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FEAREFULL APPARITIONS OR THE STRANGEST VISIONS that ever hath been heard of.

IT IS A Spirit that conſtantly every night haunts one Mr. Youngs yard in Lumbard-ſtreet, neere to the Golden Croſſe, which hath played ſuch prancks, and appeared in ſuch ſeverall and horrid ſhapes, that many Divines and other Learned men, who have come armed with a full reſolution and with an intent to have ſpoken unto it or (at leaſt) to have look't upon it, in the very attempt thereof have fallen into a kind of a diſtracted extaſie, and were neither able to ſpeak or ſtand, to the great wonder and terrour of all that were eye witneſſes therof.

⟨Aprill 27⟩ LONDON Printed for John Hammond, 1647.

Fearefull Apparitions: OR, The ſtrangeſt VISIONS that ever hath been heard of.

OF all the Monſters and ſtrange ſtories that this quick-ſighted Age ever diſcovered, here is one (and a true one) by them cannot be parallelled, it is no Feigned ſtory, no Foraigne News, as from France, from Ireland nor from the North, you need travell no farther then the upper end of Lumber ſtreet in one M. Youngs yard there hath been ſeen ſtrange apparitions for the ſpace of about a2 moneth laſt paſt, every night, about two of the clock conſtantly there is a great clatterng of Iron chaines and bolts, then preſently is heard a great ſcreeking and yelling & howling like a dogge, and other whiles whiſling and playing on Muſick, then preſently there appeares a great tall blacke man (or rather Devill) at leaſt ſix yards in height, with long blacke ſhaged haire, his eyes as bigge as two ordinary pewter diſhes ſlaming like fire, and out of his mouth there ſeemeth to fly fire which flaſhes into the windows of the houſe like lightening, he continues walking in this manner about the Yard and looking in at the windows for about the ſpace of three houres every night.

There hath beene very many Gentlemen3 of good quality, and many famous and eminent Divines to ſee this ſtrange Apparition: Amongſt the reſt there was one Divine lately ſpoake to it, the Spirit anſwered againe, but with ſuch a horrid and diſmall noiſe that the Divine was not able to underſtand what the Apparition ſaid unto him; in anſwer to the queſtion which he asked, the ſtanders by and thoſe who were preſent with this Divine were likewiſe much amazed, inſomuch that they knew not where they were, their haire ſtanding upright on their heads, which made them (and not without good cauſe) to wiſh themſelves further of.

For by their Relation ſo hideous a Monſter hath not any eyes beheld; For what cauſe this Spirit ſhould ſo conſtantly frequent this place, it cannot yet bee conjectured, but it is thought that ere long4 the cauſe will be manifest, the Owner of the Yard where this Spirit walketh, is a very eminent man, and an Elder in the Pariſh where he liveth: This Gentleman (Mr. Young I meane) hath a Son who tooke to himſelfe the courage to open a Caſement which looked into the Yard where the Spirit walked, with an intent to have ſpoken to it, he had no ſooner opened the Caſement but (although it was a Caſement of an upper roome two ſtories high) it was againe inſtantly ſhut too by this hideous Monſter in a moſt terrible and fearfull manner, after theſe ſtrange Apparitions, the Spirit uſually vaniſhes away, (to the thinking of the beholders) into the ground, then immediatly enſueth a noiſe like to claps of thunder and flaſhes of fire like lightning ſeemes to aſcend out of the Earth, and after that a ſtinking5 miſt, and a noyſome ſulferous ſmoake.

Reader,

If you doubt of the verity of this Relation, you may eaſily be ſatisfied of the truth, the neighbours there-abouts can and will tell you more then is here ſet forth, for they are every night witneſſes thereof, to their great feare, trouble, and griefe.

FINIS.

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TextFearefull apparitions or The strangest visions that ever hath been heard of. It is a spirit that constantly every night haunts one Mr. Youngs yard in Lumbard-street, neere to the Golden Crosse, which hath played such prancks, and appeared in such severall and horrid shapes, that many divines and other learned men, who have come armed with a full resolution and with an intent to have spoken unto it or (at least) to have look't upon it, in the very attempt thereof have fallen into a kind of a distracted extasie, and were neither able to speak or stand, to the great wonder and terrour of all that were eye witnesses thereof.

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Bibliographic informationFearefull apparitions or The strangest visions that ever hath been heard of. It is a spirit that constantly every night haunts one Mr. Youngs yard in Lumbard-street, neere to the Golden Crosse, which hath played such prancks, and appeared in such severall and horrid shapes, that many divines and other learned men, who have come armed with a full resolution and with an intent to have spoken unto it or (at least) to have look't upon it, in the very attempt thereof have fallen into a kind of a distracted extasie, and were neither able to speak or stand, to the great wonder and terrour of all that were eye witnesses thereof. [2], 5, [1] p. Printed for John Hammond,London :1647.. (Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill 27".) (Reproduction of the original in the British Library.)

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