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A00931	A bright burning beacon forewarning all wise virgins to trim their lampes against the comming of the Bridegroome. Conteining a generall doctrine of sundrie signes and wonders, specially earthquakes both particular and generall: a discourse of the end of this world: a commemoration of our late earthquake, the 6. of April, about 6. of the clocke in the euening 1580. And a praier for the appeasing of Gods wrath and indignation. Newly translated and collected by Abraham Fleming. The summe of the whole booke followeth in fit place orderly diuided into chapters.	Nausea, Friedrich, d. 1552.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1580 (1580)	STC 11037; ESTC S102280	47,166	126

the wéeke before Easter 1185. in the reigne of the said King Henrie the second there happened a generall Earthquake thoroughout all England yea such a one as the like had not beene heard of in this realme since the beginning of the world This Earthquake was so violent that stones which were couched fast in the earth and driuen in with rammars were remooued out of their places buildings of lime and stone ouerturned houses of timber shaken in shiuers and among the rest the great Church of Lincolne was rent from the toppe to the bottome After this Earthquake there followed a vniuersall Eclipse of the Sunne and such terrible thunder lightening and tempestes that both men and beasts were destroied houses burned vp and much harme done very lamentable to report Our Earthquake chanced on Wednesday in Easter wéeke about the same time of the yeare whereby though the like dangers fortuned not as by the other yet being more generall for the frame of the whole earth as it is thought trembled therewith I may not so boldly as truly affirme that the like was neuer heard of since the creation The euents of which Earthquake wée leaue to the secrete counsell of God to bring to passe by his prouidence beséeching him to powre into our hearts the spirit of true repentance that by conuerting turning from our wicked waies wée may escape the plagues which otherwise we are like to féele Moreouer in Scotland at what time king William surnamed Lion ware the crowne from the Twelftide till Februarie in the yeare of our Lord 1199. there chanced continuall and terrible Earthquakes incessantly day by day not onely there but elsewhere to the great ruine of many buildings besides diuerse other inconueniences which may be presupposed to followe such tremblings But to come néerer home in the reigne of King Henrie the third in the yeare of our Lord 1222. there was an Earthquake in Warwickshire a generall thunder throughout the whole realme a blasing starre and great dearth of corne all which plagues concurring and running together into what perplexities the minds of people were driuen I leaue to the contemplation of the well aduised reader Againe in the reigne of the saide King Henrie the third there happened in diuerse places of England and namely about London in the yeare of our Lord 1247. a terrible Earthquake wherewith as in such chaunces is commonly séene houses went to wracke c. A litle before this Earthquake the sea by the space of thrée moneths together ceassed from ebbing flowing and shortly after this Earthquake in like manner such vnseasonable weather insued that the quarters of the yeare did varie from their naturall ordinarie course the Springtime vnpleasant changed into Winter Furthermore to knit one to another and so to make an end of these tragicall reports in the West countrie about Bath and Welles there was such an Earthquake that some buildings were turned topsie turuie and some sore shaken the tops specially vpper partes of stéeples turrets chimnies c. came tottering downe this Earthquake was in the reigne of the said King Henrie the third in the yeare of our Lord 1248. Againe in the reigne of the self same King Henrie the third in the yeare of our Lord 1250. there happened an Earthquake at S. Albons the quarters there abouts with a great noise rumbling vnder the ground as though it had thundered In which very yeare a note worthie the marking euen vpon Christmas day it thundered and lightened out of measure in Northfolke and Suffolke Here you sée in the reigne of one King foure Earthquaks particular generall wherevnto if I should ad the innumerable wonders that appeared otherwise the miseries that followed after and the outragious troubles which were in his daies I should meddle with a long a wearisome labour and lament to behold the calamities which haue fallen vpon this land Moreouer I find that in Ireland in the yeare of our Lord 1266. there chanced an Earthquake which did not a litle hurt to that countrie more harme in processe of time did insue therevpon than was done at the instant For besides the present perils within a while after the very effects of Earthquakes and the plagues whereof they are foretokens fell vppon the people namely dearth and mortalitie To come a steppe or two forward in the reigne of King Edward the first of that name in the yeare of our Lord 1274. there chanced such an Earthquake in diuers places of England such terrible lightening and thunder the vision of a burning Drake and a blasing Starre that the people being at their wittes end thought Doomes day to haue béene come vpon them and the yeare next and immediatly insuing being 1275. there happened * a generall Earthquake throughout all this realme wherewith among other hurts that were done the Church of S. Michael on the hill without Glastenburie was throwne downe to the ground not long after which chance it rained bloud in the countrie of Wales a bloudie token of bloudie battels which shortly after followed Againe in the reigne of King Richard the second in the yeare of our Lord 1382. it is recorded that in one wéeke two Earthquakes happened in sundrie places of this realme and namely in Kent the first being so vehement that it ouerthrewe Churches other buildings of timber and stone the second so violent both vpon land and water that euen shippes in hauens by knocking one against another were so bruised that the repairing of them cost much monie Thus farre wée haue runne through the reignes of the Kings of this land and we sée still by contemplation that God hath neuer withheld his hande from working wonders in the worlde Now let vs marke what Earthquakes haue ben heard felt and séene of late memorie euen since the fortunate aduancement of our most gratious souereigne Ladie ELIZABETH by the grace and prouidence of almightie God of England France and Ireland Quéene c. Gathering by them such necessarie doctrines as may redound to the benefit of vs all In the time therfore of the great plague when God with the broome of his iustice swept manie a house in this citie cleane not leauing so much as an innocent childe aliue such was his wrath against vs for sinne when the pestilence was so common and contagious that in one yeares space there died twentie thousande thrée hundred thrée score and twelue persons euen then beside other crosses which it pleased God to lay vpon vs as dearth of victuals and pouertie then I say an Earthquake happened in diuerse places of this realme specially in the shires of Lincolne and Northampton where as in such chances we sée come to passe much harme could not choose but be done Shortly after in comparison from the first of December till the twelfth of the same moneth it thundered and lightned continually but on the last day at night so