FEARFUL APPARITIONS OR THE STRANGEST VISIONS that ever hath been heard of.  
IT IS A Spirit that constantly every night haunts one Mr. young's yard in , near to the Golden Cross, which hath played such pranks, and appeared in such several 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 looked upon it, in the very attempt thereof have fallen into a kind of a distracted ecstasy, and were neither able to speak or stand, to the great wonder and terror of all that were eye witnesses thereof.  
April 27 LONDON Printed for John Hammond, 1647.   

Fearful Apparitions: OR, The strangest VISIONS that ever hath been heard of.  
OF all the Monsters and strange stories that this quicksighted Age ever discovered, here is one (and a true one) by them cannot be parallelled, it is no Feigned story, no Foreign News, as from France, from Ireland nor from the North, you need travel no farther than the upper end of Lumber street in one M. young's yard there hath been seen strange apparitions for the space of about a month last passed, every night, about two of the clock constantly there is a great clatterng of Iron chains and bolts, then presently is heard a great shrieking and yelling & howling like a dog, and other while whistling and playing on Music, then presently there appears a great tall black man (or rather Devil) at least six yards in height, with long black shaged hair, his eyes as big as two ordinary pewter dishes flaming like fire, and out of his mouth there seemeth to fly fire which flashes into the windows of the house like lightning, he continues walking in this manner about the Yard and looking in at the windows for about the space of three hours every night.  
There hath been very many Gentlemen of good quality, and many famous and eminent Divines to see this strange Apparition: Amongst the rest there was one Divine lately spoke to it, the Spirit answered again, but with such a horrid and dismal 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 hair 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 be conjectured, but it is thought that ere long 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 mean) hath a Son who took to himself 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 room two stories high) it was again instantly shut too by this hideous Monster in a most terrible and fearful manner, after these strange Apparitions, the Spirit usually vanishes away, (to the thinking of the beholders) into the ground, then immediately ensueth a noise like to claps of thunder and flashes of fire like lightning seems to ascend out of the Earth, and after that a stinking mist, and a noisome sulferous smoke.   

Reader,  
If you doubt of the verity of this Relation, you may easily be satisfied of the truth, the neighbours  can and will tell you more than is here set forth, for they are every night witnesses thereof, to their great fear, trouble, and grief.   
FINIS.