Strange and Wonderful News from GLASGOW IN SCOTLAND,  
Being a full and true Account of A Terrible Earthquake That happened there on Thursday the 10. of this Instant July, attended with Whirlwinds, and great Gusts of Thunder and Lightning, the which continued for the space of half an hour, to the Amazement (and not only so) but also damage of the Inhabitants.  
ALSO An Account of some Prodigies seen in the Air at the same time, the which were most Dreadful and Remarkable to the beholders.  
With an Impartial Account of the present Affairs in that Kingdom; as it was imparted by a Gentleman of worth living in the place aforesaid. With many other circumstances herein Recited.  
London, Printed 1679.   

Strange and Wonderful News from Glasgow in Scotland, etc.  
STrange and wonderful are the Works of an Omnipotent God, whose boundless Power commands both Sea and Land, stills the winds, and tames the raging Waves, at whose Rebuke the Heavens fly, the Earth doth tremble, and the Mountains melt, and with his looks he dries the deep; Justice and Judgement are before his Face, and yet his Mercy Triumphs o'er his Power. A God so great and good, what Mortal can but with Reverence Adore him: How loath he is to crush Rebellious man, and like an indulgent Father, shakes his threatening Rod, but yet forbears to strike the weighty blow; for Portants and Prodigies so oft have been seen of late in these Dominions, that they have almost lost their Names, and are become but common things; but amongst all the numbers that appearance made to signify in Characters the Divine will of Heaven to those Rebellious men, that dare unlawfully resist Anointed Power, striving contrary to the will of the wise Creator of their Mundine frame, to inovate in Church and State Affairs, by Rapines, cruel Murders, and the like, wherefore Heaven thought fit in time to curb their Infolencies, and by loosening the Foundation of the World, to shake them out, and drive them thence, the which may be conjectured by a terrible Earthquake; with several strange and wonderful Prodigies, the which appeared on Thursday the 10th of this instant July 1679. at Strevin Lansdown another place in the West of the Kingdom of Scotland, where the Rebels Camp was before their defeat by his Majesty's Army, under the Command of his Grace the Duke of Monmouth, the certainty of which were attested by several credible persons Inhabiting these places, and communicated by a Letter from one Mr. Williams a Gentleman in the City of Glasgow, to his Friend in London, the manner thus, That on Thursday the date aforesaid, about five of the Clock in the Afternoon, the Skies began to darken, and thick Clouds overspread the Face of Heaven, whereupon such dreadful Volleys of Thunder and streaming flashes of Lightning discharged from broken Clouds, attended by fearful Storms of Hail and Rain, that people from all parts were forced to take shelter in Barnes, Houses, and other convenient places they could first procure; the which Storm or Tempest lasted for the space of two hours without intermission, though being sometimes more violent than others; the Hailstones being of such magnitude, that they broke and shattered many Glass-windows to a considerable damage; as likewise the Tiles falling off the Houses in several places, the Mortar that supported them being loosened by the violence of the Tempest, at which inletts the wet poured in at the Roofs of the Houses; during this violent Storm, to complete the Scene, and make it appear more dreadful, the Basis of the Earth began to heave, as if all Nature had been oppressed with some ponderous pain, upon which the tottering Fabrics began to Dance, and Dishes both Puter and Earthen, betook themselves to motion as if they had been animated, and leap from off the Shelves, Stools, Chairs, and other Utonsils in the like Posture, whilst in the Streets, the Tiles that did before but drop one by one, now fall as thick in comparison as Hail, so that people durst not go out of their Houses for fear, but some doubting the substantialness of their Buildings, desperately ventured with their Wives and Children abroad, rather trusting to the Fury of the Storm, than to their Dancing habitation: The dreadful motion continued near the spare of half an hour, in which space it gave three several onsets very furious and strange; no sooner was it over, but the Storm of Thunder, Lightning, and Hail, began by little and little to abate, the which no sooner done, but a great bright Cloud arising from the North-West, and coming forward before the wind amain, and still as it came, seemed to open as with two folding doors, from whence exceeding brightness issued forth, and at every such disclosing, several strange shapes appeared in it, as at first the perfect Figure of a Man's hand, with a Sceptre, the shape of an Horse, the perfect date of this Year 79, and several other strange things, and Representations; for at every Opening there was a several Scene, and a darting brightness; it continued so to do till it descended our Horizon at Southeast: before this Tempest, Earthquake, and Prodigy happened, several people that were abroad in the Field about their occasions, do affirm, That they heard a noise in the Earth like the Bellowing of a Bull, and now and then certain Whirlwinds whistled about with unusual force and violence; and others affirm, they heard swift voices in the Air, but in that they might probably be mistaken by the whistling of those sorts of Collateral Winds, called as before, Whirlwinds, the which keep no certain Point nor Compass, but fly in a Body carelessly, and were by the Ancients taken to proceed from the bad Influence of some malignant Star. And thus much Sir concerning what I thought to give you an Impartial Account of, for the confirmation of which, I could incert many credible Attestators, but 'tis a thing so generally known, that I think there is little need of so doing. Sir, I rest, yours to serve you,  
