Stange [sic] and terrible news from Holland of a most lamentable tempest that happened at Utrecht and Amsterdam: which did not only amaze the inhabitants, but did also very great damage to their houses, blowing down an innumerable company of tops of houses and chimnies, and utterly destroyed one of their cathedral churches, and rooted up many trees.

A Full and true account of the sad and dreadful storm that happened on Sunday morning, the 12th of January, 1689. VVith a relation how it happened, and continued, and the damage it has done by land and sea, by blowing down houses, chimneys, trees, killing and wounding divers people, carrying away hay-reeks, corn-reeks, &c. in damaging churches, casting away ships, boats, lighters, &c. with other prodigious and fearfull circumstances attending it; the like not known in any age.

[2], 6 p.Publication date of 1690 suggested by Wing."Licensed according to order."Reproduction of or...

Strange, dreadful, and amazing news from York. Giving a sad and terrible account of God's fearful judgment on one Winam Tendin, near Rippon in the county of York. Who, upon his father's death, perswading his aged tender mother to deliver up her estate and goods to him, upon a slight pretence of quarrel, soon after turned her out of doors a begging, threatning those that should relieve her, so that coming almost starved to his house, when he was making a great feast, he caused the victuals to be set away, and drove her out of his gate: with the words she thereupon uttered. And how his food was turned into fierce poisonous serpents, that stung him to death. And many other circumstances attending so dreadful relaation [sic]. A dreadful relation of a prodigious motion of the earth, near Charleville, in the county of Limerick, in Ireland, on the 7th day of June, 1697. ... sinking hills and raising valleys; and by what means it began and ceased its motion.

January 1697

8 p.Imperfect; stained and tightly bound affecting legibility.Reproduction of the original in the Br...

A memento for Holland or A true and exact history of the most villainous and barbarous cruelties used on the English merchants residing at Amboyna in the East-Indies, by the Netherland governor and conncel [sic] there. Wherein is shewed what tortures were used to make them confess a conspiracy they were never guilty of; by putting them on the rack, and by a water torture, to suffocate them; and by burning them under their arm pits, and soals of their feet, till their fat by dropping extinguished the candles.

January 1652

[6], 44 p. : ill (woodcut)Annotation on Thomason copy: "July. 2."; 2 in imprint crossed out and chan...

The narrative of the most terrible and dreadfull tempest, hurricane, or earthquake in Holland, on Wednesday the 22 of July last, with the particulars of the damages, how it overthrew and bent down vast numbers of steeples, mills, and houses destroyed many men and children, cast away abundance of ships in several places, almost utterly ruined the citty of Utrecht, where the churches following are demolished; the famous Dome, or cathedral of that place. The spire of Saint Jamses. Burr Kirk. St Peters Church, and St. Nicholas Church. And other wonderful devastations; so that 'tis judged by some men, the Dutch have hereby suffered no less damage, than London by the dreadfull fire in sixty-six. / Printed first at Amsterdam, by order of the states, and translated and published in English, for general satisfaction, from the Dutch copy. ; To which is added, a letter from Kent, whereby it appears that the remains of this strange storm proceeding to England ... the same night in Rumney Marsh, and there abated.

January 1674

8 p.Imperfect: pages cropped and stained.Reproduction of original in: Massachusetts Historical Socie...

Strange and terrible news, from Holland, and Yarmouth.: Being, a perfect relation, concerning the inundation of the south sea; and of its drowning the rich and populous city of Amsterdam; with divers other places in Friesland, Holland, Brabant, and Flanders, and the names of them. Also, the over-flowing of the river of Rhine, and sinking 60 parish churches, and drowning 100000 men, women and children; and how they row in boats near Amsterdam, over the tops of houses. Togethek, [sic] with the breaking in of the sea at Soal (near Yarmouth) drowning a great part of the country and many cattle; also casting many ships upon the land, and forcing others to sea in that storm.

Malbone, Peter.

January 1651

[2], 6 p.Consists of three letters. The first dated and signed: Amsterdam, March. 10. 1651. G.T.; th...

Sad and lamentable newes from Holland Being a true relation of the great and wonderful inundation of waters, that brake in at the town of Gorkham, in the night-time, near the city of Amsterdam, where many stately houses became bnried [sic] in the violent waves; both men, vvomen and children perishing in the raging billows. Also, the manner how the waters brake in again with great violence, on Munday last about noon, at the two strong sluces of Bonmel and Thieler, where about thirty villages were drowned and not any thing to be seen, but the tops of some few steeples and chimneys, many perishing in the vvaters; some escaping in boats, and the poor infants floating upon the raging vvaves in their swadling-bands and cradles together with the sad and wofull cries and groans of the poor distressed inhabitants; and the ringing of the bells backward, to prevent the perishing of others.

