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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14913	A Most straunge and wounderfull accident happened at Weersburch by Franckford, by a most fearefull earthquake and daknesse [sic], with a mighty tempest of thunder and lightning also a most dreadfull embassage vttered to the governour of that Cittie, by three straunge children which were found in a wood, threatning destruction to that countrie, and to all christendome /	T. C.	1600 (1600)	STC 25219.5; ESTC S2965	5,033	16

A most straunge and wounderfull accident happened at Weersburch by Franckford by a most fearefull Earthquake and daknesse with a mightie tempest of Thunder and Lightning Also a most dreadfull Embassage vttered to the Gouernour of that Cittie by three straunge Children which were found in a Wood threatning destruction to that Countrie and to all Christendome First it was published in Print at Franckford next at Cullenvpon Rhyne and last at Nimweghen And now Translated out of Duch in to English by T. C. LONDON Printed by William Barley and are to bee sold at his shop in Gracious streete 1600. A most straunge and wonderfull accident happened at Weersburch by Franckford by a most fearefull Earthquake and darknesse with a mightie tempest of Thunder and lightning And of a dreadfull Embassage vttered to the Gouernour of that Cittie by three straunge Children which were found in a wood threatning destruction to that Countrie and to all Christendome RIght iust is the Lord in all his iudgments but yet most merciful to such as doe repent and turne away from their wickednes and althogh oft times hee bee seuere in his punishments yet dooth hee long forbeare before hee execute his wrath giuing many warnings to all finners to repent and leaue off their wicked liuing and dealing with vs euen as a louing Father doth with his children first threatning vs for our faultes and in hope of amendment forbearing and suffering vs to see if we wil take warning and leaue off our euill doings But when hee seeth that by no meanes we will be wonne to dread his iudgements then he taketh his rod of affliction in hand and therewith ●●●urgeth the obstinate and rebellious For although the Psalmist saith in one place That he is verie mercifull slow to anger and aboundant in goodnes It in an other places he saith The Lord is righteous and iust and rewardeth all men according to their deeds So that his mercie and iustice are of equall quantitie and as hee sheweth mercy to the humble and contrite so hee executeth his iudgement vppon the froward and vngodly And yet notwithstanding although we see heare dayly what tokens hee sendeth vs as fauourable warnings and what iudgements hee executeth as terrible threatnings yet wee still goe on carelessely in our former wickednesse making no more account of all his admonitions then of a matter nothing appertinent vnto vs. It is not longe since hee afflicted vs heere in England First with pestilence and mortalitie and now last by death and famaine and euen so long as our punishment continued so long wee in some sort sought vnto him but now it hath pleased him againe to send vs our former health and plentie wee in greater aboundance daily commit more grienous sinnes then before and by how much more the mercie of God is shewed vnto vs so much the more doe we continually transgresse neglecting his seruice and giuing our selues to all sinfull lustes and voluptuous pleasures taking pleasure and delight in all the most detestable and abhominable sinnes that are in the world Young men and women in pride and whoredome and old folkes in couetousnesse and gluttonie But wherefore doe I impute part to young and part to old For surely although those sinnes bee most rife in these estates yet both young and old are partakers in them all and in a great many more so as I may say that both young and old great and small of all ages and of all conditions are apt to all manner of deadly sinnes and pernicious vices And although we haue the glorious Gospell of Iesus Christ plentifully preached amongst vs and many thousands of good faithful and painefull Pastours and Ministers to distribute the same amongst vs. Yet there is none of any other Heathen nations and erronious Religion that are so slacke in their deuotion as we are nor so negligent and carelesse in the worship and honor of their false Idols and fained Gods as we are in dutie and reuerence vnto our true God and heauenly father This is a grieuous case and of all things most lamentable that we being by profession Christians and bearing the name of Souldiers to so worthie a Captaine as our Sauiour is should make so smal resistance against our enemies the world the fleshe and the diuell as to let them harbour and remaine amongst vs executing their malice vpon our wretched soules as they doe