Strange
and
Wonderful
News
from
Glasgow
in
Scotland
,
&c.
STrange
and
wonderful
are
the
Works
of
an
Omnipotent
God
,
whose
boundless
Power
commands
both
Sea
and
Land
,
stills
the
winds
,
and
tames
the
raging
Waves
,
at
whose
Rebuke
the
Heavens
fly
,
the
Earth
doth
tremble
,
and
the
Mountains
melt
,
and
with
his
looks
he
dries
the
deep
;
Justice
and
Judgment
are
before
his
Face
,
and
yet
his
Mercy
Triumphs
o're
his
Power
.
A
God
so
great
and
good
,
what
Mortal
can
but
with
Reverence
Adore
him
:
How
loath
he
is
to
crush
Rebellious
man
,
and
like
an
indulgent
Father
,
shakes
his
threatning
Rod
,
but
yet
forbears
to
strike
the
weighty
blow
;
for
Portants
and
Prodegies
so
oft
have
been
seen
of
late
in
these
Dominions
,
that
they
have
almost
lost
their
Names
,
and
are
become
but
common
things
;
but
amongst
all
the
numbers
that
appearance
made
to
signifie
in
Characters
the
Divine
will
of
Heaven
to
those
Rebellious
men
,
that
dare
unlawfully
resist
Anointed
Power
,
striving
contrary
to
the
will
of
the
wise
Creator
of
their
Mundine
frame
,
to
inovate
in
Church
and
State
Affairs
,
by
Rapines
,
cruel
Murders
,
and
the
like
,
wherefore
Heaven
thought
fit
in
time
to
curb
their
Infolencies
,
and
by
loosening
the
Foundation
of
the
World
,
to
shake
them
out
,
and
drive
them
thence
,
the
which
may
be
conjectured
by
a
terrible
Earthquake
;
with
several
strange
and
wonderful
Prodegies
,
the
which
appeared
on
Thursday
the
10th
of
this
instant
July
1679.
at
Strevin
Lansdown
another
place
in
the
West
of
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
where
the
Rebels
Camp
was
before
their
defeat
by
his
Majesties
Army
,
under
the
Command
of
his
Grace
the
Duke
of
Monmouth
,
the
certainty
of
which
were
attested
by
several
credible
persons
Inhabiting
these
places
,
and
communicated
by
a
Letter
from
one
Mr.
Williams
a
Gentleman
in
the
City
of
Glasgow
,
to
his
Friend
in
London
,
the
manner
thus
,
That
on
Thursday
the
date
aforesaid
,
about
five
of
the
Clock
in
the
Afternoon
,
the
Skies
began
to
darken
,
and
thick
Clouds
over-spread
the
Face
of
Heaven
,
whereupon
such
dreadful
Volleys
of
Thunder
and
streaming
flashes
of
Lightning
discharged
from
broaken
Clouds
,
attended
by
fearful
Storms
of
Hail
and
Rain
,
that
people
from
all
parts
were
forced
to
take
shelter
in
Barnes
,
Houses
,
and
other
convenient
places
they
could
first
procure
;
the
which
Storm
or
Tempest
lasted
for
the
space
of
two
hours
without
intermission
,
tho
being
sometimes
more
violent
than
others
;
the
Hail-stones
being
of
such
magnitude
,
that
they
broke
and
shattered
many
Glass-windows
to
a
considerable
damage
;
as
likewise
the
Tiles
falling
off
the
Houses
in
several
places
,
the
Morter
that
supported
them
being
loosened
by
the
violence
of
the
Tempest
,
at
which
inletts
the
wet
poured
in
at
the
Roofs
of
the
Houses
;
during
this
violent
Storm
,
to
compleat
the
Scene
,
and
make
it
appear
more
dreadful
,
the
Basis
of
the
Earth
began
to
heave
,
as
if
all
Nature
had
been
oppressed
with
some
ponderous
pain
,
upon
which
the
tottering
Fabricks
began
to
Dance
,
and
Dishes
both
Puter
and
Earthen
,
betook
themselves
to
motion
as
if
they
had
been
animated
,
and