January 1663

7, [1] p.Caption title on p. 3 reads: Sad and lamentable nevves from Holland.Reproduction of the ori...

A straunge and terrible wunder wrought very late in the the parish church of Bongay, a tovvn of no great distance from the citie of Norwich, namely the fourth of this August, in ye yeere of our Lord 1577 in a great tempest of violent raine, lightning, and thunder, the like wherof hath been seldome seene. With the appeerance of an horrible shaped thing, sensibly perceiued of the the people then and there assembled. Drawen into a plain method according to the written copye. by Abraham Fleming.

Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.

[16] p.Imprint from colophon. Suggested printer's name and publication date from STC.On 2 September ...

The last terrible tempestious windes and weather Truely relating many lamentable ship-wracks, with drowning of many people, on the coasts of England, Scotland, France and Ireland: with the Iles of Wight, Garsey & Iarsey. Shewing also, many great mis-fortunes, that haue lately hapned on land, by reason of the windes and rayne, in diuers places of this kingdome.

January 1613

[24] p.Printers' names from STC. "Beale pr[inted]. only quire B".With a title-page woodcut.Signature...

Londons plague from Holland, or Inquiries after the natural causes of her present calamity.

1 sheet ([1] p.).Imprint from Wing.Verse: "VVhat's Englands metropolis be ..."Imperfect: folded with...

Description of the late great memorable and prodigious plague. 1625.

Holland, Abraham, d. 1626.

January 1626

[128] p.A collection, mostly in verse, by Abraham Holland. Privately printed in a limited impression...

Disaster and Discord. Romeyn de Hooghe and the Dutch State of Ruination in 1675

Asperen, H. van

January 2020

Contains fulltext : 224750pub.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)In 1675 the ...

The Dutch storm: or, it's an ill wind that blows no-body profit. Being a perfect relation of eighteen ships great and small, taken from the hogen mogen Stats Van Hollandt. Septemb. 3. 1665. By the truly valiant Earl of Sandwich.

1 sheet ([1] p.).Verse - "When Royal James, that Prince of might and wonder,".Reproduction of origin...

Lamentable newes out of Lincolne-shire of the overflowing of waters, breaking from the seas, which drowned 5. villages with all their goods and cattell, with other places of the land, this present month of November: 1613. to the great hurt of many people there dwelling.

T. I., fl. 1614.
Schlichtenberger, Eyriak.
Trundle, John,

January 1614

[32] p.Contains a revised version of STC 5681 ("A true and most dreadfull discourse of a woman posse...

A rot amongst the bishops,: or, A terrible tempest in the Sea of Canterbury, set forth in lively emblems to please the judicious reader: / by Tho: Stirry.

Stirry, Thomas.

[6], 9, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts)In verse.Reproduction of the original in the British Library

A most rare & true report, of such great tempests, straunge sightes, and wonderfull accidents, which happened by the prouidence of God, in Hereford shire, at a place called the Hay, and there abouts, besides the sightes of strannge [sic] fowles, which there were seene, most fearefull to beholde, with their horrible cryes & strangeness, with the great hurt was done by them..

Law, Thomas, fl. 1585-1589?, pub.

January 1585

[5] p. : ill.Signatures: A⁴ (A₄ blank).Woodcut ill. on t.p.; initial.Imperfect: print show-through....

A Full and true account of the sad and dreadful storm that happened on Sunday morning, the 12th of January, 1689. VVith a relation how it happened, and continued, and the damage it has done by land and sea, by blowing down houses, chimneys, trees, killing and wounding divers people, carrying away hay-reeks, corn-reeks, &c. in damaging churches, casting away ships, boats, lighters, &c. with other prodigious and fearfull circumstances attending it; the like not known in any age.

[2], 6 p.Publication date of 1690 suggested by Wing."Licensed according to order."Reproduction of or...

