_Sabatai_ also at _Gaza_ Preached Repentance to the _Jewes_, and Obedience to Himself and Doctrine, for that the coming of the _Messiah_ was at hand: which Novelties so Affected the _Jewish_ Inhabitants of those partes, that they gave up themselves wholly to their Prayers, Almes, and Devotions; and to confirme this beliefe the more, it hapned, that at the same time that Newes hereof, with all perticulars were dispatched from _Gaza_, to acquaint the Brethren in Forrain Partes: The Rumour of the _Messiah_ hath flown so swift, and gained such reception, that Intelligence came from all Partes and Countreys where the _Jewes_ inhabit, by Letters to _Gaza_, and _Jerusalem_, Congratulating the happiness of their Deliverance, and expiration of the time of their Servitude, by the Appearance of the _Messiah_. To which they adjoyned other Prophesies, relating to that Dominion the _Messiah_ was to have over all the World: that for Nine Moneths after he was to disappeare; during which time the _Jewes_ were to suffer, and many of them to undergoe Martyrdom: but then returning again Mounted on a Coelestial _Lyon_, with his Bridle made of _Serpents_ with seven heads, accompanyed with his Brethren the _Jewes_, who Inhabited on the other side of the River _Sabation_, he should be acknowledged for the Sole Monarch of the Universe; and then the _Holy Temple_ should descend from Heaven already built, framed, and beautified, wherein they should offer Sacrifice for ever. And here I leave you to consider, how strangely this Deceived People was Amused, when these Confident, and vain Reports, and Dreams of Power, and Kingdomes, had wholly transported them from the ordinary course of their Trade, and Interest. This noise and rumour of the _Messiah_, having begun to fill all places, _Sabatai Sevi_ resolved to Travel towards _Smyrna_, the Country of his Nativity; and thence to _Constantinople_ the Capital City, where the principal Work of Preaching was to have been performed: _Nathan_ thought it not fit to be long after him, and therefore Travels by the way of _Damascus_, where resolving to continue some time for better Propagation of this New Doctrine; in the meane while Writes this Letter to _Sabatai Sevi_, as followeth. 22. _Kesvan_ of this YEAR.