THE Jews Message TO Their Brethren in HOLLAND; AND A New Letter touching their further Proceed sent from the Kingdom of Scotland: With the arrive of some of them near Aberdeen, in a small Ship, whose Sails were white branched Satin, their Ropes and Tackling Silk of the same Colour; and their Food on Board only Rice and pure Honey.  
Also, another Letter from Dr. Serarias, ●o Doctor Homes; The Rendevouzing of Sixteen Hundred Thousand in the Turks Dominions; and Threescore Thousand come into Europe; The Great Turks sad and fearful Dream; and strange Miracles performed by the Captain-General of the Wand'ring Israelites; A Description of their Persons, Habits, and Weapons; the granting of Liberty of Conscience to all excepting Infidels; A Prophecy touching the Downfall of Babylon in 66, and the Year of Reformation for the Gospel to be preached throughout all NATIONS.  
Printed for George Freem●n, Anno Dom. 1665.   

A New Letter sent from Scotland, concerning the further Proceed of the JEWS.  
SIR,  
HAving received a more full account of the proceed of the Jews, I shall here present you with such Occurrences, in this juncture of time, wherein scarce any thing else, is either talked of, or looked after, in comparison of them. The whole World we see is out of order, nothing to be expected but Intestine Broils, and whether the Lord will be pleased in the midst of these Combustions to call in his Ancient People, and magnify his Name in them, He only knoweth. On the 23 of October, by the foulness of the weather and storms, put into Aberdeen a Ship, from whence she came, 'tis uncertain; but the Professor of that City, of the Tongues and Languages, having Notice thereof, went down unto them, and by their Discourse perceived they spoke broken Hebrew, and bound for Amsterdam, as was intimated by a Letter in High-Dutch, to have Correspondence with their Brethren (the Jews) there: Which Letter further relates, That there is Sixteen hundred thousand of them together in Arabia, and that there came into Europe Sixty Thousand more; withal, that they have had many Encounters with the Turks, defeating several Bodies, and killing many Thousands, none being able to stand against them. They give Liberty of Conscience to all, except the Turks, endeavouring the utter Ruin and Extirpation of them. But for the ship, the Sails thereof are white branched Satin, and all their Ropes are Silk of the same Colour; and in the Sails was this Inscription in fair Red Characters,  These are of the Ten Tribes of Israel. 
Which was to discover them to be Jews: Their Food on board was only Rice and Honey: Their Habit [or Clothing] Black-will Black and Blue. It seems they have sent to most of the chief Cities in the World to their Brethren, to give them Notice of their Proceed, to the end they may come and join with them. The Great Turk having had a Dream, that a Jew had taken the Crown from his Head, resolved to put all to death within his Dominions; but his Council dissuaded him from that Bloody Design. The Jewish Host are sai● to increase daily, and that many of them believe in the true Messiah, and that it was the Saviour of the World that was crucified at Jerusalem.  
This was sent in a Letter t● Oxford, Dated from Scotland, Novemb. 15. The following Letters were s●nt from Dr. Ser●rias, to Dr. Homes, Mr. Bruce, and others.   

SIR,  
SInce my last of the Proceed of the Israelites, We have had Expresses not only from Jerusalem, but Tunnis also; That this Year no Carrivan is to go to Mecha, by reason the City is besieged by the Israelites, who appear in great Numbers, and are said to be sent by the Ten Tribes to be the Forerunners:  
From Jerusalem we have received very good News, and likewise many of our Christian Merchants have received the like from Alexandria, The Particulars of which is, that the Bashaw of Alexandria, with the King of Arabia, made use of a Carravan, that is, an Army of Sixty Thousand Men, and marched toward Mecha, and being within one days journey of the City, sent out a Troop to take notice how things were, which Troop having seen this People lying in Tents about the City, and hearing that they professed themselves to be Israelites, reported this to the Bashaw who for all that resolved to march on with his Forces and coming within sight of the City, discovered an innumerable Multitude of People coming out of their Tents. Whereupon the Turks advanced up against them, gave fire, & discharged several Volleys of round shot; but after a little fight a panic fear took them and terror seized on them, making them cry out Who is able to fight with these People, seeing our Arrows and Shot return back upon ourselves. So the Turks leaving off fight, returned Home, and the Israelites into their Tents without pursuing them. This Affront caused the Bashaw and King of the Moors, throughout all Egypt and Arabia, to impose on the jews in all their Dominions a new Tax five times greater than it was before. And the Bashaw, the better to inform himself what this People were sent ten jews to them who found them to be Israelites, and that they spoke Hebrew, saying, they were sent before to remain at Meka till the rest of their Brethren came, for that the time was now come, that they should return unto their own Land of their Forefathers, which others had usurped and taken from them. Another Letter saith, that the Commander of Meka sent 4 Troops to oppose them, but not one returned and that divers Caravans and great Bodies have been wholly defeated by the said Israelites; and that twelve thousand Turks coming from a City called Metai, near Meka were also routed, and eight thousand slain upon the Place, their own Swords and Muskets turning against themselves. Of the ten jews that were sent, six remained with their Brethren, and but 4 returned to the Turks. As for the great Prophet in North-Skilton, Doctor Collonest hath been at his House in a Town called Long-Ditch, where he heard these things out of his own Mouth. That in the Year 1661. he meditated on the Scriptures speaking 〈◊〉 ●●e La●ter Times; of the great Multitude: yet withal heard of other Jews that several of them spoke the Holy Tongue; and that whosoever goeth to contend with this People in Battle, are presently vanquished, and slein.  
They have already possessed themselves of several Places and Cities, putting all the Inhabitants to the Sword, the Jews only excepted. They are a People of a middle stature, their Bodies comely, their Complexions fair: This Party saw no Woman amongst them, nor any other Arms, besides those ; their Horses are many, their Attire blew, and their Tents black. From the aforesaid City of Sus, the whole Host of them might be plainly and distinctly viewed the whole Week, and might see their Fires and Smoke ascending; but on the Sabbath, neither of both could be discerned throughout the whole Camp, or Host.  
Several of them being commanded up to a 〈◊〉 〈…〉 to 〈◊〉 for a Brass-Tamber, or Trumpet; and upon the finding it, three times to sound it, and then all Nations to be gathered into one Universal Church: their Leader is of an extraordinary discerning Spirit for no sooner doth he see a Man, but he knows his Mind, and the thoughts of his Heart, treating them with very much humility and respect. And coming to a River not Foordable he consulted with his Officers and unanimously resolved to implore the great ●od by Petition and Prayer, to deliver them as he had ●●ne their Forefathers, and to show them some Mira●●● to evence them of the truth of the great Messiah born of a Virgin, to be the Saviour of the World: whereupon, so great and wonderful a Work was wrought, that the great Waters immediately divided, as soon as they had ended Prayers, and the whole Army in ●●●cked over even as it were upon dry Land.   
FINIS.