Judaism — Sabbatean

Nathan’s prophecy for Sabatai Sevi in the 1669 printing

The History of the Three Late Famous Impostors · The History of the Three Late Famous Impostors (1669), p. 46

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[John Evelyn], The History of the Three Late Famous Impostors, viz. Padre Ottomano, Mahomed Bei, and Sabatai Sevi (London: Henry Herringman, 1669), “Sabatai Sevi”, p. 46 (Internet Archive bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-history-of-the-three_evelyn-john_1669, leaf n61). Transcribed from the EEBO-TCP keyed text (CC0; textcreationpartnership GitHub repository A38790). Long s (ſ) rendered s; TCP line-end hyphenation markers joined; page breaks joined; marginal notes and running heads omitted; roman and italic type not distinguished; spelling, capitalization and punctuation otherwise as keyed; omissions marked […]. Checked against the page image; the keyed I for italic J (Iewes, Iune) is retained as keyed. The Sabatai Sevi narrative in this book is the account Paul Rycaut later printed in his History of the Turkish Empire (1680), where he calls it “an issue of my Pen”.

Seventeenth-century printed text, public domain; EEBO-TCP keyed transcription released under CC0 by the Text Creation Partnership.

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And now the Schisme being begun, and many Iewes really believing what they so much desired, Nathan took the courage and boldness to Prophesie, That one Year from the 27th of Kislen, (which is the moneth of Iune) the Messiah shall appear before the Grand Signor, & take from him his Crown, and lead him in Chaines like a Captive.