leap
from
off
the
Shelves
,
Stools
,
Chairs
,
and
other
Utonsils
in
the
like
Posture
,
whilst
in
the
Streets
,
the
Tiles
that
did
before
but
drop
one
by
one
,
now
fall
as
thick
in
comparison
as
Hail
,
so
that
people
durst
not
go
out
of
their
Houses
for
fear
,
but
some
doubting
the
substantialness
of
their
Buildings
,
desperately
ventured
with
their
Wives
and
Children
abroad
,
rather
trusting
to
the
Fury
of
the
Storm
,
than
to
their
Dancing
habitation
:
The
dreadful
motion
continued
near
the
spare
of
half
an
hour
,
in
which
space
it
gave
three
several
onsets
very
furious
and
strange
;
no
sooner
was
it
over
,
but
the
Storm
of
Thunder
,
Lighning
,
and
Hail
,
began
by
little
and
little
to
abate
,
the
which
no
sooner
done
,
but
a
great
bright
Cloud
arising
from
the
North-West
,
and
coming
forward
before
the
wind
amain
,
and
still
as
it
came
,
seemed
to
open
as
with
two
folding
doors
,
from
whence
exceeding
brightness
issued
forth
,
and
at
every
such
disclosing
,
several
strange
shapes
appeared
in
it
,
as
at
first
the
perfect
Figure
of
a
Mans
hand
,
with
a
Scepter
,
the
shape
of
an
Horse
,
the
perfect
date
of
this
Year
79
,
and
several
other
strange
things
,
and
Representations
;
for
at
every
Opening
there
was
a
several
Scene
,
and
a
darting
brightness
;
it
continued
so
to
do
till
it
descended
our
Horison
at
South-East
:
before
this
Tempest
,
Earth-quake
,
and
Prodegy
happened
,
several
people
that
were
abroad
in
the
Field
about
their
occasions
,
do
affirm
,
That
they
heard
a
noise
in
the
Earth
like
the
Bellowing
of
a
Bull
,
and
now
and
then
certain
Whirlwinds
whistled
about
with
unusual
force
and
violence
;
and
others
affirm
,
they
heard
swift
voices
in
the
Air
,
but
in
that
they
might
probably
be
mistaken
by
the
whistling
of
those
sorts
of
Collateral
Winds
,
called
as
before
,
Whirlwinds
,
the
which
keep
no
certain
Point
nor
Compass
,
but
fly
in
a
Body
carelesly
,
and
were
by
the
Antients
taken
to
proceede
from
the
bad
Influence
of
some
malignant
Star
.
And
thus
much
Sir
concerning
what
I
thought
to
give
you
an
Impartial
Account
of
,
for
the
confirmation
of
which
,
I
could
incert
many
credible
Attestators
,
but
't
is
a
thing
so
generally
known
,
that
I
think
there
is
little
need
of
so
doing
.
Sir
,
I
rest
,
yours
to
serve
you
,
J.
W.
Glasgow
July
11.
79.
POSTSCRIPT
.
SIR
,
I
Have
thought
fit
to
acquaint
you
farther
,
concerning
the
present
Posture
things
are
in
here
,
after
the
late
overthrow
the
Rebels
received
near
Hamelton
Parke
,
by
his
Majesties
Forces
,
under
the
Command
of
his
Grace
the
Duke
of
Monmouth
(
who
behaved
himself
very
Gallantly
in
the
Action
,
gaining
the
Applause
of
all
his
Majesties
true
Subjects
in
this
Kingdom
;
they
scattered
and
disperced
themselves
,
some
taking
shelter
in
the
Woods
,
from
whence
they
were
Ferreted
by
Lieutenant
Collonel
Doglas
,
others
flying
cross
the
Country
in
such
Confusion
,
and
dispe●rcing
themselves
,
throwing
away
their
Armes
for
fear
of
being
discovered
,
that
they
can
never
be
able
to
make
Head
again
,
especially
by
reason
of
the
prudent
care
his
Majesties
Counsel
and
Ministers
of
State
have
put
in
practise
for
their
security
for
the
future
.
