IN Schooelane in London liveth one Mistres Letsum, which her neighbour having lost a small Ragge, which was a Dish-cloath, her neighbour chalen­ging her for it, she not considering who she was before, nor the iustice of the Lord, which is the rewarder of sin: for the Lord himselfe saith, that he will reward every man according to his deserts; so the Lord seeing the wickednesse of this woman, hee left her over to her selfe to worke her owne destructi­on both of body and soule, without the great mercy of God to put to his supporting his hand: for shee rashly and presumptuously, not having the feare of God before her eyes, fell a cursing in a most wicked manner, desiring that she might not alive if shee had not that dish-cloth: So according to her own wicked desire, the Lord in iustice laid the same affliction on her: for the first night her legges did swell as bigge as a bodies middle; and the next night they were as black as a shooe, and so remaine in a most wofull m [...]nner to the terror and amazement of all the beholders. Now let us all looke to the Lords afflicting those that [Page]transgresse, a reward for such a wicked blasphemous wretch, that knowing her conscience guilty of that fact, to call Gods vengeance on her head. Now let all good Christians petition the Lord to mollifie the heart of this woman, and give her a sight of her sins, and make her to know whom she hath offended, being the Lord of heaven and earth, giving her a heart of flesh, truely to repent for her sinnes, and that shee may become a new Creature, and likewise to bee a warning to all others to set a watch before their lips; and examine their owne Consciences before they speak: for this woman, knowing that in [...]er owne Conscience shee was guilty, she called for a heavie vengeance of the Lord to fall upon her if shee had this small trifle: the thing was little, and therefore the greater was the sinne: shee, because she would have carryed it cleare to the view of the world, she thought there was no rewarder: but according as she deserved, so it came to passe, and at this time she doth rot as she liveth on the erath.

We have had many of these examples, but we can­not taken warning: as it lately fell [...]ut at the Sunne in Warwick, the bostesse of the house and her husband desired the devill to fetch them, if they had the soul­diers money: so accordingly as they desired it came to passe, for the devill presently seised on them before that great assembly. Also a main in Coventrie, that desired, that when shee married any other man but onely that souldier, the devill might fetch her alive that very day: So shee in the midst of her iollity, with her Bride-groom and the rest of her company, [Page]he whom she desired might fetch her, came to lead her a dance, which was a terrible one to her, for he carried her from her Bridegroome to keep her wed­ding with him, which must needs prove most horrid and fearrful: So now we have the like example here, the Lord guide the hearts of all people else, that they may not presume to provoke so good a God as he is, slow to anger, but full of Iustice to punish sins, sins grown to its ful heigth, in the hearts of the peo­ple, for they neither regard God nor his punish­ments: but the Lord grant that we may all in gene­rall become new Creatures, and that these examples may worke a reformation in everie one of our hearts, that we may doe as the Apostle saith, Worke out our owne salvation with feare and trembling: and give us grace to make good use of all his afflictions, and that we may not fall into the like conditions of this Creature, that is under the cure of Mr. Simmons Chy­rurgion in Shue-lane, neare Harp-Ally: but there is small hope of cure, the Lord be merciful to her soul, and send that this affliction of her body may bee a reioycing of her soule, and grant as the body decayes, the soule may be strengthned in grace, and that shee may in this affliction lay hold on Christ her onely Saviour: for without which, there is no hope to bee looked for: for he is the strongest Fortresse that can be both for soule and body: God grant wee may all lay hold on him, that hee may be our shield and sure defence in all times of [...]eed, to Gods glorie, and the comfort of all in generall.

ON Wednesday last happened a great mis­chance in a tenement in the Spittle Fields; A wicked wretch that is a Begger, and living of the almes of other good people, comming home, being wonderfully in drinke, went and made a great fire in her house, and fetched herselfe more drinke, till shee was so drunke that shee could neither goe nor stand, shee left a great fire burning, and her childe sitting by the same, and shee went to sleepe, never regarding her childe: for shee had so besotted her selfe with drinke, that shee knew not what shee did. The childe playing by the fire, fell with the face downward in the fire, not being able to helpe it selfe, burned with the fire, till some part of it was burned to Coles, the mother never hearing the cries of the childe, which wee may thinke was pitti­full. At last one of the neighbours came home, and entred the house, and was the sad Spectator of that most wofull and lamentable obiect, a heavy and dolefull sight to behold. The mother when shee a­waked, was not come to herselfe againe. A wofull [Page]condition, that drinke should overcome any one so. God grant this may bee a warning to all other pa­rents, that they may prevent the like danger hereaf­ter. Thus you have a sad story here at home. God grant it may be the last; and so let all good people say, Amen.

IT is very credibly reported, that divers Cavaliers of the Dammists, were very merry together; and one amongst the rest, swore, God damne him, he could make a Fire-worke that would kill, destroy, wound, and strike amazement into the Parliaments Round-headed Rogues, that with a Fire-worke of green glasse that [...]e could make, which hee learned at Antwerp, hee would destroy a thousand Round-heads together, and swore, the Divell fetch him body and soule alive, and if hee did not put it in practice the next morning; which was done: then divers of the Cavaliers were met together, to see the event. And when the foresaid Cavalier had finished his project, [Page]he would shew the event of it, the glasse broke, and kild him, and two more that were about him, and strucke another starke blinde, and wounded seven more, singing the haire from their heads and beards. And the Chyrurgion doth thinke they will hardly escape with life. This was credibly certified to Mr. Filman in Thames Street, by a letter sent to him from his friend the Chyrurgion, Thomas Davis.

This was done in a Village about a mile beyond Oxford, the Villages name is Wolvercot, where these Cavaliers lay.