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Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…
Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian savages, from the year, 1688. To the year 1698. / Faithfully composed and improved. ; [One line of quotation in Latin]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Unto these Two Things, my Reader will not misimprove it, I hope, if I add a Third, lately fallen into my Hands; and never yet so Exposed unto the Public.
Unto these Two Things, my Reader will not misimprove it, I hope, if I add a Third, lately fallen into my Hands; and never yet so Exposed unto the Publick.
A Wonderful Matter Incontestably Demonstrated, and much Desired by some Good men, to be in this place Communicated. MR. John Sadler, a very Learned and a very Pious man, and a most Exemplary Christian, Lay Sick in his Bed, at his Manor, of Warmwell in Dorset Shire: In the year, 1663. In the Time of his Illness, he was visited by Mr. Cuthbert Bound, the Minister of Warmwell. Mr. Sadler then desired his man, (one Thomas Grey,) to see that there should be no body ⟨p. 188⟩else in the Room, and Lock the Door, and give him the Key. He then Sat up in his Bed, and asked Mr Bound and the Attendant Grey; Whether they Saw no body? and, whether they did no• hear, what a person said, that stood at the cor•ner of the Chamber? They Replied, No. H• wondered at it, and said, Th• man spake so loud that the whole Parish might hear him. Hereupon, calling for a Pen and Ink, He wrote what was told him, and made Them set their Hands to it; For he told them, the man would not be gone, till he had seen that done. The Articles written down, were; I. That there would, after so many months, be a Plague in London, whereof so many would Dye: [Naming the Number.] II. That the greatest part of the City would be Burnt, and Pauls, he particularly showed him, Tumbled down into Romes, as if Beaten down with Great Guns. III. That there would be Three Se• Fights, between the English and the Dutch. IV. That there would appear Three Blazing Stars; the Last of which, would be terrible to behold. [He said, The man showed him the Star.] V. That afterwards, there would come Three small Ships, to Land in the West of Weymouth, which would put all England in an uproar, but it would come to nothing.