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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88509	Londons wonder being a most true and positive relation of the taking and killing of a great whale neer to Greenwich; the said whale being fifty eight foot in length, twelve foot high, fourteen foot broad, and two foot between the eyes. At whose death was used harping-irons, spits, swords, guns, bills, axes, and hatchets, and all kind of sharp instruments to kill her: and at last two anchors being struck fast into her body, she could not remoove them, but the blood gusht out of her body, as the water does out of a pump. The report of which whale hath caused many hundred of people both by land and water to go and see her; the said whale being slaine hard by Greenwich upon the third day of Iune this present yere 1658. which is largely exprest in this following discourse.		1658 (1658)	Wing L2957; Thomason E2134_2; ESTC R208343	4,170	14

riding with the people both to see and hear of the destroying of this Whale as is almost increadible divers of the Gentry and worthy Cittizens went thither in their Coaches and abundance from Westminister London and the burrow of South-wark repair'd both by Land and Water to see this Fish of Wonder and the Water-men and others made a prise of her for they took two-pence a piece of all the spectatours so it prov'd a gallant day of Jubillie to the Water-men which is according to the old saying that it is an ill wind that blows no body profit at last two Ankers belonging to the fishers was struck fast into the body of the VVhale which was the cause of her death and when the people perceiv'd that her breath was departed they unanimously with a great shout leap'd upon the back of the VVhale and fell to cutting of her up with axes hatchets bills and other sharp instruments for the same purpose and it is to be noted that a little before her death she gave most grievious deadly doleful and heavy groans that by the report of the people that both saw and heard it they never heard of the like before It had Crab-lice sticking upon the body of it that were as big as a spider then as they were a deviding the body into severall peeces by chopping of it with hatchets and the like they made merchandise of it Some bought peeces as big as a mans middle and some took lesser peeces to shew to their neighbors friends and acquaintance that what is reported concerning this hugeous whaile is an absolute truth and as a monument of Remembrance they do both safely and securely lock it up esteeming more rarely of it then a dish of Anchovis Salmon or Lobsters that is a present for a Lady for although a whale be not good to eate it is novelty and very strange and much more stranger to be catcht in the River of Thames so neere to London bridge The Cronicles do specify that severall great fishes have come at some remarkable times at the distance of many yeares to the wonder and admiration of many people then living which strange concourse of nature with those great fishes have bin as a signe of some dangers approaching but this was one speciall favour of providence that although at the killing of this whale there was abundance of men women and children and some of them at sometimes were very neer her and yet none of them had so much hurt done them as the fillip of a finger The company that was her Executioners and at her death did measure her and found the vast length of the whale to be full eight and fifty foot and she was compleat 12 foot high she was 14 foot in bredth and two foot long between the eyes she had very large nostrills and a hugeous wide mouth and in one of her nostrills an anker being cast was one of the mane causes of her death she stared with her eyes most strangely and was at least six hours a killing out at last the whale was made there prise and the water men gaind the conquest But certainly I cannot conceive to the contrary but that this whale coming thus contrary to custom is some signe or token of heavens displeasure for it is the judgment of the men of art that strange things produecs strange affects now whether we gave credit to there sayings or no we must and oughtt to believe the scripture which is spoken by the mouth of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as you shall find it written in St. Mathew gospell the 24th Chapter read the whole chapter which manifestly declaires the times and seasons as we live in for we have had wars and rumours of wars signes and apparistions in the aire and sure enough that the day of the Lord is at hand therefore whilst it is to day let us harken to the will of God and let every Christian that takes up the name of a Christian by true Christiany to prove himselfe to be a Christian both by his faith and good works for saith the Apostle St. James in his Epistle that faith without works is dead and so is works without faith Read the second chapter of James then since it is so that we live in such times of danger let us be lovers of one another and repent from the bottom of our hearts that God may divert his judgments from us and repent him of the evill as he hath threatened against us let us be as tender of one anothers souls as we are of the apple of our eye let us lock them up in the love of Christ that we may be made pertakers of his heavenly Kingdome to be seated on the throne of grace and Crowned with the Emperiall Crowne of Glory FINIS