The Phlegraean Plains All Campania obnoxious to Fires Campagna di Roma springs with Sulphur The swimming Islands of Tivo Burrows of Subterraneous Fire dispersed into various branches Two near Fountains one most hot the other most cold Breathing Orifices of Subterraneous Fire at Petra Mala. Italy heretofore in great part burnt Vnder-ground Commerce of Fires between Italy Sicily c. Of Asia and the Eastern Islands c. Of Africa c. Of America c. Of Europe c. The Wonders of St. Thomas Monastery in Groenland c. An horrible stinking Ditch and Pond A marvellous force of jetting or dartingforth Waters It s height top and bigness The largeness and horrid face of its Crater Paths or tracts of fiery floods or rivers Snow and Ashes co ver its top The new generating of Combustible matter An horendous spectacle of the Aetnean Gulph or Whirlpit A perpetual Eructation of Smoak Sounds and formidable crackling noises Eruptions of Fires in many places An huge Cave or Den. The length breadth of the fiery Torrents The wonderfull works of God In the time of the Janigenae about the year 600. In the time of the Argonauts year 2714. Of Aeneas his Expedition the year 2768 From about 3180 til toward 3600. In the time of the Roman Consuls from about 3440 to ●●●● Of Julius Casar 3900. Of C. Caligula Caesar in the year of Christ 49. About the Martyrdom of St. Agatha In the year 812. In the year 1160 In the year 1284. In the year 1329. 1408 1444 1536. 1554 1633 1650 1669 The formal cause of its burnings The material The instrumental cause The efficient The Mountain ejects Fires according to the Winds What thing that may be which causes so great Ruines of the Mountain

Subterraneous Burrows till it reached the subterraneous place on which they stood and there utter'd such horrendous Thunderings within the Earth with so formidable Earthquakes that none of the company were able to stand on their feet After the Violence was over getting up again not without ineffable consternation they beheld the Subversion and lamentable Catastrophe of the most famous Town St. Euphemia three miles off which happened in that time and the Citty wholly swallowed up For seeking for the Town they found in stead thereof wonderful to be spoke nothing but a most putrid Lake sprung up in its place They could find no Men nor Inhabitants Thence passing on their Journy they found nothing else for two hundred miles but the Carkases of Cities horrid Ruines of Castles Men stragling up and down in the open Fields and through fear as it were withering away Then passing by Naples he could not after all this leave out Vesuvius out of the way of his Observations what that did also Of which before in its place And this was a leading us to another Chapter concerning Earthquakes as the proper effects and products of Subterraneous Fires also and alwayes preceding and concomitant with these Vulcanian Eruptions But that we found a Chapter was not sufficient for so great a Subject and that we had already transgressed and exceeded the intended and prescribed bounds of This. FINIS A fuller Relation of the Spanish Priests Error and attempt about getting Gold out of one of these flaming Mountains in the West-Indies THE most famous Vulcano's in the West-Indies are the Guatamala discernable at vast distance on the South-Sea A Spanish Priest out of Avarice would needs sound this Mountain supposing the bottom to be full of Gold This Priest was called Mossen born at Antequera who came to the Indies with Pirarow at the time of Ferdinand Cortez's Conquest He had a Sister living with him who had a fair Daughter whom the Captain married to Lazart d' Almadia Clark of the Ship promising 1000 Duckets in Marriage But the Clark being jealous of his Captain left his Wife in Spain and the Captain being come on Shore with grief for his Mistress absence died to whom by his last Will he ratified the 1000 Duckets Mean while the Clark took command of the Vessel and arrived in New Hispaniola where the Priest was very welcome Priests being there very acceptable and was accommodated in the Town of Sanda where he lived in great esteem for sincerity and devotion so in few years he grew very wealthy But not content with this upon suggestion that the slaming Mountain not far thence was a Mine of Gold he thought to get inestimable riches out of it for this purpose he caused a strong Iron Chain to be made to the measure of the height of the Mountain which he had taken by Artizans then by strength of Men began to cut a way for portage of his necessaries which could not be done but at great expence a mans labour there being worth two Crowns a day nevertheless Avarice made him pass it easily But this beginning was a mean matter for he must continue the Labourers being yet not advanced far by reason of the height of the Mountain and firmness of the Rock which he must cut through nor though many looked upon the Enterprize as extravagant and inconsiderate yet the Priest every day got nearer to the mouth of the Fornace with expence of time labour and difficulty After four moneths space the pondrous Chains and Caldrons with great cost and pain were drawn up The good man boasted He donbted not now to come shortly to his ends and that he had a Revelation of it in his sleep At length all these Iron Engines were set in order and the workmen to the number of fifty began to let down a Caldron well fastened to a strong Iron Chain with other Engines secured and the Priest himself set his hand to the work But as they thought to draw up the Caldron full of rich melted mettal the strength of the fire consumed all and they hardly escaped without burning their hands and feet so violent a heat burst out upon them The Priest half mad cried out The Devil had broken his Chain with a thousand Curses ready to throw himself headlong into the Precipice covered over with Soot and Cindars and frying with heat fright and toyl that he looked like a right Fury running like a mad man to and fro the rest in little better condition the greatest part being saur'd and consum'd with labour and the violence of heat which had even melted them The good man at last was brought to his Lodging in extream torment where they laid him to bed in so much grief and discomfort that he was the pitty of the World Walking in the night he was surprized with such a rage that he gave himself several stabs in the throat with his knife and in the morning his Sister coming to visit him found him steeped in blood and gastly half dead whereupon she cried out for help and friends came immediately in and a Chirurgion applyed the Country Balsom so fortunately to his wounds that he was well within few dayes nevertheless for extream grief and sullenness he could eat nothing At last he languished to death having consumed all he had gotten besides what his Sister had also and other Friends whom he quite ruined The poor woman lived a while after but miserably Her Son-in-Law making some Voyages betwixt the Indies and Spain in the best sort he could who afterwards had other strange misfortunes upon his Wifes account esteemed the Daughter of that Unfortunate Priest Thus do greatest disappointments procure the greatest desperations London if the Story were true accidentally beholding to flaming Mount Strombolo If all the pious Tales of Catholicks were true London was eternally beholding to the good Devils of Strombolo for frighting Sir Thomas Gresham into such Publick good Deeds But why he should begin to practise them at least eighteen years after the death of King Henry and how many before had passed we know not and that not till the dayes of Reformation for he laid the first Stone of the Royal Exchange in the seventh year of Queen Eliz. Or why neither Catholick nor Protestant Historians should so much as mention much less record for truth so remarkable a Transaction concerning so glorious and Renowned a Founder no tolerable account or reason can be given However take the Story as it runs in Sands's Travels thus A pretty devised Story and Catholick pious Tale concerning the occasian of Sir Tho. Gresham's devout Life and pious and charitable Inclinations and good Deeds and the converting his great acquired Riches to such worthy and publick uses Viz. From the sound of an horrid Voice out of the mouth of one of these Hellish Volcano's the Prodigious Mount Strombolo It was told me at Naples by a Country-man of ours and an old Pensioner of the Popes who was