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<HEAD><HI>Strange and Wonderful News from</HI> ROME</HEAD>
<P>Giving an Account of an old Man lately and &s;trangely known to be in the City of <HI>Rome,</HI> in <HI>Itaty,</HI> and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> came Invi&s;ibly thither; together with his Eleven Strange and Wonderful PROPHESIES, which particularly do mention wh<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> happe<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">: the wing al&s;o how he breaks &s;trong Iron Chains in pieces, as if they were Brown-thread, with many more &s;trange W<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters">s, neve<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> like ever heard of before, as <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ming the Year when there &s;hall be no Pope, and <HI>Rome</HI> &s;hall have no Head, and the Go<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters"> &s;hall be p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">ched throughout the WORLD.</P>
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<P>It is not unknown to mo&s;t who are plea&s;ed to take Cogni&s;ance of Wonders and &s;trange Miracles, which this pre&s;ent Age doth frequently repre&s;ent; that of late Years we have been exceed|ingly a&s;toni&s;ht at &s;everal (to us &s;trange and &s;eldom heard of) much to be admired Wonders: But now prepare your Ears to hear the mo&s;t amazing and mo&s;t unparallel'd Miracle that ever <HI>Eng|land</HI> was made &s;en&s;ible of, or I think the whole World was ever made acquainted with; nay, &s;o wonderfully &s;trange, and &s;eemingly impo&s;|&s;ible to be true, that though it be atte&s;ted with manifold A&s;&s;ertions, it cannot lodge in the brea&s;t of the Incredulous, as an unque&s;tionable Verity. But to proceed to the matter intended, and not too much to derogate from my de&s;ined Bu&s;ine&s;s, let this inform the mo&s;t doubt|ful and unbelieving Reader, That there is lately an account &s;ent from <HI>Italy,</HI> of the &s;trange manner of the coming of one Man into the City of <HI>Rome,</HI> eminently known by many Travellers, to be one of the Ci|ties not lea&s;t accounted of in <HI>Italy</HI>; this Per&s;on of &s;uch an Age (as he &s;ays he is) no le&s;s to be admired for his great Age, then for his &s;trange kind of Prophe&s;ies, which he daily parts with; and his man|ner of coming into the City, which we are informed was invi&s;ible; but to come to particulars: This Per&s;on doth affirm, That his Age is greater then e're was heard off, for he doth &s;ay he is above a thou|&s;and Years old; he doth pretend to be an Apo&s;tle of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, and &s;ays that he hath the Spirit of Truth in him; with many other A&s;&s;er+tions, no le&s;s full of Wonder then that you have already heard of in the preceeding lines: His manner of Apparel is no le&s;s to be admir'd then his manner of Di&s;cour&s;e, for &s;uch Habit as we are informed he doth wear, was never &s;een by mortal eye; his Deportment is al&s;o ve|ry &s;trange, for he walks up and down the City, preaching and admo|ni&s;hing to &s;erious Repentance, and giving admirable Advice to the People to for&s;ake their Iniquities, and to return from their evil Ways, for, &s;ays he, <HI>The wrath of God is kindled again&s;t the</HI> Romans. He al&s;o adds, That the City of <HI>Rome</HI> is a &s;econd <HI>Sodom</HI>; and that the Tran&s;|gre&s;&s;ions of the People have a&s;cended to the Heavens, and approach|ed to the Ears of the <HI>Almighty,</HI> and that nothing can pre&s;erve them from approaching. Mi&s;ery, but &s;peedy, and un&s;eigned Repentance; without which, he doth a&s;&s;ert, that in three Years the City &s;hall be utterly de&s;troyed and con&s;umed by Fire. By our la&s;t Advice we are informed, that this Man had continued there for the &s;pace of eight Days, preaching about the City: his cu&s;tom is to go bare-headed and bare-footed, &s;trange to behold. The Magi&s;trates being offended at his Doctrine, have forbidden him to preach; but he took no more notice thereof, then to return this an&s;wer, <HI>That he was &s;ent from God to move the People to Repentance, and to abandon tho&s;e Iniquities, which if not de&s;erted, would doubtle&s;ly pull down Vengeance upon them in a &s;hort time.