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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

of England Ireland and Scotland from the time of William Conquerour to the reigne of our souereigne Ladie and gratious Queene Elizabeth c. Also a commemoration of our late generall Earthquake the 6. of April about 6. of the clocke in the Euening 1580. Chap. 12. HAuing waded thus farre in the due description of Earthquakes their generation their instant and consequent operations and yet not sufficiently persuaded that this my present and vnpolished treatise will answere the expectation of the Reader if I leaue it lame and halting vpon one legge I haue determined in this twelfe Chapter which shalbe the conclusion to leaue forein countries and their wonders and comming néerer home to offer vnto the view of the inhabitants of this land the horrible Earthquakes that haue happened as well in particular places of this Realme as generallie through the whale region that wée may sée how the Lorde from age to age hath giuen testimonies to the world of his omnipotencie And because admonitions which consist but in wordes vttered either by voice or expressed by penne preuaile not so much as were to be wished in this wicked worlde as doe examples which are liuely representations of the heauie chaunces whereunto our predecessours haue béene subiect neither yet the threatnings of God in his wrath by the mouthes of his Prophets terrifie the hearts of euill liuers as do the dreadfull signes and wonders which hée vouchethsafe to giue as tokens of his hot indignation herevpon as sorie that we which haue so long liued vnder grace should become gracelesse and vtterly voide of that spirit which shoulde conduct euerie Christian I haue vndertaken to recapitulate or rehearse vnto you according to my promise purpose the times when and the places where Earthquakes haue happened as I find them truly recorded in Chronicles which I haue searched diligently to report iustly to the people of this land that God hath spoken vnto vs manie yeares past euen by such meanes as of late he vsed wherein his long sufferance appeareth vpon the which I counsell no man ouer boldly to presume by securitie in sinning least iudgement and confusion fall vpon him suddenly And first we will beginne at London the Metropolis of this land by degrées of yeares procéede to declare what Earthquakes haue chaunced in other cities and shires of this our natiue countrie It is recorded in the Scottish Chronicles that in the reigne of king Eugenius it rained bloud at Yorke that in sundrie places trées were blasted and thereby withered and died but O wonder that the market place or rather Cheapeside in London did open and gape so that a great hole appearing in the earth manie houses were swallowed vp and sunke neither is it to be thought that no harme in such an excéeding daunger happened to the inhabitants Thinke we the same God who wrought that wonderful worke in this Citie was not able with the late Earthquake to haue done the like here in London Yes yes his almightinesse is perpetuall his will remaineth vnchangeable his arme is not shortened Againe in the time of king William the Conqueror in the yeare after the birth of Christ 1077. there hapned in March a generall Earthquake throughout all England and in April next immediately following a terrible blasing starre appeared to the horror of the beholders Although this Earthquake now named shooke the foundations of all this land yet in so much as there is no mention made that it chaunced in other countries therby we may gather that being inferiour vnto this our late Earthquake in vniuersalitie for so farre as I can vnderstand both by trauellers beyond the Seas and by strangers borne it is supposed that it was generall and that the whole frame of the worlde trembled therewithall farre greater harmes happening there than here the Lord be thanked it could not import or foreshew such a plague as this threatneth against vs nor include in it so secret a meaning The Lord in mercie deale with his people for in iudgement none shalbe able to abide his presence Againe in the time of the said king William the Conqueror in the veare after the birth of Christ 1084. there chanced an Earthquake which although it was but particular yet may it séeme to bée supernaturall For at such time as king William among all other cruelties executed vpon English men pulled downe whole townes villages churches and other buildings thirtie miles compasse to make thereof a forrest which at this day is called by the name of New forrest it pleased God beside the lamentable outcries of afflicted people ringing about the Tyrants eares to giue a token by the earth which at that instant shooke and rored of his indignation against that vnnaturall destroier for his accursed dealing As for him who by his power might presume somewhat further than a priuate man I thinke he was not so mercilesse a spoiler but that in this our age there may be founde millians I feare I would to God I did lie which excell him by many degrées For the worlde is growne vnto this abhomination in these dayes that the craftiest man is counted the wisest and he that hath most circumuentions in him to ouershoote his brother is had in estimation As for simplicitie and plaine dealing it is so little thought vpon as if it had neuer béene in the world No maruell then though God by vniuersall signes sent throughout all corners of the earth foreshewe the sharpnes of his sworde wherewith he meaneth to come girded wound vs in his wrath our iniquities are so outragious so manifold and detestable Againe in the reigne of King Henrie the first of that name in Ianuarie in the yeare of our Lord 1165. there hapned a meruellous Earthquake in the Isle of Elie in Northfolke in Suffolke and other places the vehemencie whereof was such that with the trembling of the same men had not the power to stand vppon their féete buildings also were sore shaken and stéeples so rocked that the belles knolled therewithall And in the reigne of King Henrie the second of that name at Oxenhale within the Lordship of Derlington in the yeare of our Lord 1179. the earth did lift vp it selfe on high like a mightie towre and continuing so from nine of the clocke in the morning till the euening it fell downe at length with a horrible noise swallowed vp with the sudden and violent sinking of the same left a déepe pit in place thereof as a witnesse to the posteritie of that strange wonder These documentes or lessons as they are not vsuall so ought they not negligently to be thought vpon and therfore woe to the wicked that are growne so senseles and voide of féeling that no iudgement of God can soften their stonie hartes To procéede in our examples for we meane to tell you of later Earth quakes some in the daies of our grandfathers our fathers and our owne On Monday

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