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A15677	The vvonders of this windie winter By terrible stormes and tempests, to the losse of liues and goods of many thousands of men, women and children. The like by sea and land, hath not beene seene, nor heard of in this age or the world.		1613 (1613)	STC 25949; ESTC S103315	10,277	22

The VVonders of this windie winter By terrible stormes and tempests to the losse of liues and goods of many thousands of men women and children The like by Sea and Land hath not beene seene nor heard of in this age of the World LONDON printed by G. Eld for Iohn Wright and are to bee sold at his Shop near Christ-Church dore 1619. Lamentable reports of this windy Winter contayning the wonderfull and strange mischances happened by tempestious stormes of winde and weather in these three forepassed months of October Nouember and December with part of Ianuary IN this old and last age of the World we yeerly behold the strange alterations of times seasons and therein wee are put in minde of Gods anger purposed against vs by many variable and vnusiall acsidents happening in these our latter daies to mooue sinful mankind to repentance and newnesse of life which if we with the inward eyes of vnderstanding consider of in remorse of consience we shall finde that the heauy hand of heauen is layed violently vpon vs as wel in taking away our great hope and earthly ioy Henry our Royall Prince as these our late lamentable mischances by winde and waters added to our sorrowes giuing vs an outward calamity to our inward griefes Heauen let vs not thinke amisse if we should presumptuously say it is for our sins transgressions and that they be forerunners of Gods restles indignation against vs God of his great pitty be mercifull vnto vs and grant vs speedy repentance We haue within these few yeers as well within this our natiue countrey of England as in forraine nations beene most grieuously stroken with the bitter blasts of powerfull greatnes one while with the darts of death as by plagues pestilence continuing long amongst vs another time by drie summers and parching heates droughts sweating sulphers drying vp the moystures of the earth to cause barrennesse with scarcety then fréezing and cold winters in more then vsuall extremity to anoy vs another time by floods and ouerflowings of waters breaking from the boundes of the Seas in which mercilesse element many hundreds haue perished and haue lost both life and goods as the west parts of England in the yeere of our Lord 1607. can sufficiently witnesse Fierie lesses by the lamentable burning of many Townes strange sicknesses by corruption of ayre deare yeers by scarcety of victuall and such like all which be the consuming plagues of heauen laid vpon the shoulders of the sinfull world a burthen so easelesse that no release can come but by forgiuenesse Likewise deare countrie-men of England let vs now call to present memory another powerfull scourge laide vpon vs a daily calamity these into long continuing windes and tempests which these three forepassed Moneths hath almost euerie day and night affrighted vs with feare as it were shaking the foundations of the ground with rorings in our eares like thunder the terrible blasts whereof hath with such extremity continued that they haue made many fearefull representations of the dreadfull trumpets of Gods wrath loudly blowen from heauen to the earth the surie thereof by his diuine sufferance hath mightily troubled both sea and land the Inhabitants of many countries but especially our natiue Kingdome to the lesse of many thousands which haue lost both life and goods in this mortall miserie therefore let vs say with the Wise-men Happie is hee that is so prouided in life that no kinde of death is sodaine vnto him and let vs with patience take our deserued puishments for the smallest breath of Gods nostrils like a whirle-wind can destroy the tottering globe of the whole earth It is with sorrow remembred and with griefs reported in the Citie of London euen vpon the roiall Exchange the honourable and worthy meeting place of Merchants that within these three forepassed Moneths of October Nouember and December the deuouring gulfes of the sea hath swalloed vp aboue two hundred saile of ships as well of our owne Countrey as of neighbouring Nations with great store of passengers sea-faring men and owners of the same aduenturing their deare liues in the managing of the aforesaid ships with all their goods and marchandizes making for our countrey all lost yea all I say in these three fore-passed moneths hath béen lost and drenched in the déep vaults of this watery world a thing both lamentable and fearefull that in so short a time nay in a small part of the yeare euen in an instant so many heauie mischanches should happen and so many worthy vessels of aduenture miscarrie which had bin sufficient if good speed had preuailed to haue inricht a whole Citie and bettered a kingdome but such is the will of God and such is his most iust indignation against vs. It moues my heart with remorse to think how many people are vndone hereby and how that some few particular men should suffer ship-wrack and by one robustious tempest bee depriued of that which might haue benefitted thousands therfore he that will enter rightly into consideration hereof must needes acknowledge the case lamentable and the sorrow vnspeakable By certification from men of good accompt and calling it is reported and knowne for truth that in the month of October last a fleet of foureteene sayle of ships making from New-Castle towards London laden with sea-coale and other commodities of those parts had their passage by the tyranny of the windes most vntimely stopt and violently cast into the Oceans wombe in which ships there perished to the number of a hundred and fortie sea-faring men besides other passengers both of men and women which at that time made their watery graues in the déepe sea This First strooke feare into the hearts of people which hath been since seconded with many more calamities which lieth heauie vpon the heart of the reporter The narrow seas betwixt Douer and Calice can witnes many like mishaps for by letters sent vnto diuers great personages of the land it is aproued that vpon the coast of France there hath been found floating vpon the waters in one weeke of fowle weather aboue seauen hundred drowned persons of diuers nations as of English Dutch French and Spanish with parts and parcels of many splitted ships with great store of goods by the fury of the windes beat vpon the shoare a sight of sorrow and most lamentable to behold it is not as yet nearely knowne what riches the sea hath swallowed in these three aforesayd monthes nor what losses other Countries haue sustained I feare me the tenth part is not discouered for God in his high displeasure still threatens vs with these long lasting tempests day by day sending vs sorrow vpon sorrow with hourely newes of shipwrackes and losses at sea the scattering of fléets by contrary winds and violent tempests in one place ships cast away laden with cloath in another vessels of salt some with one thing some with another all rich and of too great a price to be thus sodainly wasted to the