Wonderful News, from the NORTH: Being a true and perfect Relation, of several strange and Wonderful Apparitions seen in the Air, between Madely and Whitmore, in the County Palatine of Chester. Showing, how there appeared a dark Cloud over the Snn, and immediately after two great Armies of men were seen in battle Array, with Drums, Trumpets, and Canons ready mounted, who seemed to have a terrible and bloody fight. Also, the coming in of certain Birds with wings like angels, after the Battle was ended, with a description of their several colours, and what happened. This Relation was taken by the Minister of Madely, and the truth thereof verified by Mrs. Holt of Oakers Hill, who with her Maid, were eye-witnesses hereof. sun North South East West m jam South moon North LONDON, Printed for George Horton. 1651. Wonderful NEWS FROM the NORTH. DEAR BROTHER, MY true love and respects to you and your wife, hoping you are both in good health, though I have not heard fro you a long time; which hath made me to fear either you are not well, or that you are removed forth of the City, or you have taken something unkindly from me; that after the writing of so many Letters, I could not hear from you, except my Letters miscarried; but I hope I have taken such a course, that this will come to your hand, which if it do, I desire to hear from you; and the rather, because of our aged mother, who takes it very heavily. I intended to have been in London a Week within May, but upon further consideration, I have procrastinated my journey until toward Midsummer, about which time, if providence permit, I intend to be there. I shall relate to you, a strange Apparition that was seen near to us, on Wednesday the 11 of this instant, at a place called the Highway-house, between Madely and Whitmore; The Woman to whom it appeared, was and is a Religious Woman, and come of a godly Family, the manner thus: On the said day, the Woman sitting in the door with a little Girl in her arms, she perceived the Sun to shine exceeding red, and casting her eyes upwards, she beheld a dark body over the sun, about the bigness of a half moon, and in a short space, the said body divided into several parts, seeming numberless to her view, about the bigness of small Pewter dishes, which came swiftly towards her, and immediately the Court about the house seemed to be filled with armed Hands and Gauntlets, with swords; glittering and fight (in their imagination) with another as great an Army, and it seemed to their view to be in the air above them. At the sight whereof, she was amazed, and being greatly astonished, ran into the house, having lest behind her a-another little Girl playing forth of the doors, her Maid and she presently betaking themselves to prayer, and after receiving some encouragement, they opened the door, and the Maid boldly stepped forth, and took in the child (to her suposition from amongst them) which had no harm: But the numbers so increased on both parties, that the House became all darkened like night: Then when she had got in her child, she went to prayer again, verily supposing her end to be near at hard: After which her Maid and she looking forth, beheld infinite of Horse legs and feet trampling, and great Canons and Ordnance on the other side of the House reared up together, with their muzzles upward, and Houlsters hanging on them; this continued some space and vanished. Then she opened the door and went forth, and saw and beheld the likeness of one man only, standing within the Court near to the more, and immediately there arose a little ●loud or Vapon● (as it were) forth of the moto, from whence issued a Bird about the bigness of a Capon, with wings such as an Angel is usually portraicted with, and a second and third followed and flew near to her and her Maid, having faces almost like Owls, and something resembling a man, and after they had hovered about a while, they vanished in a vapour or Cloud; These birds were of able wish-red, or sanguine colour, but the Men, Horse, Swords, and Canons, all like fire. I had almost forgot one passage, her Maid at first saw nothing, but after she had uttered these words, Mistress it may be the Lord will not suffer me to behold what you do, she immediately saw the same! Oh who would not fear and love thee thou King of Saints, how unsear-chable are thy ways, to poorhoodwinckt mortals: You may hear this from many, but you may justify what I writ, to be the same relation which was taken by our Minister, and other Gentlemen that went to be informed of the truth hereof. The Gentlewoman who was a spectator of this strange apparition, is one of Mr. Holts daughters of Oakers Hill. The Lord make us wise to foresee what he intends by such his deal, and enable us to hid ourselves with him, who is the supreme Commander of all Hosts, both in Heaven and Earth: so prayeth Your ever loving Brother, WIDOW RADMORE. Ap. 29. 1651.