St. Augustin heard a voice, saying, Tolle, Lege, take, read.  He took up his bible, and dipt on Rom. 13. 13.  “Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness,” &c.  And reformed his manners upon it.

One Mr. Smith, a practitioner of physic at Tamworth in Warwickshire, an understanding sober person, reading in Hollinshead’s Chronicle, found a relation of a great fight between Vortigern and Hengest, about those parts, at a place called Colemore:  a little time after, as he lay awake in his bed, he heard a voice, that said unto him, “You shall shortly see some of the bones of those men and horses slain, that you read of:”  he was surprized at the voice, and asked in the name of God, who it was that spoke to him.  The voice made answer, that he should not trouble himself about that; but what he told him should come to pass.  Shortly after, as he went to see Colonel Archer (whose servants were digging for marle) he saw a great many bones of men and horses; and also pot-sherds; and upon the view it appeared to be according to the description in Hollinshead’ s Chronicle; and it was the place where the fight was; but it is now called Blackmore.

This was about the year 1685, and I had the account from my worthy friend and old acquaintance Thomas Marriet of Warwickshire, Esq., who is very well acquainted with Mr. Smith aforesaid.

Extracts out of the book entitled “Relation de la Nouvelle France”, 1662, and 1663, 12.

" Les Sauvages avoient eu de presentiments aussi bien que les Francois, et de cet horrible Tremble-terre.  Voicy la deposition d’une sauvage age 20. fort innocente, simple, & sincere.  La nuict du 4 ou 5 de Febr. 1663 estant entirement eveillee, & en plein jugement, assise comme sur mon seant, j’ay entender une voix distincte & intelligible, qui m’a dit, Il doit arrive aujourdhuy de choses extrangees, la Terre doit tremble.  Je me trouveray pour lors saisie d’une grand frayeur, parce que je ne voyois personne d’ou peut provinir cette voix:  Remplie de crainte, ja taschay a m’endormir auec assez de peine:  Et le jour estant venu, je dis a mon mary cequi m’estoit arrive.  Sur le 9, ou le 10 heure de mesme jour, allant au bois pour buscher, a peine j’estois entree en la Forest que la mesme voix se fit —–­ entendre, me disent mesme chose, & de la mesme facon que la nuicte precedente:  La peur fuit bien plus grande, moy estant tout seule.”

i. e.  The wild inhabitants, as well as the French, had presages of that dreadful earthquake.  See here the depositions of a wild Indian, about twenty-six years of age, who was very innocent, simple, and sincere.  On the night of the 4th or 5th of February, in the year 1663, being perfectly awake, and in sound judgment, and setting up as it were in my bed, I heard a distinct and intelligible voice, that said to me, There will happen to day many strange things.  The earth will quake and tremble.  I found myself seized with