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             The Lord Merlins prophecy concerning the King of Scots: foretelling the strange and wonderfull things that shall befall him in England. As also, the time and manner of a dismal and fatall battel; the event and success thereof: a great blowe to be given, and the Northern Chicken inforced to flie to forraign countries for aid & succour. Also, King James his dream. and Queen Ann's prophecy touching the King, and the redusing of England, Scotland, and Ireland from monarchy. With the Lady Sybilla's prophecy, touching the destroying of the nobility, and what shall afterwards befall this nation in government and discipline. Likevvise, the prophecy of Paul Grebner (a German) concerning Charles son of Charles the Emp: foretelling his greatness and victorious conquests. Presented to Queen Elizabeth anno 1582. and recorded in the library of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge, by Dr. Nevill, clerk of her Majesties closet.
             Merlin Ambrosius, attributed name.
             Grebner, Paul.
             Anne, Queen, consort of James I, King of England, 1574-1619, attributed name.
             James I, King of England, 1566-1625, attributed name.
          
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           Charles -- II, -- King of England, 1630-1685.
           Prophecies -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Prophecies -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           THE
           Lord
           Merlins
           Prophecy
           CONCERNING
           THE
           KING
           OF
           SCOTS
           :
           FORETELLING
           The
           strange
           and
           wonderfull
           things
           that
           shall
           befall
           him
           in
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           
             AS
             ALSO
             ,
          
           The
           time
           and
           manner
           of
           a
           dismal
           and
           fatall
           Battel
           ;
           the
           event
           and
           success
           thereof
           :
           a
           great
           Blowe
           to
           be
           given
           ,
           and
           the
           Northern
           Chicken
           inforced
           to
           flie
           to
           forraign
           Countries
           for
           aid
           &
           succour
           .
        
         
           ALSO
           ,
           King
           JAMES
           His
           Dream
           ,
           and
           Queen
           ANN'S
           
             Prophecy
          
           touching
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           and
           the
           redusing
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
          
           from
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
           
             WITH
          
           The
           Lady
           SYBILLA'S
           Prophecy
           ,
           touching
           the
           destroying
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           what
           shall
           afterwards
           befall
           this
           Nation
           in
           Government
           and
           Discipline
           .
        
         
           LIKEVVISE
           ,
           The
           Prophecy
           of
           PAUL
           GREBNER
           (
           a
           German
           )
           Concerning
           
             Charles
          
           Son
           of
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Emp
           :
           foretelling
           his
           greatness
           and
           victorious
           Conquests
           .
        
         
           
             Presented
             to
             Queen
          
           Elizabeth
           Anno
           1582.
           
             and
             recorded
             in
             the
             Library
             of
          
           Trinity
           Colledge
           
             in
          
           Cambridge
           ,
           
             by
             Dr.
          
           Nevill
           ,
           
             Clerk
             of
             her
             Majesties
             Closet
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           J.
           C.
           
             for
          
           G.
           Horton
           ,
           1651.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Prophesie
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Scots
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           VVHen
           the
           Lyon
           of
           Righteousnesse
           is
           dead
           ,
           then
           shall
           rise
           a
           White
           King
           in
           Britain
           ,
           first
           flying
           ,
           and
           after
           riding
           ,
           after
           ligging
           down
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           ligging
           down
           he
           shal
           be
           lymed
           ,
           after
           that
           he
           shal
           be
           led
           .
           
             This
             is
             verified
             by
             K.
          
           James
           ,
           
             who
             was
             by
             the
             Prophet
             styled
             ,
          
           The
           Lyon
           of
           Righteousness
           ;
           
             for
             many
             affirm
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             the
             picture
             of
             a
             Lyon
             on
             his
             brest
             ,
             or
             side
             :
             and
             indeed
             he
             was
             the
             most
             acutest
             Prince
             of
             spirit
             that
             ever
             we
             read
             of
             ,
             both
             in
             judgment
             either
             in
             things
             divine
             or
             humane
             ,
             but
             the
             least
             addicted
             unto
             Martial
             Discipline
             .
             He
             was
             admonished
             of
             his
             Death
             by
             a
             Dream
             ;
             for
             his
             Majesty
             dreamed
             ,
             that
             his
             Tutor
          
           Bachanan
           
             appeared
             unto
             him
             in
             his
             sleep
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             these
             two
             verses
             :
             for
             the
             rarity
             thereof
             I
             thought
             good
             to
             repeat
             them
             .
          
           
             
               Sexte
               verere
               Deum
               ,
               tibi
               vitae
               terminus
               instat
               ,
            
             
               Cum
               tua
               candenti
               flagrat
               Carbunculus
               igne
               .
            
          
           
             In
             English
             thus
             :
          
           
             Thou
             
               Iames
            
             the
             sixt
             of
             that
             name
             King
             of
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             fear
             God
             ,
             the
             term
             of
             thy
             life
             is
             neer
             at
             hand
             ,
             when
             thy
             Carbuncle
             stone
             burns
             in
             the
             hot
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             next
             morning
             the
             King
             related
             his
             Dream
             to
             divers
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             his
             privie
             Counsel
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             preceding
             verses
             ,
             which
             did
             exceeding
             astonish
             them
             ;
             and
             suddenly
             after
             ,
             as
             the
             King
             was
             sitting
             by
             the
             fire
             side
             ,
             the
             great
          
           Carbuncle
           stone
           
             that
             he
             usually
             had
             fixed
             to
             his
             hat
             ,
             fell
             out
             into
             the
             fire
             ,
             &
             his
             Majesty
             immediatly
             fell
             sick
             ,
             and
             died
             .
             After
             King
          
           James
           
             was
             dead
             ,
          
           Charles
           Stuart
           
             (
             the
             white
             King
             )
             was
             then
             proclaimed
             King
             of
          
           Great
           Brittain
           ;
           
             so
             called
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             apparelling
             himself
             the
             day
             of
             his
             Coronation
             in
             a
          
           White
           Garment
           ,
           
             representing
             his
             innocency
             ,
             as
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           Canterbury
           
           
             was
             pleased
             to
             demonstrate
             ;
             whose
             office
             was
             to
             present
             the
          
           Crown
           :
           
             but
             the
             King
             impatiently
             in
             great
             haste
             ,
             took
             up
             the
          
           Crown
           ,
           
             and
             placed
             it
             upon
             his
             head
             with
             his
             own
             hands
             ,
             which
             moved
             the
          
           Spanish
           Embassador
           ,
           
             who
             was
             then
             present
             ,
             to
             say
             ;
          
           The
           Kings
           putting
           the
           Crown
           upon
           his
           head
           so
           rashly
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           was
           
             an
             ill
             Omen
             .
          
