O N 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 [...] Imploring a blessing from Heaven, on the Forces [...] this State, under the Conduct of his Highness th [...] Prince of Orange, the weather was all day very [...] and sultry, and continued fair and clear till about se­ven of the Clock in the Evening: when there a [...] at this City of Amsterdam, to Windward; [Page 4] [...] 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 [...] been in a Flame: in the mean time it thundred [...] horribly, and haild excessively, several of the [...] that fell, being (as it is credibly reported, and [...] been here attested before the Magistrates) that extraordinary, and almost incredible bigness [...]at they weighed above a quarter (some say almost [...]) a pound a piece▪ but that which was yet more frighting and prejudicial was the extream fury of [...] wind, which blew with such excess of violence, [...]at the like was never before seen or heard of in [...] parts. The noise of the Thunder, continual [...] [...] of Lightning without the least respit, the [...] [...] Hail, and roaring of the wind, most horri­ble [Page 5] to hear, coming thus all at once, made the [...] people conlude the Day of Doom, or final [...] of the World was come upon them: All that in the Streets were presently forced to take sh [...] some Houses, partly to avoid the Hail, and [...] for that otherwise they were blown into the [...] halls: wherein many, especially Children and persous by that means perished, or dasht again [...] Walls, and their breath struck out of their [...] or if they were strong enough, or in places seen [...] 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 [...] seemed to move and tremble as if it had be [...] [...] Earth-quake (which some do still believe it in [...] have been) and this City being generally [...] piles, such shakings threw down grea [...] [...] Houses, and blew away others quite [...] [...] [Page 6] [...]ions; whereby multitudes of people, both Men and Women, and [...] were miserably destroyed, or sadly maimed and hurt; and th [...]se other [...] happened to escape standing, were generally uncovered, their T [...]es [...] off, and their Walls of sides broke down, whereby Goods to an [...] value were spoiled and damaged. Most part of the Trees [...] Leagues from hence were plucked up by the Roots, and some [...] very biggest of them) carryed above half a Mile from the place they [...], 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, [...] and small Vessels that were out in the W [...]lings were cast away [...] part of their men, of whom, some are [...]ff [...]ed by their surviving [...], to have been first k [...]led by the violence of the Hail-stones, which [...]reat, and withal [...] sharp, that several persons going to help their [...] Friend [...] out, when blown into the Ditches and ready to be [...] heads and hands almost batter'd to pieces, so that they were for­ [...] that charitable office to provide for their own safety. This [...] in continued not in its fury here above half an hour, and yet the da­ [...] losses sustained are scarce to be computed. [...], and other Villages have been in the same Condition, in some scarce [...] [...]nding.

[...]etch we have received an accompt that as this Tempest continued [...], so it was more dreadfu [...] & prejudicial, insomuch that it hath almost [...] that City; which had not yet well recovered it self from these [...]ately susteine [...] whilst in the hand of an Enemy, the great Doom or [...]thedral of that place, a structure renowned throughout Christ [...]n­ [...] the body of the Church was bea [...] down and buried in its own rub­ [...] [...] [...] s [...]ear the Ministers Pue, and the seven Crown Candlesticks [...] [...], and the stately Clock-work are all beaten to pieces but the self remains whole; the antient and stately Spire of St. Jam [...]ses is likewise thrown down, but providence ordered it so that it fell [...] [...] the houses, which must otherwise hav [...] beaten down [...] of the Inhabitants. The Burr [...] is beaten [Page 7] in on both sides and half the Roof of it. The Spire of [...] Nicholas [...] blown away, and the Tower that stood by Agents Cloyster also [...] [...] Magdalen Church and the Duke house, are demolisht, so [...] [...] Towers of St. Peters Church, and the body of the Church ruined.

A Schute lying full of Turf in the Gralt was beaten all to pieces, the To [...]l-steek port, another Turf Ship destroyed in the same manner mine Corn-mills on the Will, there is but there left standing, the Mill Griest-Streigh blown up from the ground, so are the Mills without [...] stri [...]k port; several Passengers were blown some into the Water, and to the Air as they were travelling thither, and several Waggons that [...] Passengers from A [...]henime we [...]e by violence of the Wind overturn most of the people very much hurt, and five killed. The St. Martins [...] is destroyed, and some poor people Killed in it, and in short, [...] City! so eminently that there [...]s [...] a House but has received and retains considerable [...] of this Tempests violence. It is reported to arise [...], did [...] hurt, and thence passed into North-H [...]lla [...] Causing great Devastations in all its Progress.

We every moment receive fresh tyding of further damages from [...] and [...] to be certain that very many persons have perished herein, I perfect [...] of them as yet brought in to assert [...] the number; Nor total of the damages sustained be computed, for as it's Horror whilst [...] was inexpressible, so the mischief done thereby i [...] conceived [...] valuable.