%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> STRANGE and DREADFUL/ News from Holland;/ OR,/ The Sad and Lamentable Account of a Fearful STORM,/ that continued for the space of two Days, by which the Seas were inraged to/ that degree, that overflowing the Dykes, they broke the Banks, and layed all/ the Country of 20 miles, under Water, to the Ruine of many hundred Familys;/ Drowning divers Islands in the River Elbe; together with the Villages of Batten-/ Rug and Groverot: As likewise, many Houses, Stacks of Corn, Trees, People,/ and a great number of Cattle; overthrowing the Chimneys and the tops of the/ Houses, the like never heard of before. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1686 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/10/2007 20756

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2.136 R234331 1 Russel's Farewel Russell's Farewell Russell's Farewell GIve ear good people, whilst I tell/ a Story sad to hear, date from content; title unclear: STRANGE and DREADFUL/ News from Holland;/ OR,/ The Sad and Lamentable Account of a Fearful STORM,/ that continued for the space of two Days, by which the Seas were inraged to/ that degree, that overflowing the Dykes, they broke the [Ba]nks, and layed all/ the Country of 20 miles, under Water, to the Ruine of many hundred Familys;/ Drowning divers Islands in the River Elbe; together with the Villages of Batten-/ Rug and Groverot: As likewise, many Houses, Stacks of Corn, Trees, People,/ and a great number of Cattle; overthrowing the Chimneys and the tops of the / Houses, the like never heard of before.; date from content: Great Floods in Holland (1686) Pepys 2.136 Rollins (1) III:260-263; Wing S5814B Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 136 STRANGE and DREADFUL/ News from Holland;/ OR,/ The Sad and Lamentable Account of a Fearful STORM,/ that continued for the space of two Days, by which the Seas were inraged to/ that degree, that overflowing the Dykes, they broke the Banks, and layed all/ the Country of 20 miles, under Water, to the Ruine of many hundred Familys;/ Drowning divers Islands in the River Elbe; together with the Villages of Batten-/ Rug and Groverot: As likewise, many Houses, Stacks of Corn, Trees, People,/ and a great number of Cattle; overthrowing the Chimneys and the tops of the/ Houses, the like never heard of before. STRANGE and DREADFUL News from Holland; OR, The Sad and Lamentable Account of a Fearful STORM, that continued for the space of two Days, by which the Seas were inraged to that degree, that overflowing the Dykes, they broke the Banks, and layed all the Country of 20 miles, under Water, to the ruine of many hundred Familys; Drowning divers Islands in the River Elbe; together with the villages of Batten- Rug and Groverot: As likewise, many Houses, Stacks of corn, Trees, People, and a great number of Cattle; overthrowing the Chimneys and the tops of the Houses, the like never heard of before. Strange and Dreadful News From Holland; Or, the Sad and Lamentable Account of a Fearful Storm, that Continued for the Space of Two Days, by Which the Seas Were Enraged to that Degree, that Overflowing the Dykes, They Broke the Banks, and Laid All the Country of Twenty Miles, Under Water, to the Ruin of Many Hundred Families; Drowning Diverse Islands in the River Elbe; Together With the Villages of Batten-rug and Groverot: As Likewise, Many Houses, Stacks of Corn, Trees, People, and a Great Number of Cattle; Overthrowing the Chimneys and the tops of the Houses, the Like Never Heard of Before. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?215 x 320 cropped right edge, uneven inking vertical rules 1686 Printed for J. Blare, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge, J. Blare Weinstein: content

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 9/10/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America History - True & Fabulous animals/nature catastrophe country/nation historicalfigures&events news 9/10/07 Checker Rachel Mann updated keywords 9/10/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked, metadata updated, XML created 8/8/06 Transcriber Bill Gahan Original transcription 8/20/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan/Jessica Murphy Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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G Ive ear good people, whilst I tell a Story sad to hear, How late the Raging Seas did swell, as I shall make appear: To such a heighth, as breaking Bound, it fearfully did Rage, and all before it did confound, no force could it asswage.
Driven by Storms o're Villages, o're Woods and Banks it roul'd, There's none cou'd stand before those Seas that wou'd not be controul'd; The flying People e'ry where, their Houses did forsake, And though they swifter were through fear, the floods them overtake.
And wrapt them in their watery Tomb, in vain they strove to climb, The Trees with them the waves Entomb, and Drown them e're their time; The Cattle strugle 'gainst the Stream, by hundreds, but in vain, For why the Waves soon smothered them, and drove them back again. Here Houses float, their Stacks of Corn, the furious Torent drove, Which Villages did overturn, and roated up each Grove; The stubborn Oak was forc'd to yield, to furious Winds and Floods, Which hurry'd o're the watery Field, the People and their Goods. Their Banks & Dykes were broken down and where the Cattle fed, Salt water did inall parts Drown, and far and wide it spread; In Elbes River Isles were lost, by the insulting Waves, The Houses overturn'd and tost, the people found their Graves. The angry Skies and Seas contend, which shou'd their ruine prove, Nor could the Hills their lives defend, so furious did they move; The scatter'd Houses not to name, of Peasants , be it known, A pleasant town of antient Fame, and many more o'rethrown.
Fair Stadens Territory lies beneath the watery Brine, Nor could that ruine yet suffice, but Waves do undermine The mighty Fortresses, and swell'd, o're all the Neighbouring Plain; That which the Country people held, possest is by the Main. Where Cattle Graz'd, the Fish now play, so dreadful was the Flood, That ne'r the like in any day, has yet been understood; Nor was the Trading Hamburg free, the fearul Winds o'rethrew, The Chimneys that few safe cou'd be, and Houses tops off blew. In Ware-houses the Merchandize were by the water spoil'd, In vain 'gainst it they did devise, untill the Flood recoil'd; Such fury it continued long, it lay'd the Country waste, And overwelm'd the flying throng, that from its rage made haste. By which we plain may see that God, which sets the Sea a Bound, Commands the Billows with a Nod, or else they all wou'd Drown; Merciless waves would all destroy, and Deluge us once more, Then let us praise him, who enjoy our Safety on the Shore.
Printed for J. Blare , at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge,