“_Newes from Rome ... of an Hebrew people ... who pretend their warre is to recouer the land of Promise...._” (Appendix xxv) is remarkable for the interest evinced at a time when the presence of a Jew in England was deemed unlawful. It purports to be a translation from the Italian of a letter dated 1 June, 1606, sent by _Signior_ Valesco to _Don_ Mathias _de_ Rensie of Venice. In it he is informed of the perturbed state of the world, and that Hungary, Bohemia and Muscovia are to declare war, seize Constantinople, and drive the Turk out of Europe. Tunis, Morocco, with the Arabians, and others, are to expel the Turk entirely out of Africa. The Soffie, the Medes, the people of Melibar on the border of India are in revolt. The most alarming news is to the effect than an unknown people, strong, mighty and swift, from beyond the Caspian mountains, claiming to be descendants of the lost Ten Tribes, are coming to recover the Land of Promise from the Turk. This is followed by a detailed account of the leaders of each tribe, the strength of each army, with the particulars of its equipment. The letter concludes by a promise of more news in a few days. It was, however, a Puritan England that welcomed back the Jews as an ancient nation and as the “People of the Book.” In 1621 the Rev. Dr. William Gouge (1578‒1653) published the anonymous work:―― _The World’s Great Restauration. Or, The Calling of the Iewes_ (Appendix xxvi). In the preliminary leaf, “To the Reader,” signed “Thine in the Lord, William Gouge. Church-Court in Black-fryers, London 8. Ianuary. 1621.” he states:―― “_... I haue bin moued to publish this Treatise ... and to commend it to thy reading. And this is all that I haue done. The worke it selfe is the worke of one who hath dived deeper into that mysterie then I can doe. His great understanding of the Hebrew tongue hath bin a great helpe to him therein. How great his paines haue beene, not in this onely but also in other poynts of Diuinitie, his |Sacred doctrine of Diuinitie|, first published in a little Manuel, after set forth in a larger volume, his |Old Testament|, or |Promise|, Therein the mysteries of the Iewish types and ceremonies are opened, his |Exposition of the song of Salomon|,¹ and this, |The World’s great restauration|, or |Calling of the Iewes| (workes of his heretofore and now published) doe witnesse_.” ¹ _The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity_, 1589, 1613; and _Exposition of the Song of Salomon_, 1615, issued anonymously, are in the Bodleian Library. Neither Wood’s _Athenæ_, Bohn’s _Lowndes_, _The Dictionary of National Biography_, nor The British Museum catalogue mention them.