UPon the third day of this present month September, a day not only remarkable for two notable & famous Victories which the English had over the Scots, the one at Dunbar, the other at Worcester; but observable also, as to be the day appointed for the sitting of this Parlia­ment: between nine and ten of the clock at night, there was seen by Iames Cook Corpo­ral, Thomas Blossome, and Edward See, all souldiers belonging to the Garison of Hull, [Page 2] this strange and unwonted apparition.

These being (at the time before mention­ed) on the top of the North-Blockhouse, ha­ving the Watch according to order, on a sudden the skie seemed to be of a fiery co­lour, and to cast forth many streams. Whereupon, Thomas Blossome observing the strangeness of the thing, began to tell the other two, how he had seen the very like appearance a little after the sitting of the first Parliament; and after such fiery streams, a great Battel of horse and foot appeared in the air. He had not ended his Rela­tion, but in the East appeared a huge Body of pike-men, several Parties marching before, as a Forlorn-hope. Never saw they in their lives an Army (to their thinking) in better equipage. Suddenly they beheld in the north-west another Army, the which seem'd unto them to march towards the Eastern Army with extraordinary speed.

And first, there was the representation of some Skirmishes between Parties of each Army, as the Forlorn-hope. Afterwards both Bodies did engage, and furiously [Page 3] charged each other with their Pikes, break­ing thorow one the other backwards and forward, in such dreadful sort, as the behol­ders were astonished thereat.

Besides, such was the order of the Bat­tel, as the Wings of each Army came in, to relieve their Bodies: And each had their Reserves, who accordingly came in: so that for an half quarter of an hour, there was a most terrible Fight. But to their thinking, the Army which came from the East had the worst.

It is here to be noted, that both these Armies seemed to be of a Red colour.

Within a little while, there appeared an­other Army from the north-west, greater then the former, which marched directly to the place where the former Battel was fought.

This Army was black: and here they perceived horse as well as foot.

[Page 4] And now begins another Battel far ex­ceeding the former for fierceness and cruel­ty. From the black Army there went off Muskets and Cannons, insomuch that they clearly discerned the fire and smoke thereof. This Battel was between the black and the Eastern red Army, being, as they apprehen­ded, the Reserve of the former Army which came forth from the north-west.

These two Armies thus engaged, brake thorow one another, forward and back ward; but the black seemed still to have the best.

But before both Bodies met, there were several Skirmishes of Parties between the black and red, as in the former Battel. And when both Armies did encounter, they saw such fire and smoak, as if a dozen Cannons had been discharged together.

A little beneath these Armies, not far from the earth, upon a black cloud, appeared Horse-men, and amongst them they could perceive nothing, but rising of fire and smoak, and a multitude of spears as it were standing upright.

This latter Battel continued a little [Page 5] longer then the former, the black driving the red before them, till all the red vanished out of their sight. And the black remained; who in a little time after, departed, and were not any more seen of them.