        
         
           The
           preceding
           Prophecie
           was
           written
           by
           
             Ambrose
             Merlin
          
           (
           the
           
             Scot
             )
          
           900
           years
           since
           ;
           But
           by
           reason
           there
           is
           another
           ancient
           Copy
           extant
           ,
           of
           the
           Lady
           
             Postons
          
           more
           large
           and
           emphaticall
           ,
           concerning
           the
           White
           King
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           render
           it
           verbatim
           ,
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           The
           Lyon
           of
           Righteousness
           being
           dead
           ,
           there
           shall
           arise
           in
           
             Britain
          
           a
           
             White
             King
             ;
          
           first
           flying
           ,
           then
           riding
           ;
           then
           descending
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           descent
           he
           shall
           be
           insnared
           .
           Then
           men
           will
           point
           with
           their
           fingers
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Where
             is
             this
             white
             and
             noble
             King
             ?
          
           At
           that
           time
           there
           will
           be
           chattering
           of
           men
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           same
           nature
           as
           we
           do
           with
           sheep
           and
           Oxen
           ,
           &
           it
           will
           be
           publikely
           by
           some
           reported
           ,
           
             There
             is
             a
             King
             :
          
           others
           shall
           say
           ,
           
             There
             is
             no
             King
             .
          
           After
           these
           things
           he
           shall
           lift
           up
           his
           head
           as
           a
           King
           ,
           or
           shall
           manifest
           himself
           to
           be
           King
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           a
           time
           of
           Gleads
           or
           Kytes
           ,
           and
           seven
           years
           shall
           this
           War
           continue
           within
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           After
           that
           the
           young
           one
           of
           the
           Eagle
           ,
           or
           his
           Chicken
           ,
           shall
           come
           upon
           woodden
           horses
           ,
           within
           a
           year
           and
           a
           half
           into
           
             Brittain
             ,
          
           and
           then
           there
           shall
           be
           war
           ,
           at
           what
           time
           little
           shall
           be
           the
           Charity
           of
           most
           men
           ,
           for
           what
           a
           man
           is
           Master
           of
           overnight
           ,
           shall
           be
           taken
           from
           him
           in
           the
           morning
           .
           After
           that
           the
           
             White
             King
          
           shall
           go
           towards
           the
           West
           to
           an
           ancient
           place
           ,
           near
           to
           a
           running
           water
           .
           Then
           his
           enemies
           shall
           make
           hast
           to
           meet
           him
           ,
           and
           their
           Army
           shall
           be
           formed
           in
           shape
           of
           a
           Buckler
           ;
           the
           King
           shall
           be
           straightned
           before
           and
           behind
           ,
           and
           on
           every
           side
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           white
           ,
           King
           shall
           slide
           into
           an
           Hall
           &c.
           
           What
           remains
           unfullfilled
           is
           in
           these
           words
           :
        
         
           After
           that
           the
           
             Chicken
          
           of
           the
           
             Eagle
          
           shall
           build
           in
           the
           highest
           rock
           of
           all
           
             Britain
             :
          
           nay
           ,
           he
           shall
           not
           be
           slain
           young
           :
           nor
           shall
           he
           come
           to
           old
           age
           .
           Note
           ,
           that
           the
           Prophet
           mentions
           not
           the
           Chicken
           of
           the
           Eagle
           (
           who
           is
           the
           present
           K.
           of
           
             Scots
             )
          
           with
           any
           Kingly
           Title
           :
           nor
           doth
           he
           say
           ,
           He
           shall
           acquire
           his
           Fathers
           inheritance
           ,
           or
           in
           plain
           terms
           ,
           obtain
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           or
           be
           crowned
           King
           thereof
           :
           he
           onely
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             build
             his
             nest
             in
             the
             chiefest
             Rock
             of
             all
          
           Britain
           :
           Which
           imports
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           that
           like
           a
           flying
           Fowl
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           man
           chased
           from
           one
           place
           to
           another
           ,
           so
           shall
           his
           Worldly
           condition
           be
           in
           this
           World
           .
        
         
           Another
           excellent
           Prophecie
           I
           cannot
           omit
           ,
           penned
           by
           
             Sybilla
          
           the
           Prophetess
           (
           a
           
             Scottish
          
           Lady
           )
           touching
           the
           Reign
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             ;
          
           and
           if
           you
           will
           know
           the
           time
           of
           the
           extirpation
           of
           
           Monarchy
           ▪
           be
           pleased
           to
           take
           a
           thousand
           in
           Calculation
           
        
         
           
             
               And
               the
               longest
               of
               the
               Lyon
            
             
               Four
               Crescents
               under
               one
               Crown
            
          
           
             
               
                 With
              
               St.
               Andrews
               
                 Cross
                 thrice
              
            
             
               
                 Then
                 three
                 score
                 and
                 thrice
                 three
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 In
                 that
                 year
                 there
                 shall
                 a
                 King
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Duke
                 and
                 no
                 crowned
                 King
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Because
                 the
                 Prince
                 shall
                 be
                 young
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 And
                 tender
                 of
                 years
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Much
                 sorrow
                 and
                 strife
              
            
             
               
                 Shall
                 be
                 in
              
               Lowthian
               
                 and
              
               Fife
               .
            
