The vvorlds vvonder. Giving an account of two old men, lately known and seen in the city of Tholouze in France, who declare themselves to be above a thousand years old a peice [sic], and preach repentance to the world; telling what shall happen for these nine years following, and when the world shall end. Tune of, My bleeding heart. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06939 of text S117894 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B06939 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[526] 99887955 ocm99887955 183618 2240890779

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06939) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183618) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[409]) The vvorlds vvonder. Giving an account of two old men, lately known and seen in the city of Tholouze in France, who declare themselves to be above a thousand years old a peice [sic], and preach repentance to the world; telling what shall happen for these nine years following, and when the world shall end. Tune of, My bleeding heart. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger., [London] : [between 1678-1681] Place and date of publication suggested by Wing W3593. Verse: "Strange news to England lately come ..." Cf. Wing W3593 which does not include W. Thackeray in the imprint. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Prophecies -- Early works to 1800. End of the world -- Early works to 1800. eebo The vvorlds vvonder. Giving an account of two old men, lately known and seen in the city of Tholouze in France, who declare themselves to be above a t anon 1681 2 688 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-01 Sampled and proofread 2010-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Worlds Wonder .

Giving an Account of Two Old Men , Lately known and seen in the City of Tholouze in France , who declare themselves to be above a Thousand Years old a peice , and Preach Repentance to the World ; telling what shall happen for these Nine Years following , and when the World shall end .

Tune of , My Bleeding Heart .

STrange News to England lately came , the like I think was never known ; And if it proves a certain truth , 't will terror strike to hearts of Stone . A City great there is in France , and Tholouze is it call'd by name ; Two-Prophets there was lately found , invisibly they thither came . No Man nor Child could ever tell which way these Prophets they came in , They say that they were sent from God , to reprehend the World for Sin . A Thousand Years of Age , and more , each of them do declare to be ; Methuselah ne'r liv'd so long , as by the Scriptures you may see . Gods Holy Spirit they declare into their Breasts inspired is ; In this our Age a thing so rare , I think there 's none more strange then this , Strange kinds of habit they do wear , the like ne'r seen by mortal Eye ; And their deportment is as strange , although they Preach continually .

Good Admonition they do give , advising all Men to Repent ; They say this is the only cause , that they into the World were sent . Gods Wrath against the Romans they do now declare is kindled hot ; And if with speed they dont Repent , their Crimes shall never be forgot . The City of Tholouze , they say , to Sodom may compared be , And in three Months shall be consum'd by Flames of Fire undoubtedly . Except they do their lives amend ; and quite forsake Iniquity ; Which do the People much amaze , for this is their continual cry . The Magistrates offended were , at the strange Doctrine they did Preach : But they reply'd they came from God , the sinful People for to teach . At length there was an Order made , that they should close confined be ; With Iesuits they did discourse in several Tongues , most perfectly . Their Dyet also was most strange , on Delicates they never fed ; Their Drink was only Water clear , their greatest Banquet was dry Bread . And then the Magistrates did ask these Prophets strange , from whence they came ? Their answer was , from Gallilee , Galladium was their Cities name . The Iesuits did then persuade the Magistrates , that they should go To Rome to see his Holiness , that he the truth of all might know . At this they nothing daunted were , for they declar'd they knew their doom ; And seemed to be mighty free for to go see the Pope at Rome . But being Fetter'd then with Chains , at which they seem'd to make a scoff ; They much amaz'd the People all , for with great ease they shook them off . They Prophesie in Eighty-One , there shall be Troubles over all : In Eighty-Two they do declare , the Pope of Rome shall have a Fall . In Eighty-Three throughout the World , they do declare , that Preach they shall : In Eighty-Four , that Iesus Christ shall without doubt be known to all . In Eighty-Five there shall arise , one that shall mighty be with Men : In Eighty-Six an Earthquake shall much terrifie the World agen . In Eighty-Seven , Africa shall quite consumed be by Fire ; In Eighty-Eight , the World amaz'd , in Eighty-Nine , the World expire . FINIS .

Printed for F. Coles , T. Vere , J. Wright , J. Clarke , W. Thackeray , and F. Passinger .