England's new vvonders or Four strange and amazing relations that have lately come to pass in England: I. A strange and wonderfull account of one Mary Blackstone, near Hull in York-shire, who after ten years barrenness, was with child of a [mo]nstrous birth, and delivered after wo [sic] years going of it in having 3 heads, each an eye in the forehead, serpents twisting about each neck, 4 arms, and 4 legs, each 10 fingers and toes on the hands and feet; the privities of male and female. With the examination of the mother by the miller, what answer she [ga]ve, her prayer and advice to all women. Not to wish for things God sees not convenient to give lest fearfull punishments overtake them, with the [...] for her funeral sermon, before she dyed, and the substance of the sermon. By D. Boase. [I]I. An account of a mighty serpent, and the appearing of a terrible fiery serpent, at [...] Bedfordshire. ... [I]V. An account of two enemies fighting in the [...] in Bri[t]any in France. All very terrible and wonderful. Licensed according to print.

CHAP. IV.

A dreadfull Account of two Armies seen fighting in the Air, near Nantz in Britany, or France.

STrange and amazing things in this nature, have been seen in Coun∣tries, near some Change and Catas∣trophy to warn them to a timely Re∣pentance of their sins, when the Judgements are hanging over their heads before the destruction of Jerusa∣lem, Armies (with great blasts of thun∣der and lightning) were seen coming towards it, and men on horseback (as we find in the Macchabees) runing on each other with firie spears & launces & many other histories are full of such prodigies, such a thing happened in Enland, before the unnatural Civil wars broke out in 1641, and in Ger∣manie it has often happened, and fore∣run some great calamity.

But now it seems it is come into France, near to the place afoeesaid. As Letters from the Marquess D' Laverden and others sent to the French Court, testifie, viz. That two Armies were seen fighting over the Heath of Pontive whilst a great Body of reserved men stood still: That the Ingagement lasted two hours, to the great Terror and astonishment of the Spectators, and then vanished away: and it was observed the Colours of the one appeared all white, the other of a bloody colour, that former had the Sun in its colours, which vanished first▪ and the Truth of the Story being very well attested, it furnishes abundance of matter of Speculation to all: and there b••ing an account of it printed in France upon the peopl••s Conjectures that the vanishing of the Colours with the Sun, In it signified the defeat of Lewis his great Undertakings; for the Inv••sion of England and further concluding▪ that the end of the War would be fatal to their Nation, the thing was surpressed, and the Printer im∣prisoned, but that stopt not the murmour and fears of the Vulgar who being weary of oppression by Taxes, Long for a Peace,