Strange and Miraculous news from TVRKIE. Sent to our English ambassador resident at Constantinople. Of a Woman which was seen in the Firmament with a Book in her hand at Medina Talnabi where Mahomets tomb is. Also several Visions of Armed men appearing in the air for one and twenty dayes together. With a prophetical interpretation made by a mahometan Priest, who lost his life in the maintenance thereof.  
 depiction of a female figure holding a book, floating in the air surrounded by a circle of light or the sun; below seven male figures, Turks, or Muslims, with turbans, moustaches, and curved swords or scimitars  
LONDON, Printed for Hugh Perrey near Ivy-Bridge in the Strand, June 13. 1642.   

A Strange Apparition or Vision seen to appear at Medina Talnabi in Arabia, where Mahomet their great Prophet was butted.  
THere came news to Constantinople of a strange Apparition or Vision, which was seen at Medina Talnabi in Arabia, whereas Mahomet their great Prophet was butted: To visit whose tomb the Turkes use to go in Pilgrimage, but they must first go to Mecha, which is some few dayes Journey off, and there they take a ticket from the Grand Seigiours Beglerbeg, else they are not allowed to go to Medina.  
This Vision continued three weekes together, which terrified the whole Country, for that no man could discover the truth thereof.  
About the 20. of September, there fell so great a Tempest, and so fearful a Thunder about midnight, as the Heavens were darkened, and those that were awake were almost distracted, but the vapours being dispersed, and the Element clear, the People might red in Arabian Characters, these words in the Firmament, O why will you believe in Lies, between two and three in the morning, there was seen a woman in white, compassed about with the Sun, having a cheerful countenance, holding in her hand a Book, coming from the north-east, opposite against her were Armies of Turkes, Persians, Arabians, and other Mahometans, ranged in order of battle, and ready to charge her, but shee kept her standing, and onely opened the book, at the sight whereof the Armies fled, and presently all the Lamps about Mahomets tomb went out, for as soon as ever the Vision vanished( which was commonly an hour before sun rising) a murmuring Wind was heard, whereunto they imputed the extinguishing of the Lamps. The ancient Pilgrims of Mahomets Race, who after they have visited this place, never use to cut their hair, were much amazed, for that they could not conceive he meaning of this Vision, onely one of the Dervices, which is a strict religious Order among the Turkes, like unto the Cappuchins amongst the Papists, and live in contemplation, stepped up very boldly and made a Speech unto the Company which incensed them much against him, so as the poor Priest for his plain dealing lost his life, as you shall hereafter hear.  

The Dervice Speech unto the Turkes.  
THe Dervice his Speech was this: That the World had never but three true Religions, every one of which had a Prophet; first, God those the Iewes, and did wonders for them in egypt, and brought them forth by their Prophet Moses, who prescribed them a Law, wherein he would have maintained them if they had not been obstinate and Rebellious, and fallen to Idolatry; whereupon he gave them over, and scattered them upon the face of the Earth. Then presently be raised a new Prophet who taught the Christian Religion. This good man the Iewes condemned and crucified for a seducer of the people, not moved with the Piety of his life, his great Miracles nor his Doctrine. Yet after his death, the Preaching of a few Fishermen did so move the hearts of men, as the greatest monarchs of the World bowed to his very title, and yielded to the command of his Ministers. But it seems they grew as corrupt as the Iewes, their Church being dismembered with the distinction of the East and West, committing Idolatry again by setting up of Images, with many other idle Ceremonies, besides the corruption of their lives, so as God was weary of them too, and not onely sent Divisions among them, but forsook them, dispossessing them of their chiefest Cities, Jerusalem and Constantinople.  
Yet God is still the governor of the World, and provides himself of another Prophet and People, raising our great Prophet Mahomet, and giving Way to our Nation, so as no doubt we shall be happy forever, if we can serve this God aright, and take example by the fall of others, but alas, I tremble to speak it, wee have erred in every point, and wilfully broken our first Institutions, so as God hath manifested his wrath by evident signs and tokens, keeping our Prophet from us who prefixed a time to return withall happiness to his People, so as there is now forty yeares past by our account, wherefore this strange and fearful vision is a prediction of some great troubles and alterations, for either the opening this book in the womans hand, doth foretell our falling away from the first intent of our Law, whereat these armed men, departed as confounded with the guilt of their own Consciences, or else it signifies some other book, wherein we have not yet red, and against which no power shall prevail, so as I fear our Religion will be corrupt, and our Prophet an impostor, and then this Christ, whom they talk of shall shine like the sun, and set up his name everlastingly.  
Hitherto the Company were silent, but hearing him speak so boldly, they charged him with Blasphemy, and knowing their Law, which makes all blasphemy capital, they presently condemned him, and having the Beglerbegs consent, and warrant to the same purpose, they immediately put him to death.  
As their rage against him was violent, so their execution was extraordinary, for they neither cut off his head, nor strangled him, as they usually do to malefactors, but they tortured him by degrees, for stripping him first naked, they gave him a hundred blows on the soles of his feet with a flat cudgel, until the blood issued forth, the poor Priest crying continually on the Woman that opened the book. After which they took a Bulls pizzell and beat all his body until the sinews cracked, and in the end they laid him upon a wheel, and with an Indian Sword made of sinews, they broke his bones to pieces, the poor man crying to the last gasp, O thou Woman with the book save me, and so he dyed. At which time there was a fearful Tempest.  
Whereupon the Beglerbeg sent certain Saphies to the Port of Sidon to embark for Constantinople to the end they might advertise the Emperour of these tidings.   
FINIS.