          
        
         
           These
           are
           all
           the
           
             Scottish
             Prophecies
             ,
          
           which
           ever
           I
           could
           attain
           sight
           of
           ;
           and
           yet
           none
           of
           these
           make
           any
           mention
           of
           a
           
             fifth
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Lyon
             of
             the
             North
             ,
          
           or
           do
           any
           other
           wayes
           mention
           that
           so
           great
           a
           King
           as
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           nay
           greater
           then
           he
           ,
           shall
           be
           born
           of
           the
           Scottish
           Race
           ,
           or
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           or
           shall
           come
           from
           
             Scotland
             .
          
           From
           all
           which
           ,
           I
           onely
           conclude
           thus
           much
           :
           
             That
             the
             present
          
           Charles
           Stuart
           
             is
             not
             that
             great
             Lyon
             of
             the
             North
             ,
             or
             he
             that
             must
             conquer
             the
             English
             ,
             or
             the
             present
             Common-wealth
             of
          
           England
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           prophetical
           expressions
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           to
           add
           the
           ancient
           prophecie
           of
           
             David
             Vpan
             ,
          
           a
           
             Welch
             man
             ,
             viz.
          
           
             Karonog
             fab
             Ane
             yo
             wna
             diwedh
             ar
             y
             dro
             gane
             .
          
           In
           English
           thus
           :
           
             
               The
               Son
               of
            
             Ann
             
               crown'd
               ,
               ends
               all
               our
               prophecies
               .
            
          
        
         
           We
           never
           had
           yet
           any
           King
           whose
           mothers
           name
           was
           
             Ann
             ,
          
           but
           King
           
             Charles
          
           his
           mother
           was
           
             Ann
             ,
          
           sister
           to
           the
           King
           of
           
             Denmark
          
           late
           deceased
           .
           The
           putting
           to
           death
           of
           the
           late
           King
           was
           prophecied
           of
           above
           80
           years
           before
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           by
           
             Nostradamus
             ,
          
           whose
           words
           were
           these
           :
           
             
               Senat
               de
            
             Londres
             
               mettront
               a
               mort
               leur
            
             Roy
             .
          
           In
           English
           thus
           :
           
             
               The
               Senate
               or
               Parliament
               of
            
             London
             
               shall
               put
               to
               death
               their
               K.
               
            
          
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           significant
           prophecie
           now
           extant
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           reserved
           in
           several
           Libraries
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           even
           unto
           this
           day
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           here
           present
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Original
           ,
           as
           followeth
           :
           
             Carolus
             
               Anglorum
               ,
               ultimus
            
             Britannorum
             
               Rex
               .
            
          
        
         
           When
           one
           ,
           named
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           King
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           the
           last
           King
           of
           the
           
             Brittans
             .
          
        
         
         
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Fox
          
           also
           foretels
           and
           shewes
           ,
           the
           causes
           of
           the
           
             Northern
             Rebellion
          
           and
           in
           the
           year
           1549.
           prophecied
           ,
           That
           the
           time
           should
           come
           ,
           when
           no
           King
           should
           reign
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           the
           Noblemen
           to
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           the
           Nation
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           four
           Governours
           ,
           to
           be
           elected
           and
           appointed
           by
           the
           Commons
           ,
           holding
           a
           Parliament
           in
           Commotion
           ,
           to
           begin
           at
           the
           South
           and
           North
           Seas
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           All
           the
           Kings
           that
           have
           reigned
           in
           
             England
          
           since
           
             Wil
             ▪
             the
             Conquerour
             ,
          
           have
           descended
           from
           his
           Issue
           ;
           but
           this
           Prophet
           affirms
           ,
           that
           in
           these
           dayes
           there
           shall
           be
           an
           end
           of
           his
           Line
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           posterity
           shall
           fail
           of
           enjoying
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           Again
           ,
           
             
               Remember
               M
               D.
               C.
               L
               X
               ,
            
             
               Vand
               I
               ,
               then
               ne're
               a
               REX
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Calculated
             thus
             :
          
        
         
           In
           1666
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           King
           here
           ,
           or
           pretending
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           For
           
             
               Charles
               
                 the
                 white
                 King
                 of
              
               Brittains
               
                 Diadem
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Shall
                 most
                 unfortunately
                 lose
                 his
                 Realm
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 evill
                 Counsel
                 ;
                 and
                 his
                 Kingly
                 head
              
            
             
               
                 And
                 life
                 shall
                 part
                 from
                 body
                 ,
                 not
                 in
                 bed
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 His
                 wife
                 shall
                 flee
                 unto
                 her
                 native
                 Nest
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 His
                 Bearn's
                 both
                 rob'd
                 of
                 honour
                 ,
                 means
                 and
                 rest
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 His
                 son
                 ,
                 successive
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
              
            
             
               
                 Enforced
                 unto
                 forraign
                 parts
                 to
                 flee
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 ayd
                 ,
                 his
                 right
                 and
                 Crown
                 for
                 to
                 regain
                 ;
              
            
             
               
                 Many
                 shall
                 promise
                 help
                 ,
                 yet
                 prove
                 all
                 vain
              
            
             
               
                 And
                 false
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 for
                 thus
                 it
                 is
                 decreed
              
            
             
               
                 No
                 King
                 ,
                 from
                 hence
                 ,
                 shall
                 rule
                 on
                 this
                 side
              
               Tweed
               .
            
          
        
         
           An
           Irish
           man
           speaking
           of
           King
           
             Iames
          
           and
           his
           Issue
           ,
           he
           bursts
           out
           .
        
         
           
             Et
             semen
             regis
             erit
             mendicum
             in
             terra
             aliena
             in
             aeternum
             ,
          
           viz.
           
        
         
           The
           Off-spring
           of
           the
           King
           shall
           be
           poor
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           after
           live
           in
           a
           strange
           Country
           .
           So
           
             Merliu
          
           in
           an
           ancient
           Prophecie
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             his
             seed
             shall
             become
             fatherless
             in
             a
             strange
             Land
             for
             evermore
             .
          