Is it not great shame for vs being of so excellent a profession to take so little regard and care thereof and to see them of false and famed damned and superstitious opinions so careful in maintaining their most wicked heresies Yes surely it is great shame and greatly to bee feared that those ignorant Heathen nations shal in the day of iudgment rise vp against vs and condemne vs for the small care and regard that we take of the truth And surely I would wish euerie Christian soule to take heede and haue more regard of the honour of God then before times hee hath had least hee in his iust iudgements bring vtter ruine and destruction vpon vs all as hee hath lately threatned by these tokens which now I purpose to declare aduising thee whosoeuer thou bee that either readest or hearest the same not to esteeme lightly of the matter but to alter thy mind and leaue off thy wickednesse in time while the Lord will bee found to shew mercie vnto thee And so briefely to the matter Vpon the twentie day of Iuly last past 1600. A most fearefull iudgement of God happened in the Cittie of Weersburch by Franckford where al at one time the Lord sent a mightie Earthquake and darknesse with a great and fearefull tempest of Thunder and Lightning which continued for the space of fiue whole howers in most dreadfull manner so that all the inhabitants of the Citie thought surely the last iudgement day then to haue beene come the terrible shaking of the earth caused the people both small and great to forsake their houses and finding no place for succor wherein they durst abide did runne vp and down the streets weeping and crying in most dolefull manner Many Churches and stonewalles with other buildings fell dawne by reason of extreame shaking of the earth and in their fall killed and maimed a great number of Christian people the suddainnesse of this fearefull tempest put the poore inhabitants in such extreame feare as no man had any minde of any thing in his house no the husband neuer remembred his wife nor the wife her husband but were so exceedingly astonished that they ran vp downe the streetes from place to place like mad or franticke persons The Thunder and lightning was likewise so terrible as the lightning ceazing vpon the houses burned an hundred and twentie of them downe to the ground and by reason of the peoples feare there was no man that vsed any kind of meanes to hinder the force of the fire The man that had now beene ther to haue seene the demeanour

of these poore fearefull soules and could without feare and astonishment haue noted their behauiour might there haue seene a most liuely Map of miserie and misfortune During the time of this tempest another most straunge and dreadfull accident happened in the Cittie For a man of a most straunge complection appeared to many people his hayre on his head seemed to be flames of burning fier his eyes stood staring in most fearefull and gastly maner his beard all growne out of order that by visage hee seemed like a wild man in his right hand he held a bloudie sword and in his left hand a rod from whose branches bloud dropped in aboundance his looke was sterne and reuengfull and his words ful of terrour which were these Thus saith the Lord your sinnes haue mooued me to wrath and your transgressions haue prouoked my displeasure therefore except you speedily repent and leaue off your wickednesse I wil vtterly destroy you from the face of the earth and behold this bloudie Sword that I hold in my right hand betokeneth dreadfull warre which the Lord will bring vppon you speedily except vnfained repentance The rod that I haue in my left hand signifieth the punishment which the Lord wil inflict vpon you because you will not bee warned and forsake your pride and such other abhominable sinnes for as hee hath longe forborne you still admonishing and exhorting you by his Preachers to reforme your selues and amend your liues So now seeing no other meanes will serue hee purposeth to take his rod of affliction in hand and to correct your sinnes most seuerely And seeing mercie will not preuaile nor you make no account thereof hee will now execute his iudgementes vppon you And hauing vttered these and such like speeches hee vanished away at whose departure there was heard such a sorrowfull howling and crying that the people more affraid of this wounder then of all the tempest before were now with feare so mightily astonished as they rather seemed dead men then liuing creatures Not long after it pleased God that the tempest ceased and the weather brake vp which comforted the Citizens hearts but yet this ioy was not perfect with the most part for there you might see some wayling for the losse of their goods and houses consumed with fire others making woefull lamentations for their husbands and children searching amongst the dead bodies