Strange, dreadful, and amazing news from York. Giving a sad and terrible account of God's fearful judgment on one Winam Tendin, near Rippon in the county of York. Who, upon his father's death, perswading his aged tender mother to deliver up her estate and goods to him, upon a slight pretence of quarrel, soon after turned her out of doors a begging, threatning those that should relieve her, so that coming almost starved to his house, when he was making a great feast, he caused the victuals to be set away, and drove her out of his gate: with the words she thereupon uttered. And how his food was turned into fierce poisonous serpents, that stung him to death. And many other circumstances attending so dreadful relaation [sic]. A dreadful relation of a prodigious motion of the earth, near Charleville, in the county of Limerick, in Ireland, on the 7th day of June, 1697. ... sinking hills and raising valleys; and by what means it began and ceased its motion.

January 1697

8 p.Imperfect; stained and tightly bound affecting legibility.Reproduction of the original in the Br...

A memento for Holland or A true and exact history of the most villainous and barbarous cruelties used on the English merchants residing at Amboyna in the East-Indies, by the Netherland governor and conncel [sic] there. Wherein is shewed what tortures were used to make them confess a conspiracy they were never guilty of; by putting them on the rack, and by a water torture, to suffocate them; and by burning them under their arm pits, and soals of their feet, till their fat by dropping extinguished the candles.

January 1652

[6], 44 p. : ill (woodcut)Annotation on Thomason copy: "July. 2."; 2 in imprint crossed out and chan...

The narrative of the most terrible and dreadfull tempest, hurricane, or earthquake in Holland, on Wednesday the 22 of July last, with the particulars of the damages, how it overthrew and bent down vast numbers of steeples, mills, and houses destroyed many men and children, cast away abundance of ships in several places, almost utterly ruined the citty of Utrecht, where the churches following are demolished; the famous Dome, or cathedral of that place. The spire of Saint Jamses. Burr Kirk. St Peters Church, and St. Nicholas Church. And other wonderful devastations; so that 'tis judged by some men, the Dutch have hereby suffered no less damage, than London by the dreadfull fire in sixty-six. / Printed first at Amsterdam, by order of the states, and translated and published in English, for general satisfaction, from the Dutch copy. ; To which is added, a letter from Kent, whereby it appears that the remains of this strange storm proceeding to England ... the same night in Rumney Marsh, and there abated.

January 1674

8 p.Imperfect: pages cropped and stained.Reproduction of original in: Massachusetts Historical Socie...

Strange and terrible news, from Holland, and Yarmouth.: Being, a perfect relation, concerning the inundation of the south sea; and of its drowning the rich and populous city of Amsterdam; with divers other places in Friesland, Holland, Brabant, and Flanders, and the names of them. Also, the over-flowing of the river of Rhine, and sinking 60 parish churches, and drowning 100000 men, women and children; and how they row in boats near Amsterdam, over the tops of houses. Togethek, [sic] with the breaking in of the sea at Soal (near Yarmouth) drowning a great part of the country and many cattle; also casting many ships upon the land, and forcing others to sea in that storm.

Malbone, Peter.

January 1651

[2], 6 p.Consists of three letters. The first dated and signed: Amsterdam, March. 10. 1651. G.T.; th...

Sad and lamentable newes from Holland Being a true relation of the great and wonderful inundation of waters, that brake in at the town of Gorkham, in the night-time, near the city of Amsterdam, where many stately houses became bnried [sic] in the violent waves; both men, vvomen and children perishing in the raging billows. Also, the manner how the waters brake in again with great violence, on Munday last about noon, at the two strong sluces of Bonmel and Thieler, where about thirty villages were drowned and not any thing to be seen, but the tops of some few steeples and chimneys, many perishing in the vvaters; some escaping in boats, and the poor infants floating upon the raging vvaves in their swadling-bands and cradles together with the sad and wofull cries and groans of the poor distressed inhabitants; and the ringing of the bells backward, to prevent the perishing of others.

January 1663

7, [1] p.Caption title on p. 3 reads: Sad and lamentable nevves from Holland.Reproduction of the ori...

A straunge and terrible wunder wrought very late in the the parish church of Bongay, a tovvn of no great distance from the citie of Norwich, namely the fourth of this August, in ye yeere of our Lord 1577 in a great tempest of violent raine, lightning, and thunder, the like wherof hath been seldome seene. With the appeerance of an horrible shaped thing, sensibly perceiued of the the people then and there assembled. Drawen into a plain method according to the written copye. by Abraham Fleming.

Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.

[16] p.Imprint from colophon. Suggested printer's name and publication date from STC.On 2 September ...