        
         
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           Prophet
           
             Carion
          
           (
           a
           German
           Writer
           )
           affirmeth
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Church
             shall
             be
             restored
             and
             reformed
             by
             a
          
           Charles
           ;
           
             and
             that
             there
             shall
             arise
             an
             Emperour
             named
          
           Charles
           ,
           
             who
             shall
             rule
             imperially
             in
             Europe
             ,
             by
             whom
             the
             decayed
             estate
             of
             the
             Church
             shall
             be
             reformed
             ,
             and
             the
             ancient
             glory
             of
             the
             Empire
             again
             restored
             ;
             for
             there
             shall
             come
             a
             people
             without
             an
             head
             ,
             and
             then
             wo
             shall
             be
             unto
             Priests
             :
             Horrible
             mutations
             of
          
           
           
             all
             Kingdome
             〈◊〉
             then
             〈◊〉
             hand
             ;
             The
             beast
             of
             the
             West
             ,
             and
             the
             Lyon
             of
             the
             East
             shall
             be
             〈◊〉
             rule
             over
             all
             the
             world
             .
          
           This
           in
           no
           wayes
           reflects
           upon
           
             Charles
             Stuart
             .
          
        
         
           
             Nostradamus
          
           the
           ancient
           Prophet
           further
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             there
             shall
             arise
             in
             the
             last
             times
             a
             Prince
             ,
             sprung
             from
             the
             Emperour
          
           Charles
           ,
           
             which
             shall
             recover
             the
             Land
             of
             Promise
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             Emperour
             of
          
           Europe
           .
        
         
           And
           
             Iohannes
             Amatus
          
           likewise
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             in
             the
             latter
             dayes
             there
             shall
             be
             great
             wars
             and
             bloudshed
             ,
             the
             fary
             of
             the
             wars
             shall
             last
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             whole
             Provinces
             shall
             be
             left
             naked
             of
             Inhabitants
             ,
             many
             Cities
             forsaken
             of
             people
             ,
             the
             Nobility
             slaughter'd
             ,
             the
             Gentry
             ruined
             ,
             and
             great
             changes
             of
             Kings
             ,
             Common wealths
             ,
             and
             Rulers
             .
             The
             North
             prevaileth
             against
             the
             South
             ,
             a
             learned
             and
             eloquent
             Prince
             ,
             by
             little
             and
             little
             ,
             shall
             attain
             the
             Empire
             ;
             and
             a
             new
             King
             shall
             surmount
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             he
             shall
             make
             change
             of
             Religion
             ,
             when
             he
             holds
             thereynes
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             Somewhat
             neere
             these
             times
             also
             shall
             a
             great
             Eagle
             arise
             ,
             and
             shall
             have
             power
             given
             him
             of
             the
             most
             High
             :
             He
             shall
             carry
             with
             him
             by
             Conquest
             three
             Kingdoms
             :
             He
             shall
             foyl
             the
          
           Lillies
           
             in
             the
             Land
             of
          
           Virgo
           ;
           
             the
             Sun
             it
             felf
             shalt
             mourn
             with
             the
             Lyon
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           By
           what
           I
           have
           delivered
           out
           of
           many
           reverend
           mens
           Prophecies
           ,
           I
           onely
           evince
           thus
           much
           :
           
             That
             the
             late
             King
          
           Charles
           
             was
             not
             the
          
           Lyon
           of
           the
           North
           ;
           
             or
             that
             his
             son
             ,
             it
             that
          
           Charles
           ,
           
             or
             that
          
           Eagle
           
             which
             the
             wise
             men
             of
             former
             times
             prophecied
             of
             ;
             or
             that
             he
             shall
             act
             either
             such
             wonderful
             Deeds
             in
             war
             or
             peace
             ,
             at
             the
             admirers
             of
          
           Grebners
           
             false
             printed
             prophecy
             would
             fasten
             upon
             him
             ;
             who
             say
             ,
          
        
         
           That
           a
           certain
           Northern
           King
           named
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           who
           shall
           marry
           
             Mary
          
           of
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           unhappiness
           ;
           so
           that
           his
           people
           rejecting
           him
           ,
           shall
           set
           up
           an
           Earl
           of
           a
           very
           ancient
           Family
           ,
           who
           shall
           continue
           three
           years
           or
           thereabouts
           ;
           he
           dying
           ,
           they
           shall
           elect
           in
           his
           stead
           a
           Warlike
           Knight
           ,
           who
           shall
           rule
           a
           little
           longer
           ;
           after
           him
           they
           shall
           elect
           none
           .
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           one
           of
           
             Charles
          
           his
           stock
           shal
           land
           on
           the
           Sea
           Coasts
           of
           his
           Fathers
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           with
           
             French
             ,
             Swedish
             ,
             Danish
             ,
             Hollandian
             ,
             Burgonian
             ,
          
           and
           
             German
          
           Forces
           ,
           in
           a
           most
           cruel
           Battel
           shall
           vanquish
           all
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           afterward
           most
           happily
           govern
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           be
           greater
           than
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Great
           .
           And
           about
           the
           year
           1663.
           the
           King
           of
           the
           most
           ancient
           
             Britains
             ,
          
           for
           the
           losse
           of
           some
           Ships
           at
           Sea
           ,
           shall
           break
           his
           League
           and
           amity
           with
           the
           States
           of
           
             Holland
             ;
          
           who
           fearing
           ,
           shall
           have
           recourse
           unto
           the
           new
           King
           of
           
             Danes
          
           (
           named
           
             Christiernus
             )
          
           for
           succour
           ,
           and
           he
           by
           fair
           intreaties
           and
           large
           gifts
           shall
           win
           ei
           he
           side
           to
           agreement
           .
           Nor
           doth
           he
           ever
           speak
           of
           England
           in
           all
           that
           samous
           Manuscript
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           most
           warlike
           and
           potent
           Kingdom
           in
           
             Europe
             .
          
        
         
         
           Therefore
           all
           good
           Christians
           ought
           to
           wish
           the
           new
           Warre
           were
           concluded
           ,
           rather
           by
           an
           happy
           agreement
           and
           composition
           ,
           than
           by
           Sword
           and
           Musket
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           placed
           on
           his
           Throne
           rather
           with
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           loving
           and
           rejoyceful
           Subjects
           ,
           then
           with
           the
           Swords
           of
           Forraigners
           .
           For
           if
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           restauration
           be
           in
           blood
           ,
           and
           tumbling
           of
           Garments
           in
           blood
           ,
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           it
           will
           be
           with
           burning
           and
           fuel
           of
           fire
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           spend
           much
           time
           in
           confutation
           of
           these
           many
           untruths
           ,
           and
           abusive
           Predictions
           ,
           referring
           the
           Reader
           only
           unto
           :
           he
           true
           Original
           which
           I
           hereafter
           publish
           .
        
         
           
             
               The
               true
               Prophecy
               of
            
             Paul
             Grebner
             
               a
            
             German
             ,
             
               presented
               to
               Queen
            
             Elizabeth
             .
          
           
             A
             Fatal
             necessity
             having
             torne
             and
             pull'd
             from
             the
             House
             of
             
               Austria
            
             the
             old
             
               Roman
            
             Scepter
             and
             Diadem
             ,
             and
             after
             an
             oppression
             of
             the
             same
             
               Austrian
            
             House
             by
             the
             incursions
             of
             
               French
               ,
               English
               ,
               Danish
               ,
               Swedish
               ,
            
             making
             their
             irruptions
             on
             all
             sides
             ;
             there
             shall
             arise
             a
             horrid
             ,
             bloody
             ,
             sharp
             contest
             in
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             which
             shall
             cruelly
             shake
             and
             break
             away
             part
             thereof
             ,
             yea
             shall
             expose
             the
             same
             being
             strangely
             spoiled
             and
             dismembred
             to
             egregious
             alterations
             .
             A
             
               Swedish
            
             King
             then
             reigning
             ,
             shall
             be
             invited
             to
             that
             quarrel
             to
             break
             in
             upon
             
               Pomerane
               ,
               Mechlenburge
               ,
            
             and
             some
             Provinces
             belonging
             to
             
               Denmark
               ,
            
             being
             provoked
             by
             some
             offensive
             Papers
             of
             the
             Romish
             See
             :
             whereunto
             if
             he
             shall
             hearken
             ,
             he
             shall
             unseasonably
             and
             very
             unprosperously
             become
             an
             Allie
             to
             one
             that
             is
             most
             neer
             and
             intimate
             to
             him
             .
             Wherefore
             I
             advise
             the
             
               Swede
            
             to
             leave
             him
             in
             the
             same
             state
             wherein
             he
             findes
             him
             .
             By
             which
             meanes
             He
             ,
             his
             Family
             and
             Posterity
             remaining
             contented
             with
             the
             bounds
             of
             their
             own
             natural
             Dominions
             shall
             preserve
             intire
             ,
             and
             keep
             in
             good
             order
             and
             allegiance
             their
             own
             Subjects
             officiously
             disposed
             to
             peace
             and
             tranquillity
             .
             But
             if
             he
             shall
             in
             his
             heart
             propose
             to
             pervert
             his
             Subjects
             by
             fair
             perswasions
             ,
             God
             shall
             soon
             cut
             him
             off
             .
             And
             then
             from
             a
             
               Charles
            
             a
             great
             
               Charles
            
             shall
             obtain
             the
             Scepter
             ,
             who
             with
             great
             success
             and
             prosperity
             shall
             reign
             over
             the
             Northern
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             same
             
               Charles
            
             shall
             much
             break
             the
             Power
             and
             Tyranny
             of
             the
             
               Spaniard
               ,
            
             and
             obtain
             a
             signal
             Victory
             over
             his
             Navy
             and
             Armadoe
             .
             And
             after
             the
             conjunction
             of
             his
             Forces
             with
             the
             States
             of
             Christendom
             He
             shall
             win
             a
             difficult
             ,
             cruel
             Battel
             .
             After
             this
             ,
             God
             shall
             remove
             his
             Popish
             Wife
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             terror
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             who
             being
             incensed
             and
             stirred
             thereby
             ,
             King
             
               Charles
            
             shall
             profess
             hastily
             against
             
               Antichrist
               ,
            
             and
             joyning
             Forces
             
             with
             the
             
               German
            
             and
             other
             Allies
             shall
             become
             enemy
             to
             Him
             ,
             and
             the
             Crown
             of
             
               Spain
            
             both
             .
             At
             that
             time
             shall
             the
             
               Swede
            
             be
             very
             succesfull
             and
             perform
             admirable
             service
             against
             the
             Enemy
             with
             Men
             and
             Ships
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             Land
             as
             by
             Sea
             .
          
           
             Out
             of
             the
             Manuscript
             of
             
               Paul
               Grebner
            
             of
             
               Sneburgh
            
             remaining
             in
             the
             Library
             of
             
               Trinity
               Colleage
            
             in
             
               Cambridge
               ,
            
             given
             there
             by
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Another
             Prophecy
             taken
             out
             of
             a
             certain
             Library
             .
          
           
             AFter
             a
             certain
             time
             being
             past
             ,
             the
             tayle
             of
             the
             Virgin
             shall
             enter
             the
             Lyon
             ,
             and
             
               Scorpio
            
             shall
             ascend
             the
             back
             of
             
               Sagitary
               :
            
             the
             
               Northern
            
             Kingdoms
             shall
             be
             wasted
             by
             Reapers
             ,
             the
             
               Southern
            
             Paincipalities
             shall
             end
             in
             dust
             ,
             and
             the
             powers
             of
             the
             Island
             Monarchies
             without
             either
             Bridle
             or
             Saddle
             shall
             be
             harnessed
             .
             Cruel
             Warres
             shall
             be
             scattered
             by
             the
             winds
             ,
             and
             quell'd
             by
             a
             revengeful
             Hayle
             ;
             whose
             beginnings
             were
             by
             a
             staffe
             ,
             their
             growth
             and
             continuance
             by
             Bastards
             .
             The
             Sunne
             it selfe
             shall
             play
             on
             the
             Timbrel
             clad
             with
             a
             Vermilion
             Coat
             ,
             and
             the
             Moon
             with
             Dun
             buskins
             ,
             shall
             amble
             to
             the
             Faire
             .
             Laughest
             thou
             oh
             King
             ?
             But
             those
             on
             whom
             these
             things
             shall
             come
             ,
             for
             grief
             and
             sorrow
             shall
             pine
             away
             .
             All
             these
             things
             shall
             scarce
             be
             accomplished
             ,
             when
             a
             Prince
             of
             Royal
             stock
             shall
             come
             forth
             crowned
             from
             the
             Northern
             parts
             ,
             as
             to
             his
             own
             people
             unexpected
             ,
             but
             desired
             by
             forraigners
             ;
             who
             because
             he
             shall
             bear
             a
             rampant
             Lyon
             ,
             shall
             therefore
             be
             called
             a
             Lyon
             .
             He
             shall
             not
             rest
             ,
             till
             having
             called
             a
             Synod
             ,
             and
             after
             dissolved
             it
             by
             threats
             ,
             he
             shall
             advance
             his
             conquering
             Armes
             against
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             by
             woful
             success
             shall
             harrasse
             the
             territories
             of
             neighbor
             Princes
             .
             He
             shall
             exceed
             
               Alexander
            
             the
             Great
             in
             vertue
             ,
             and
             
               Cyrus
            
             in
             success
             :
             he
             shall
             passe
             the
             Seas
             ,
             and
             be
             saluted
             Emperour
             by
             many
             Kings
             .
             A
             certain
             ancient
             City
             shall
             he
             say
             levell
             with
             the
             ground
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             a
             Powerful
             Prince
             out
             of
             the
             East
             shall
             provoke
             him
             to
             battle
             ,
             against
             whom
             the
             Lyon
             shall
             march
             with
             all
             his
             Forces
             ,
             and
             pitching
             his
             Camp
             on
             this
             side
             Euphrates
             shall
             expect
             him
             .
             If
             the
             Prince
             shall
             come
             over
             the
             River
             ,
             the
             Lyon
             shall
             be
             overcome
             ;
             but
             he
             shall
             passe
             his
             Army
             over
             the
             River
             ,
             and
             give
             his
             enemy
             a
             bloody
             defeat
             ,
             and
             be
             Master
             of
             all
             the
             East
             .
             Whilst
             these
             things
             are
             in
             action
             ,
             divers
             petty
             Kings
             from
             
               India
            
             shall
             break
             into
             
               Syria
            
             with
             mighty
             Armies
             ,
             and
             provided
             for
             Battlle
             shall
             wait
             for
             the
             Lyon
             about
             the
             Valley
             of
             
               Iehosaphat
               ,
            
             where
             they
             shal
             by
             him
             be
             all
             wholly
             cut
             off
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             shall
             the
             Wars
             shall
             
             cease
             ,
             after
             that
             ,
             with
             eminent
             piety
             ,
             he
             shall
             have
             established
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Fugitives
             .
          
           
             Our
             Authour
             is
             now
             ingenuous
             ,
             whilst
             he
             confesseth
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             extant
             of
             this
             
               Scotish
               Merlines
            
             but
             this
             only
             peece
             .
             I
             would
             know
             of
             the
             wisest
             man
             living
             ,
             how
             this
             Prophecy
             ,
             (
             had
             it
             not
             seemingly
             tended
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             we
             had
             not
             seen
             this
             rarity
             ;
             but
             if
             we
             admit
             it
             once
             )
             can
             it
             any
             way
             prejudice
             our
             present
             State
             ,
             or
             further
             the
             present
             
               Scotish
            
             King
             ?
             for
             wherein
             is
             he
             nominated
             in
             this
             or
             
               Scotland
            
             it self
             ?
             it
             rather
             seemes
             a
             general
             Prophecy
             of
             the
             last
             times
             .
             Certainly
             ,
             had
             King
             
               Iames
            
             been
             a
             Warlike
             Prince
             ,
             many
             things
             herein
             might
             be
             appropriated
             unto
             him
             ,
             but
             because
             of
             his
             extream
             cowardize
             ,
             its
             fit
             not
             him
             :
             We
             know
             he
             was
             called
             the
             Lyon
             of
             the
             
               North
               ,
            
             and
             that
             he
             procured
             the
             Synod
             of
             Dort
             ;
             and
             how
             he
             was
             reputed
             righteous
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             but
             it
             had
             no
             relation
             unto
             him
             ,
             nor
             hath
             it
             any
             to
             the
             present
             Scotish
             King
             ;
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             Prophecy
             are
             so
             significant
             ,
             they
             need
             no
             refutation
             or
             further
             exposi●ion
             ,
             they
             agreeing
             wholly
             with
             many
             others
             in
             the
             sam
             thing
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             That
             a
             certain
             Prince
             shall
             in
             the
             last
             times
             arise
             ,
             who
             shall
             oever-run
             all
             
               Europe
            
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             also
             destroy
             some
             
               Eastern
            
             Princes
             .
          
           
             To
             make
             an
             end
             of
             this
             Story
             ,
             I
             shall
             conclude
             with
             the
             Prophecie
             of
             
               Sybilla
               Tiburtina
               ,
            
             long
             since
             made
             publique
             unto
             the
             world
             .
             Which
             Prophecie
             of
             hers
             followeth
             :
             
               Orietur
               Sydus
               in
               Europe
               Supra
               Iberes
               admagnam
               Septentrionis
               domum
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             In
             English
             thus
             :
             
               
                 A
              
               Star
               
                 shall
                 arise
                 in
              
               Europe
               
                 over
                 the
              
               Iberians
               ,
               
                 towards
                 the
                 great
                 house
                 of
                 the
              
               North
               ,
               
                 whose
                 beams
                 shall
                 unexpectedly
                 enlighten
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 .
              
            
          
           
             This
             shall
             be
             in
             a
             most
             acceptable
             time
             ,
             when
             as
             mortal
             men
             being
             wearied
             with
             war
             and
             arms
             ,
             shall
             unanimously
             be
             desirous
             to
             embrace
             peace
             .
             Certainly
             in
             those
             times
             it
             will
             be
             stoutly
             controverted
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             the
             best
             man
             ,
             or
             unto
             whom
             the
             greatest
             Dominion
             may
             befall
             ;
             during
             a
             vacancie
             of
             a
             Governour
             ,
             and
             whilest
             there
             is
             an
             
               Interregnum
            
             or
             
               discontinuance
            
             of
             some
             prisoners
             .
             But
             at
             length
             the
             Off-spring
             of
             a
             most
             ancient
             Family
             prevails
             ,
             and
             will
             proceed
             in
             a
             course
             of
             war
             ,
             untill
             contrary
             Fortune
             overthrow
             him
             .
             For
             even
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             or
             near
             unto
             the
             setting
             of
             this
             Star
             ,
             or
             dying
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             signified
             by
             that
             Star
             ,
             a
             light
             as
             ancient
             as
             the
             former
             shall
             break
             out
             ,
             burning
             with
             more
             eager
             flames
             of
             war
             ,
             and
             shall
             inlarge
             his
             Dominion
             unto
             the
             Coast
             of
             the
             
               Antipodes
               .
            
          
           
           
             It
             hath
             been
             the
             onely
             labour
             of
             this
             Discourse
             all
             along
             ,
             to
             manifest
             unto
             this
             Nation
             ;
             first
             ,
             That
             the
             present
             King
             of
             Scots
             is
             not
             that
             great
             
               Charles
            
             intended
             in
             
               Grebner
               ,
            
             or
             any
             other
             Prophecy
             extanr
             either
             in
             Manuscript
             or
             in
             Print
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             we
             have
             shewed
             from
             the
             writings
             of
             very
             famous
             men
             ,
             of
             what
             Nation
             the
             Great
             
               Charles
               ,
            
             or
             
               Lyon
               of
               the
               North
            
             shall
             be
             or
             Native
             of
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             we
             have
             examined
             the
             Prophecies
             both
             of
             the
             
               Scottish
               ,
               Welch
               ,
            
             and
             
               English
            
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             from
             their
             Writings
             have
             discovered
             ,
             That
             there
             are
             no
             more
             Kings
             to
             be
             expected
             to
             reign
             in
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             We
             have
             much
             reason
             to
             believe
             their
             sayings
             shall
             prove
             true
             ,
             having
             evidently
             beforehand
             known
             all
             or
             most
             of
             what
             they
             have
             prophecied
             to
             have
             exactly
             come
             to
             passe
             ,
             even
             in
             our
             own
             dayes
             ,
             and
             not
             before
             :
             I
             do
             neither
             add
             nor
             diminish
             unto
             them
             ;
             I
             sparingly
             deliver
             my
             own
             conceptions
             ,
             nor
             do
             I
             paraphrase
             upon
             the
             
               Prophecies
               ,
            
             they
             are
             so
             plain
             and
             significant
             ;
             there
             is
             not
             in
             any
             of
             these
             any
             the
             least
             mention
             of
             this
             present
             King
             of
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             nor
             is
             he
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             the
             
               Northern
               Lion
               ,
            
             or
             is
             he
             designed
             to
             be
             the
             Man
             ,
             who
             shall
             raise
             a
             fift
             universal
             Monarchy
             upon
             the
             earth
             .
             These
             are
             untruths
             and
             the
             fantasies
             of
             leud
             men
             .
             I
             know
             it
             will
             be
             expected
             I
             should
             say
             somewhat
             concerning
             this
             
               Northern
               Lion
               ,
            
             who
             most
             assuredly
             shall
             appear
             unto
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             
               Prodromus
            
             whereof
             was
             the
             Star
             ,
             which
             appeared
             1572.
             
             Many
             Authors
             or
             Manuscripts
             mentioning
             such
             a
             Lion
             ,
             such
             a
             
               Northern
               Prince
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               Eagle
               of
               the
               North
               ,
            
             the
             wonderful
             
               Eagle
               ,
            
             or
             such
             a
             Man
             that
             shall
             in
             the
             latter
             times
             ,
             or
             declining
             age
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             do
             wonderful
             Acts
             in
             W●●
             ,
             equalling
             ,
             if
             not
             transcending
             all
             those
             we
             read
             of
             in
             the
             preceding
             Histories
             ,
             either
             prophane
             or
             Divine
             ;
             but
             they
             all
             unanimously
             proclaim
             a
             short
             reign
             ,
             and
             a
             violent
             death
             ,
             in
             his
             younger
             years
             ;
             and
             to
             say
             the
             truth
             ,
             there
             is
             scarce
             a
             Prophet
             or
             Man
             of
             any
             Nation
             in
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             who
             hath
             been
             indued
             with
             Prophetick
             spirit
             ,
             but
             he
             in
             some
             part
             of
             his
             works
             ,
             or
             other
             ,
             hath
             hinted
             at
             such
             a
             person
             ,
             
               Emperor
               ,
            
             or
             
               King
               ;
            
             nay
             some
             have
             not
             been
             wanting
             to
             affirm
             his
             name
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             in
             the
             Chronicles
             of
             
               Magdeburg
               ,
            
             testified
             by
             
               Carion
            
             in
             his
             third
             Book
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           wonderfull
           Year
           of
           the
           World
           .
        
         
           
             The
             certain
             year
             of
             these
             Monethly
             Predictions
             is
             not
             to
             be
             revealed
             ,
             but
             such
             there
             will
             be
             in
             that
             great
             year
             ,
             before
             the
             wonderful
          
           Catastrophe
           
             of
             this
             world
             shall
             happen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ianuary
             .
          
           
             A
             Showr
             of
             bloud
             shall
             rain
             continually
             for
             one
             houre
             space
             in
             one
             Land
             of
             
               Europe
               ;
            
             that
             Reign
             or
             people
             thereof
             shall
             first
             come
             to
             destruction
             .
          
        
         
           
             February
             .
          
           
             All
             Nations
             troubled
             with
             rumours
             of
             wars
             ,
             every
             Region
             preparing
             Armies
             ,
             and
             mustering
             men
             ,
             traffique
             generally
             prohibited
             by
             Land
             and
             by
             Sea
             ,
             every
             Country
             inforced
             to
             live
             of
             their
             own
             stock
             and
             commodities
             .
          