We
have
an
Account
,
that
several
of
the
Grand
Rebels
are
fled
the
Land
to
avoid
pursuing
Justice
;
and
all
things
at
present
are
in
a
very
good
Posture
.
And
now
I
have
thought
fit
to
advertise
my
Reader
of
certain
Philosophical
and
Astrologick
Opinions
concerning
these
and
such
kind
of
Elementary
violences
as
to
the
natural
Cause
,
but
we
being
Christians
,
must
always
acknowledg
a
Supernatural
Intendency
from
the
Divine
Prerogative
.
First
then
,
as
to
the
natural
cause
Philosophers
aver
,
that
Thunder
and
Lightning
are
caused
by
hot
Exhalations
attracted
into
the
Superior
Regions
by
the
heat
of
the
Sun
,
but
being
of
two
gross
and
humid
a
Body
to
joyn
AEtherial
or
Celestial
Fire
,
it
is
repulsed
by
the
Beams
of
the
Stars
,
and
descending
to
its
Center
(
the
Earth
)
with
impetuous
Violence
,
often
finds
opposition
by
reason
of
the
great
Mass
of
Waters
that
are
sustained
by
thick
Clouds
in
the
Air
,
and
when
it
does
,
it
plunging
into
its
opposite
Element
,
forces
its
way
,
and
rends
the
Clouds
to
Attoms
,
and
send
forth
great
Glares
of
Lightning
,
the
which
though
it
appear
before
the
noise
of
the
Thunder-clap
is
heard
,
yet
both
at
the
same
instant
issue
,
but
the
sight
being
more
quick
of
motion
and
piercing
,
has
the
first
Prerogative
,
whereas
the
hearing
comes
oblique
and
wandring
,
by
reason
of
the
turnings
and
Motions
of
the
Sphears
,
and
thus
much
of
Thunder
and
Lightning
.
Hail
is
congealed
from
the
solid
Bodies
of
water
hanging
in
the
Air
by
the
continual
reflection
of
the
Sun-Beams
;
for
note
,
the
Sun
has
not
so
much
Power
in
the
Airy
Region
,
as
it
has
on
Earth
,
by
reason
of
its
Repercussion
,
&c.
Earthquakes
are
caus'd
by
heat
and
cold
(
two
contrary
Elements
inclosed
in
its
Bowels
)
still
striving
with
each
other
for
th
Maistry
.
Wind
and
Fire
chasing
each
other
,
and
not
getting
yent
,
force
the
Earth
to
Groah
,
Tremble
,
and
Quake
in
a
fearful
manner
;
so
that
it
many
times
openeth
and
swalloweth
up
great
Hills
and
Mountains
,
Towns
and
Cities
into
its
vast
Abiss
,
as
at
this
time
where
several
Famous
Cities
stood
,
there
appears
now
nothing
but
standing
Pools
of
Water
.
And
again
,
several
large
Islands
have
been
puffed
out
of
the
Sea
,
as
the
Islands
of
Rhoads
and
Selos
,
as
also
many
thousands
have
lost
their
lives
by
such
manner
of
Earthquakes
,
as
Josephus
that
Excellent
Historian
recounteth
,
That
in
the
Reign
of
Tygranes
King
of
Armenia
,
by
an
Earthquake
1200000
Jewes
perished
:
And
that
in
the
Reign
of
Tiberius
Emperor
of
Rome
,
12
Cities
in
Asia
fell
in
one
Night
by
an
Earthquake
.
As
also
in
our
Modern
times
there
happened
an
Earthquake
in
the
Realm
of
Portugal
,
the
which
continued
for
the
space
of
8
days
,
in
which
time
in
Lisborn
,
the
Metropolitan
City
of
that
Kingdom
,
it
Ruin'd
1200
Houses
,
and
destroyed
many
People
,
such
are
its
dreadful
Effects
,
to
which
we
can
only
say
it
is
the
Lords
doings
,
and
therefore
marvellous
in
our
Eyes
.
FINIS
.