Sad and Lamentable news FROM HOLLAND.  
BEING A True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Inundation of Waters, that broke in at the Town of Gorkham, in the Night-time, near the City of Amsterdam, where many stately Houses became butted in the violent Waves; both Men, Women and Children perishing in the raging Billows.  
Also, The Manner how the Waters broke in again with great Violence, on monday last about Noon, at the two strong sluices of Bonmel and Thieler, where about Thirty Villages were drowned and not any thing to be seen, but the tops of some few Steeples and attorneys, many perishing in the Waters; some escaping in Boats, and the poor Infants floating upon the raging believes in their Swadling-bands and Cradles  
Together with the sad and woeful Cries and Groans of the poor distressed Inhabitants; and the Ringing of the Bells backward, to prevent the perishing of others.  
London, Printed for J. Johnson, 1663.   

Sad and Lamentable news FROM HOLLAND.  
SIR,  
SInce my last unto you, dated from the Brill, I gave you an account of our Winter-sufferings in these parts, which were exceeding great and deplorable; but that which I have now to communicate, doth far surpass the greatest calamities that hath befallen these Countreys for many years. For indeed, through the abundance of Snow falling for several dayes together, and upon a sudden Thaw also, the Seas swelled, and the Waters grew so exceeding high, that the Foundations of the Earth, and strong Banks were too weak for the mighty force of the Waters, insomuch, that the Town of Garkham, Warsald, Flute, and all the neighbouring Villages, have received very great damages; by reason of the sudden Inundation of the Waters about 11 of the Clock at Night, which broke down the strong sluice, called the Defence, near unto the aforesaid Town of Garkham; divers of the Inhabitants being immediately surprised, by the raging Billows, and furious Waves, of the merciless Seas, having no notice to secure their own lives, or any thing that was near and dear unto them but all the Inhabitants in general, running some one way, and some another, the streets sounding with loud shrieks, and lamentable outcries, the Parents making doleful moan for their poor Children, and the Children sighing out sad and Lamentable cries, for their dear and careful Parents.  
And truly had not the Magistrates of the Town been exceeding vigilant, the loss might have been far greater, but by firing of the Great Guns, and ringing of ●he Bells backward, the Inhabitants of the adjacent parts, had notice of this sad inundation of Waters so that having this timely notice, many hundreds of Men, Women, and Children by the infinite Mercies of God, escaped that which the Hand of Providence had decreed for others: for many in the night-time perished, the houses( most of them) being before morning covered with Waters, and not any thing of some of them to be seen, but onely the tops of attorneys. Yet, blessed be God, m ny escaped away in small Boats, and other little Vessels, saving their Children, and some few Goods. But alas! here it did not end: for the next day betwixt 11. and 12. of the Clock in the Forenoon, the Waters came in again with great violence, broken down the two strong sluices of Bonmel and Thieles, the roaring Billows and raging Waves, running several ways, on a sudden transcended the tops of many houses, the Inhabitants being forced, as before, to shirt for themselves, some poor Infants floating upon the lofty Waters, even in their swadling-clouts and Cradles, which it pleased God out of his infinite Mercies miraculously to preserve from those near approaching dangers and to make str●●gers as well as their Relations, to adventure forth in Boats, to take them in, and preserve them from ●estruct●on.  
But notwithstanding many were preserved, a gr●●t number there were that perished by these sudden Inundations, and great store of cattle likewise there being almost forty Villages drowned, and no● any thing to be seen but here and there the top of a Chimney, or a Church Steeple, and the country f●r many miles together seeming like a gre●t Sea, of ●he main Ocean, to the un●●●●kable grief of m●ny thousands, the loss b ●xceeding great and as 'tis probably conjectures, aamounts to many Millions for indeed as yet it is unknown.  
The Inhabitants that fled in Boats, and the like, are many; yet many there are that miss each his Friend: and as there are some left Fatherless and Motherless, so are there many likewise left Childless; and great enquiry up and down the Countreys, for their several Friends and Relations.  
Many have been taken up dead in sundry remote places, and all possible means are used by Engines, and other Instruments, for the draining of the Waters; which the Lord of his infinite Goodness prosper: and grant that for the time to come, not onely the Inhabitants here in the Netherlands, but all others, throughout their respective Territories and Dominions, may bee preserved from these sad and destructive Inundations.  
Since this great Inundation, we hear of some further loss at Sea, especially towards the Northern parts, where there hath been such strange Hurricanoes, and great storms, that the like hath not been these many years. As touching the Ship you writ to me about, whose Voyage was to the Canaries in which Captain Johnson was concerned, we hear not any thing as yet of her; but ere long, I doubt not but to answer your expectation therein. In the mean time, be pleased to take notice, that I have dispatched away your last Letters, both to Hamborough, and the other places. I would have been more large upon these particulars; but by reason of the late Inundations, our time is spent in the strengthening of many other sluices, and repairing of the Sea-Banks about this City, the storms being exceeding great in these parts, and for many years, the like not known, in relation to Navigation. We have sundry gallant experienced Gentlemen come from divers places, unto whom our States are highly obliged for their indefatigable pains, and great care to prevent any future Inundation: some sluices which they have already made some progress in, seem impregnable; and many excellent Devices and Stratagems have they used, both of Wood and Iron, not only for the draining of the Waters, but also for the strengthening of the Sea-Banks.  
Amsterdam, Febr. 7.   
FINIS.