</HI> After this, order was given for his, Confinement; which being per|formed, he was frequently vi&s;ited by &s;everal Je&s;uits, who di&s;cour&s;ed with him in &s;everal Tongues, namely, the <HI>Latine, Hebrew,</HI> and <HI>Chal|dean,</HI> wherein he was exqui&s;itely perfect. He al&s;o acknowledges that he knows well &s;uch as live loo&s;e and wicked Lives. Ha is not o|vercurious in his Dyet, for his greate&s;t Delicate, and general Food is nothing but dry Bread; and his &s;tronge&s;t Drink is Water only. He prophe&s;ies of many &s;trange things, and the time when ail the Wick|edne&s;s in the World &s;hould have an end, and every one &s;hall &s;erve the Lord; and wormp the God of Heaven than Nation &s;hall no more ri&s;e again&s;t Nation, nor Kingdom again&s;t Kingdom, all the World &s;hall be at peace. Being asked by &s;ome of the amazed People, who&s;e a&s;toni&s;hments were as great as his an&s;wers &s;trange, How long it would be before this ble&s;&s;ed Day would come? His reply was ab&s;o|lute, and about the Year 1699, &s;hould certainly be the end of all Wickedne&s;s in the World: all Nations &s;hall live in the fear of the Lord; all the World &s;hall be at peace. His &s;trange and unknown coming into that City was admired by all: at la&s;t he was examined by the Magi&s;trates from whence he came: He an&s;wered, That he came from a place called <HI>Galadiam</HI> in <HI>Damas,</HI> a City of <HI>Gallilea,</HI> and is the Me&s;&s;enger of the <HI>Almighty,</HI> &s;ent to preach Repentance to the &s;in|ful World. But the Je&s;uits not at all plea&s;ed with his Doctrine or Di&s;cour&s;e, have prevalently per&s;waded their Magi&s;trates to conde|&s;cend to what they &s;o earne&s;tly reque&s;ted, which is, That this Per|&s;on, on whom we know not what Title ju&s;tly to be&s;tow, &s;hould by all means be conveyed to the <HI>Pope,</HI> there to be examined by his Holine&s;s: But he makes tittle account of what is ordered, &s;aying, That he is ve|ry well acquainted with what &s;hall be his Portion, and what &s;hall be|come of him; and that he looked upon it altogether Unnece&s;&s;ary to be &s;o loaded with Chains; but did acknowledge that he was very de&s;irous to &s;ee the <HI>Pope</HI>; and &s;o without any difficulty, and with great ea&s;e, breaking the Chains all to pieces, he filled the Spectators with a&s;toni&s;hment, as the Report of the&s;e Wonders will certainly fill with amazement, all tho&s;e to whom this matter &s;hall be communica|ted. But be&s;ides all this, he prophe&s;ie what Transactions &s;hall happen yearly, which I shall particularize as followeth: He prophe&s;ies, That</P>
<P>In 1693 great Changes you will hear of and &s;ee.</P>
<P>In 1694 &s;hall be Wars over all the World.</P>
<P>In 1695 <HI>Rome</HI> &s;hall begin to fall, and <HI>England</HI> &s;hall begin to thrive.</P>
<P>In 1696 &s;hall be no Pope, and <HI>Rome</HI> &s;hall have no Head.</P>
<P>In 1697 the <HI>Turk</HI> &s;hall turn Chri&s;tian.</P>
<P>In 1698 the Go&s;pel &s;hall be preached throughout the World.</P>
<P>In 1699 a great Man &s;hall ri&s;e.</P>
<P>In 1700 all the World &s;hall be at Peace.</P>
<P>In 1701 Je&s;us Chri&s;t &s;hall be known to all Mankind.</P>
<P>In 1702 a great Earthquake &s;hall happen.</P>
<P>In 1703 will be the time when the <HI>Jews</HI> will be called.</P>
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