ON Wednesday the twentie second of Ju● last ( old stile ) being a day set apart by Orde● of our Superiours to be observed as a Fast fo● Imploring a bl●ssing from Heaven , on the Forces o● this State , under the Conduct of his Highness th● Prince of Orange , the weather was all day very ho● and sultry , and continued fair and clear till about seven of the Clock in the Evening : when there a●●eared at this City of Amsterdam , to Windward , from ●●d very black thick Cloud . Which being furiously 〈◊〉 ought on by the Wind , suddenly filled the whole ●emisphere with a terrible Darkness , which was in●ntly supplied by more dreadful Flashes of Light●ng , that continued for some time without Intermis●n , and made the whole Heavens seem as if they ●d been in a Flame : in the mean time it thundred ●st horribly , and haild excessively , several of the ●nes that fell , being ( as it is credibly reported , and ●th been here attested before the Magistrates ) 〈◊〉 that extraordinary , and almost incredible bigness ●at they weighed above a quarter ( some say almost ●f ) a pound a piece . but that which was yet more ●righting and prejudicial was the extream fury of ●e wind , which blew with such excess of violence , ●at the like was never before seen or heard of in ●ese parts . The noise of the Thunder , continual ●●sh●●●s of Lightning without the least respit , the 〈◊〉 ●s Hail , and roaring of the wind , most horrible to hear , coming thus all at once , made the am● people conclude the Day of Doom , or final di●●●● of the World was come wpon them : All that in the Streets were presently forced to take shel● some Houses , partly to avoid the Hail , and p● for that otherwise they were blown into the 〈◊〉 halls : wherein many , especially Children and 〈◊〉 persons by that means perished , or dasht again● Walls , and their breath struck out of their B● or if they were strong enough , or in places secu● avoid those mischiefs , they were knocked on the 〈◊〉 by the falls of Houses , Steeples , and Chimneys 〈◊〉 were wofully shattered down in all parts , such 〈◊〉 the violence of the storm , that the ground i● 〈◊〉 seemed to move and tremble as if it had be 〈◊〉 Earth-quake ( which some do still believ it in p● have been ) and this City being generally bu● piles , such shakings threw down great ●●umb● Houses , and blew away others quite o●●●om 〈◊〉 ●ions ; whereby multitudes of people , both Men and Women , and ●n were miserably destroyed , or sadly named and hurt ; and those other ●hat happened to escape standing , were generally uncovered , ●heir Tiles 〈…〉 off , and their Walls o● sides broke down , whereby G●●ds to an ●●●a●●e value were spoiled and damaged . Most part of the Trees ●●me Leagues from hence were p●uck d up by the Roots , and some ●e very biggest of them ) carryed above half a Mile from the place they 〈◊〉 in , above Thirty Miles are quite blown down , and most of the other 〈◊〉 City shattered beyond repair ; nor was the mischief less by water then 〈◊〉 all the Vessels that lay before the Pales being broke loose , and a do●●em over-set , thirty Ships turned up side down in a strange manner , ●●ats and small Vessels that were out in the Weilings were cast away ●t part of their men , of whom , some are ●ffirmed by their surviving ●ons , to have been fi●st k●lled by the violence of the Hail-stones , which ●reat , and withal so sharp , that several persons going to help their ●●r Friend out , when blown into the Ditches and ready to be drown●●eir heads and hands almost batter'd to pieces , so that they were for●●t that charitable office to provide for their own safety . This pr●di●m continued not in its fury here abov● half an hour , and yet the da●d losses sustained are fearce to be computed , Water●eugh , I nir●●●s , 〈◊〉 and other Villages have been in the same Condition , in some scarce 〈◊〉 st nding .

●tretch we have received an accompt that as this Tempest continued ●e , so it was more dreadfu & prejudicial , insomuch that it hath almost ●●ed that City , which had not yet well recovered it self from these ●ately susteine● whi●st in the hand of an Enemy , the great D●om or ●the●ral of that place , a structu●e renowned throughout Christen● the body of the Church was beat down and buried in its own rub●●he Pilla●s near the Ministers Pue , and the seven Crown Candlesticks ●es Pu● , and the stately Clock-work are all beaten to pieces but the ●elf remains whole ; the antient and stately Spire of St. Jameses ●as likew●●●●hrown down , but provide●ce ordered it so that it fell ●●e b●●●●n the houses , which must otherwise hav● beaten down ●m , a● 〈◊〉 many of the Inhabitants . The Burr Kirk is beaten in on both sides and half the Roof of it . T●e Spire of St. Nicholas 〈◊〉 blown away , and the Tower that stood by Agnus Cloyster also b●●●● Magdalen Church and the Duke house , are demolisht , so like 〈◊〉 Towers of St. Peters Chu●ch , and the body of the Church ruined .

A Schute lying full of Turf in the Gralt was beaten all to pieces , 〈◊〉 the Toll-steek port , another Turf Ship destroyed in the same manner 〈◊〉 nine Corn-mills on the Will , there is but three left standing , the Mill 〈◊〉 Griest-Streigh blown up from the ground , so are the Mills without t●● strick port ; several Passengers were blown some into the Water , and s● to the Air as they were travelling thither , and several W●ggons that ca● P●ssengers from Arnhenime were by violence of the Wind overturn most of the people very much hurt , and five k●lled . The St. Martins 〈◊〉 is destroyed , and some poor people Killed in it , and in short , ●●at City 〈◊〉 so eminently that there s sca●ce a House but has received and retains considerable m●●k● of this Tempests violence . It is reported to arise 〈◊〉 B●●ssels , w●erei● did much hurt , and thence passed into North-Hollan● Causing grea● Devastations in all its Progress .

We every mo●ent receive fresh tyding of further damages from a and t●ough it be certain that very many persons have perished herein , y● perfect account of them as yet brought in to assertain the number ; Nor 〈◊〉 to●●l of the d●mages su●tained be computed , for as it 's Horror whilst ●tinued was in ●xpressible , so the mischief done thereby is conceived t● valuable .