Strange news from the west, : being a true and perfect account of several miraculous sights seen in the air westward, on Thursday last, being the 21 day of this present March, by divers persons of credit standing on London-bridge between 7 and 8 of the clock at night. Two great armies marching forth of two clouds, and encountring each other, but after a sharp dispute they suddenly vanished. Also, some remarkable sights that were seen to issue forth of a cloud that seemed like a mountain in the shapes of a bull, a bear, a lyon, and an elephant, with a castle on his back, and the manner how they all vanished.

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Published:	London : Printed for J. Jones, 1661.
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