which were burnt and slaine with the fire and fall of the buildings heere one crying and wayling of his wounds gotten in the time of the tempest there another sorrowing for the losse of his friends in such pittifull manner as would haue mooued the most stonie hard and abdurate heart to relent and take compassion but al in vaine were these lamentations for that by them no man is able to recouer such losses wherfore euerie one as well as they could striuing to comfort themselues made this their chiefest ioy that it pleased God to stay the tempest and in some measure to appease his wrath Some two or three daies after to shew foorth the great ioye that they receiued by the mercye of God in sparing them at that time The Gouernour of the Cittie with some other of his friends tooke Waggon entending for their recreation to ride to the next Cittie called Ausburch being not farre distant from thence and as they were in the mid way in a certaine Wood called Rade where suddainely they heard a great noyse and crie of certaine children and looking about could see nothing vppon that the Gouernour sent the Waggoner to see if he could find the persons from whome that clamour proceeded who went and sought all about but could find no bodie so when he had sought a great while in vaine at last he returned againe to the Gouernour telling him that hee had sought in euerie place neere thereabouts but could neither see nor heare any such matter This aunswere made them greatly to wonder for still they heard the crie lowder then before which encreased their desire so much as the Gouernour bad the Waggoner to driue forwards into the Wood to see if they could by any meanes know the reason of this clamour Not long had they ridden before they came to a crosse way where fower waies met where they spied three children two boyes and one gerle The Gerle had vpon her head a costly Call made of the newest and stateliest fashion that is at this present worne vpon her lower-parts a paire of Breeches like a man of the newest fashion likwise both which attires signified pride the one in women the other in men The Girle approaching neere vnto the Waggon spake to the Gouernour as followeth The extreame pride that raigneth in these daies among Christians hath so much prouoked the Lords displeasure that it hath caused him to send vs downe from heauen to pronounce his iudgements against you all and to tell you that hee hath promised vtterly to roote you out and destroy you except you speedily repent and regard the fauourable and mercifull warnings that hee sendeth you by vs So hauing vttered such like speeches shee likewise vanished away in a great flash of Lightning and was seene no more The next approached one of the Boyes who was clad in Turkes apparel who threatned dreadfull warre against all Christendome and that the Turke should according to an auncient Prophecie come and ouer-runne that Land and bring his Armie into the Cittie of Culen vppon Rhyne which is the place from whence the Renish wine commeth and with sword and fire should destroy all those places in which he entered and this hee said should fall out the next yeare without faile except speedie repentance And that their land should be brought to such extremitie through the want of men that there should not be left in all the Countrie a man to follow the plough so as all the countrie should bee desolate and vnfruitfull Then came the other Boye who holdeth in either of his hands a peece of their Countrie money called a Reall and hee said that in certaine time after the Turke should bee beaten backe againe into Hungarie and then should bee such plentie as no man should haue need to borrow of his neighbour but they should haue Gold and Siluer at will but there should follow such pestilence contagion as the number of the people should be so much deminished that victuals shall bee so plentie as for three Stiuers which is in English money some seuen pence halfe penie a man should buy a bushell of of Wheate and for halfe so much a bushell of Rie But a dead mans Coffin should not bee found although a man would giue for the same a Duck at of Gold so grieuous the plague should be When all these speeches were vttered they made the Gouernour sweare to publish the effect of their words in all their Dominions and to all other nations neere adioyning vnto them which they tooke their oathes to performe And so they made letters of Credence sealed with their Seales and sent them from Cittie to Cittie First to the Palsgraue then from him to the Duke of Bronswicke and so ouer all the land This Coppie came into England the twelfth day of this present Moneth of Nouember 1600. The names of those Officers to whome this Embassage was vttered Iasper Vromen Gouernour of Weersburch which in their language they call the Scoute and Iacobus Vos Burgomaster FJNIS