The last terrible tempestious windes and weather Truely relating many lamentable ship-wracks, with drowning of many people, on the coasts of England, Scotland, France and Ireland: with the Iles of Wight, Garsey & Iarsey. Shewing also, many great mis-fortunes, that haue lately hapned on land, by reason of the windes and rayne, in diuers places of this kingdome.

January 1613

[24] p.Printers' names from STC. "Beale pr[inted]. only quire B".With a title-page woodcut.Signature...

Londons plague from Holland, or Inquiries after the natural causes of her present calamity.

1 sheet ([1] p.).Imprint from Wing.Verse: "VVhat's Englands metropolis be ..."Imperfect: folded with...

Description of the late great memorable and prodigious plague. 1625.

Holland, Abraham, d. 1626.

January 1626

[128] p.A collection, mostly in verse, by Abraham Holland. Privately printed in a limited impression...

Disaster and Discord. Romeyn de Hooghe and the Dutch State of Ruination in 1675

Asperen, H. van

January 2020

Contains fulltext : 224750pub.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)In 1675 the ...

The Dutch storm: or, it's an ill wind that blows no-body profit. Being a perfect relation of eighteen ships great and small, taken from the hogen mogen Stats Van Hollandt. Septemb. 3. 1665. By the truly valiant Earl of Sandwich.

1 sheet ([1] p.).Verse - "When Royal James, that Prince of might and wonder,".Reproduction of origin...

Lamentable newes out of Lincolne-shire of the overflowing of waters, breaking from the seas, which drowned 5. villages with all their goods and cattell, with other places of the land, this present month of November: 1613. to the great hurt of many people there dwelling.

T. I., fl. 1614.
Schlichtenberger, Eyriak.
Trundle, John,

January 1614

[32] p.Contains a revised version of STC 5681 ("A true and most dreadfull discourse of a woman posse...

A rot amongst the bishops,: or, A terrible tempest in the Sea of Canterbury, set forth in lively emblems to please the judicious reader: / by Tho: Stirry.

Stirry, Thomas.

[6], 9, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts)In verse.Reproduction of the original in the British Library

A most rare & true report, of such great tempests, straunge sightes, and wonderfull accidents, which happened by the prouidence of God, in Hereford shire, at a place called the Hay, and there abouts, besides the sightes of strannge [sic] fowles, which there were seene, most fearefull to beholde, with their horrible cryes & strangeness, with the great hurt was done by them..

Law, Thomas, fl. 1585-1589?, pub.

January 1585

[5] p. : ill.Signatures: A⁴ (A₄ blank).Woodcut ill. on t.p.; initial.Imperfect: print show-through....

A Full and true account of the sad and dreadful storm that happened on Sunday morning, the 12th of January, 1689. VVith a relation how it happened, and continued, and the damage it has done by land and sea, by blowing down houses, chimneys, trees, killing and wounding divers people, carrying away hay-reeks, corn-reeks, &c. in damaging churches, casting away ships, boats, lighters, &c. with other prodigious and fearfull circumstances attending it; the like not known in any age.

[2], 6 p.Publication date of 1690 suggested by Wing."Licensed according to order."Reproduction of or...

Strange, dreadful, and amazing news from York. Giving a sad and terrible account of God's fearful judgment on one Winam Tendin, near Rippon in the county of York. Who, upon his father's death, perswading his aged tender mother to deliver up her estate and goods to him, upon a slight pretence of quarrel, soon after turned her out of doors a begging, threatning those that should relieve her, so that coming almost starved to his house, when he was making a great feast, he caused the victuals to be set away, and drove her out of his gate: with the words she thereupon uttered. And how his food was turned into fierce poisonous serpents, that stung him to death. And many other circumstances attending so dreadful relaation [sic]. A dreadful relation of a prodigious motion of the earth, near Charleville, in the county of Limerick, in Ireland, on the 7th day of June, 1697. ... sinking hills and raising valleys; and by what means it began and ceased its motion.

January 1697

8 p.Imperfect; stained and tightly bound affecting legibility.Reproduction of the original in the Br...

A memento for Holland or A true and exact history of the most villainous and barbarous cruelties used on the English merchants residing at Amboyna in the East-Indies, by the Netherland governor and conncel [sic] there. Wherein is shewed what tortures were used to make them confess a conspiracy they were never guilty of; by putting them on the rack, and by a water torture, to suffocate them; and by burning them under their arm pits, and soals of their feet, till their fat by dropping extinguished the candles.

January 1652

[6], 44 p. : ill (woodcut)Annotation on Thomason copy: "July. 2."; 2 in imprint crossed out and chan...

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