J. W. Glasgow July 11. 79.   

POSTSCRIPT.  
SIR,  
I Have thought fit to acquaint you farther, concerning the present Posture things are in here, after the late overthrow the Rebels received near Hamelton Park, by his Majesty's Forces, under the Command of his Grace the Duke of Monmouth (who behaved himself very Gallantly in the Action, gaining the Applause of all his Majesty's true Subjects in this Kingdom; they scattered and dispersed themselves, some taking shelter in the Woods, from whence they were Ferreted by Lieutenant Colonel Doglas, others flying cross the Country in such Confusion, and dispe●rcing themselves, throwing away their Arms for fear of being discovered, that they can never be able to make Head again, especially by reason of the prudent care his Majesty's Counsel and Ministers of State have put in practice for their security for the future. We have an Account, that several of the Grand Rebels are fled the Land to avoid pursuing Justice; and all things at present are in a very good Posture.  
And now I have thought fit to advertise my Reader of certain Philosophical and Astrologick Opinions concerning these and such kind of Elementary violences as to the natural Cause, but we being Christians, must always acknowledge a Supernatural Intendency from the Divine Prerogative. First then, as to the natural cause Philosophers aver, that Thunder and Lightning are caused by hot Exhalations attracted into the Superior Regions by the heat of the Sun, but being of two gross and humid a Body to join AEtherial or Celestial Fire, it is repulsed by the Beams of the Stars, and descending to its Centre (the Earth) with impetuous Violence, often finds opposition by reason of the great Mass of Waters that are sustained by thick Clouds in the Air, and when it does, it plunging into its opposite Element, forces its way, and rends the Clouds to Atoms, and send forth great Glares of Lightning, the which though it appear before the noise of the Thunderclap is heard, yet both at the same instant issue, but the sight being more quick of motion and piercing, has the first Prerogative, whereas the hearing comes obliqne and wand'ring, by reason of the turn and Motions of the Spheres, and thus much of Thunder and Lightning. Hail is congealed from the solid Bodies of water hanging in the Air by the continual reflection of the Sunbeams; for note, the Sun has not so much Power in the Airy Region, as it has on Earth, by reason of its Repercussion, etc. Earthquakes are caused by heat and cold (two contrary Elements enclosed in its Bowels) still striving with each other for th' Mastery. Wind and Fire chase each other, and not getting yent, force the Earth to Groah, Tremble, and Quake in a fearful manner; so that it many times openeth and swalloweth up great Hills and Mountains, Towns and Cities into its vast Abiss, as at this time where several Famous Cities stood, there appears now nothing but standing Pools of Water. And again, several large Islands have been puffed out of the Sea, as the Islands of Rhoads and Selos, as also many thousands have lost their lives by such manner of Earthquakes, as Josephus that Excellent Historian recounteth, That in the Reign of Tygranes' King of Armenia, by an Earthquake 1200000 Jews perished: And that in the Reign of Tiberius' Emperor of Rome, 12 Cities in Asia fell in one Night by an Earthquake. As also in our Modern times there happened an Earthquake in the Realm of Portugal, the which continued for the space of 8 days, in which time in Lisborn, the Metropolitan City of that Kingdom, it Ruined 1200 Houses, and destroyed many People, such are its dreadful Effects, to which we can only say it is the Lords do, and therefore marvellous in our Eyes.  
FINIS.