Several new letters concerning the Jevves sent to divers Persons of Quality here in England, being a perfect relation of the miracles wrought by their prophet, the magnificence of their king, with the manner of his entertainment in the court of the Grand Signior.

Several New LETTERS . Concerning the JEWES : Sent to divers PERSONS of QUALITY HERE IN ENGLAND : BEING A perfect Relation of the MIRACLES wrought by their Prophet , The Magnificence of their King , with the manner of his Entertainment in the Court of the GRAND SIGNIOR .

LONDON , Printed by A. Maxwel for Robert Boulter , at the Sign of the Turks Head in Cornhil , MDCLXVI .

woodcut of a crowned English rose, a crowned French fleur de lis, and a crowned Scottish thistle A NEW LETTER Concerning the JEWES .

A Copy of a Letter from Gaza , wrote by HANIE JOSEPH , to his Brother RAPHEL JOSEPH , Sarafbassi of Cairo , the 17th of the Month Chislu , An. 5426. sent from Cairo to a Jew in Legorn . Translated out of Italian into English .

BY reason of an Embargo on all Ships in Alexandria , I could not sooner give you an Accompt of what passeth here among us .

Please then to know , That our Prophet embarkt in the Port of Joppa , to go for Smyrna , to speak with our Annointed King about weighty matters ; and as soon as the Bark se● ●ail , there rose a great storm , which forced them back . ●●us they set sail thrice , and were still forced back with a greater storm , insomuch that they resolved to attempt no more ; and landing from the Bark , a Piliar of Fire , and an Angel appeared , bidding him Return to Gaza , that there was no occasion of his going the ●oyage , for the Redemption of Israel was at han● : Hereupon the Prophet returned , and passing a Mountain in t●e Desart , there appeared a Prophet to him , Jehu the Son of Hanan , who confirmed unto him what the Angel had said , and bid be of good chear , for the Redemption of Israel was at hand ; and that suddenly part of their Tribe would be together in Gaza . The Prophet having heard those words , followed on his jou●ney for Gaza , very much rejoicing , giving thanks and prayers unto God for what he had received in this his Journey .

Further know , That a P●ophet Messenger is come to our Prophet from Smyrna sent by the Anointed King , who told him of many things , among the rest , how in a certain Feast of the J●ws ( which was the 25 of November ) God would send three dayes and three nights of darkness among the Gentiles , and there should fall great Hail stones , Fire and Brimstone , which sh●uld destroy many Houses of Idolaters , with a great mortality among People and Cattel ; but among the Jews should be clear l●ght , without any hurt or disturbance . He likewise told h●m , That in a little while would come part of our Tribe to the Holy Land .

Know , That Letters are come hither from Aleppo and Damascus , which give us good News , That in Aleppo are discovered Twenty Prophets men , and as many women .

All agree and confirm what the Prophet of Gaza said , and the ●ing by him declared , is the true Anointed King of Israel , and ● at our Redemption is at hand .

About the 17th or 19th of the said Month , will be discovered great Prophet in Cairo , and another in Scio .

The 20th of the Month Sceuceth , which will be in our account January , will be at Gaza the Tribe of Re●ben , and the half Tribe of God armed , and all ready for Battel ; the Bashaw of Gaza giveth certain Credit to all our Prophet saith , for the said Bash●w hath a Brother which is a great Astrologer , who assures him of the truth .

There are come other Letters which confi●m the Truth of the Pillar of F●●e . This , as w●at I have else wrote to you about , you must not harbour the least doubt of it . When our Prophet was in the Moun●ain , there was with him Rabbi Israel Benjamin , who at that time saw nothing , but after he had sp●nt two days and two n●ghts in humiliation , he heard and understood a Voice which s●id , Nathan ( the Name of the Prophet of Gaza ) my Friend , the Lord God hath received thy prayers , and also the prayers which his people Israel make ; return chearfully to Gaza , for the Redemption of Israel is at hand : And when they met the foresaid Prophet in the Mountain , called Jehu the Son of Hanan , he told them , That within two Months should come two Embassadors to Gaza from the Hebrews , beyond the Sabatalian River , who should acquaint them that the Messias was come .

Wrote from the Treasurer of all Egypt , to his Brother here , concerning the Prophesie relating to the Jews . Lego●n Jan. 25. 1666.

From Amsterdam , January 22. S N. 1666.

HEre I send you now an enclosed from Barn in Switzerland , from our Friend there , concerning the ratling of our dry bones in Judea , that goes on more and more . For One Prophet , ye have now Twenty and above , not only at Jerusalem , but else where also , as at Cairo and Chios . And it s affirmed by the Prophets , That there will arise Prophets ●very where .

The Letters come yesterday from Legorn and Venice , bring nothing but confirmation of all we heard of Mecca and Saley : And especially of a great multitude descending from Persia , all Hebrew people , of the Tribes of Reuben and Gad , marching up some eleven times an hundred Thousand . As for the King Sabbathai , the Jews here keep close what is of him ; only a certain Rabbi shewed me this week a Letter written at Hamborough the 15 of January , saying , That at Vienna was come from Constantinople a Courier at the Emperor , sent to him by his Embassador to acquaint him , That at Constantinople was arrived the King of the Jews , and was reverently received , and led about publickly by the Grand Signior . It 's written also from Legorn and Venice , That at Aleppo the great Turkish Church was sunk down in the Earth , and swallowed up ; even as the Church at Jerusalem of the Franciscan Monks . And that in the Air was seen right above it , a fiery Pillar , and an Angel crying out , That the Redemption of Israel is come . The like Voice was heard at Gaza , at a c●rtain time when the Prophet Nathan , with another Chacam or Rabbi standing together , were encompassed with a Fiery Cloud . The Prophets do all agree in their Testimony , and say , That on the 25 of the Cheslu * , there will be amongst the Nations Part of November a●d Decen●b . great obscurity , and brimstone will fall from Heaven upon divers places , and yet do no hurt to the Jews ; and that many Churches will fall . Yea , it is asserted , That on the 20th of this month Sebat Part of J●nuary and February . Reuben as the first-born of Jacob , will be at Gaza : but before that time , two men would come to order how the Redemption of Israel should be effected . We hear also from Paris , that their King had news from Constantinople , and from Persia , concerning the march of the Israelites , at which there was a great Commotion at Court .

Behold , this I thought good to communicate unto you , and so to give you , an occasion also to impart to me what your Countrey Divines say to all this , before I come farther to the appearances of many of the dead Prophets and Saints , which is verified by divers Letters . What think you now of the Law ?

It is likewise written from Legorn , to a Merchant here by his Correspondent , that at Smyrna the King of the Jews rides up and down in great State , Two hundred men attending on him ▪ and is highly reverenced by the Turks .

From Smyrna , the 7th of December , 1665. SIR ,

HEre is a Jew in Town ▪ who came about two Months since from Jerusalem , and gives out publickly , That the Messiah is come , and hath got to his Party a great many of the Jews . And not only in this place , but at Constantinople , and many other places through which he hath passed . And God alone knows whether he may be a means of the Conversion of that stiff necked Generation . But they are almost all of them at their wits end ; what will be the end thereof , no man knows .

FINIS .