        
         
           
             March
          
           
             The
             main
             Sea
             shall
             hugely
             swell
             with
             mighty
             tempests
             and
             windes
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Sea-bankes
             in
             many
             places
             shall
             overflow
             their
             accustomed
             bounds
             ,
             inundations
             universally
             or
             in
             every
             Country
             ,
             one
             Island
             shall
             be
             quite
             overflown
             with
             the
             Sea
             ,
             where
             the
             double
             Cross
             hath
             Government
             ,
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             Prince
             or
             Rulers
             thereof
             being
             so
             extreme
             high
             against
             the
             Majesty
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           
             April
             .
          
           
             A
             terrible
             Sea-fight
             ,
             such
             as
             hath
             not
             been
             before
             ,
             occasioning
             the
             water
             to
             look
             more
             red
             then
             the
             red
             Sea
             ,
             the
             water
             all
             turn'd
             to
             bloud
             ;
             
               England
            
             thou
             wilt
             have
             a
             share
             in
             this
             fight
             ,
             God
             of
             his
             great
             goodnesse
             make
             thee
             victorious
             ;
             after
             a
             hard
             fight
             thou
             shalt
             overcome
             .
          
        
         
           
             May
             .
          
           
             War
             and
             bloudshed
             over
             all
             the
             Earth
             ,
             one
             Nation
             shall
             send
             so
             many
             men
             to
             the
             wars
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             for
             a
             time
             even
             be
             desolate
             of
             men
             ,
             so
             that
             twelve
             women
             will
             be
             glad
             of
             one
             man
             :
             nay
             hardly
             procure
             one
             young
             men
             for
             them
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             June
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Eastern
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             a
             whole
             Nation
             shall
             fight
             a
             great
             
             battle
             in
             a
             wrong
             cause
             ,
             and
             defend
             an
             evil
             man
             ;
             but
             the
             vengeance
             of
             God
             will
             rain
             down
             a
             showr
             of
             fire
             from
             the
             throne
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             consume
             that
             Army
             wholly
             with
             all
             their
             wealth
             and
             treasures
             ,
             even
             as
             they
             lodge
             in
             their
             Tents
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             July
             .
          
           
             So
             great
             a
             drought
             will
             appear
             ,
             that
             multitudes
             of
             people
             shall
             die
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             for
             mere
             want
             of
             water
             ;
             Soldiers
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             for
             heat
             to
             carry
             their
             arms
             ;
             the
             Earth
             shall
             be
             so
             dry
             and
             parched
             with
             the
             Sun
             it
             shall
             yield
             no
             fruit
             to
             feed
             Cattle
             .
          
        
         
           
             August
             .
          
           
             Great
             plagues
             and
             Mortality
             will
             cover
             the
             whole
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             so
             destroy
             Mankind
             ,
             that
             there
             will
             not
             be
             sufficient
             Labourers
             to
             get
             in
             Harvest
             ,
             or
             the
             fruits
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             in
             this
             Month
             such
             swarms
             of
             noysome
             Fowls
             ,
             and
             Flies
             shall
             come
             from
             the
             East
             ,
             as
             they
             shall
             devour
             the
             Corn
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             the
             Fruit
             on
             Trees
             ,
             that
             all
             shall
             be
             barren
             ▪
             Men
             living
             in
             those
             times
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             Moneth
             ,
             shall
             have
             more
             sorrow
             and
             woes
             ,
             and
             more
             famine
             and
             distress
             ,
             then
             was
             in
             
               Ierusalem
            
             when
             
               Titus
            
             besieged
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             September
             .
          
           
             The
             season
             of
             this
             month
             will
             be
             so
             unnatural
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             so
             unfit
             for
             Tillage
             ,
             that
             all
             manner
             of
             Cattle
             will
             rat
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             which
             will
             breed
             such
             store
             of
             flies
             and
             vermine
             ,
             that
             the
             earth
             will
             be
             empoysoned
             ,
             and
             receive
             no
             Fruit
             to
             increase
             .
          
        
         
           
             October
             .
          
           
             A
             general
             Famine
             and
             dearth
             of
             Corn
             will
             overspread
             most
             Nations
             of
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             so
             that
             the
             child
             shall
             sterve
             at
             her
             mothers
             breast
             ,
             the
             mother
             having
             no
             food
             to
             nourish
             her self
             or
             child
             .
          
        
         
           
             November
             .
          
           
             One
             appears
             suddenly
             and
             unexpectedly
             a
             great
             Conqueror
             ,
             the
             world
             filled
             with
             the
             Fame
             of
             this
             Man
             ,
             who
             suddenly
             ,
             like
             
               Augustus
               ,
            
             gives
             peace
             unto
             the
             whole
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           
             December
             .
          
           
             All
             wars
             end
             ,
             
               Religion
            
             truly
             preached
             universally
             over
             the
             world
             ,
             a
             general
             peace
             ,
             no
             more
             treason
             or
             rebellion
             ;
             not
             long
             after
             the
             Trumpet
             founds
             ,
             and
             Christ
             appears
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           Divers
           Predictions
           upon
           the
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           ,
           July
           1623.
           
        
         
           
             1
          
           Divers
           sinister
           events
           shall
           seem
           to
           conspire
           together
           for
           the
           crossing
           of
           a
           great
           Prince
           ,
           who
           by
           oppressing
           the
           common
           People
           ,
           shall
           in
           the
           end
           drive
           them
           to
           sedition
           .
           
             This
             came
             to
             passe
             accordingly
             in
             K.
          
           Charles
           
             his
             Reign
             .
          
        
         
           
             2
          
           The
           conjunction
           of
           
             Jupiter
          
           and
           
             Saturn
          
           in
           the
           House
           caelestial
           ,
           called
           that
           of
           death
           ,
           doth
           portend
           that
           some
           Prince
           shall
           be
           detained
           prisoner
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           disadvantage
           of
           his
           affairs
           of
           Estate
           .
        
         
           
             3Vpon
          
           the
           first
           quarter
           of
           the
           Moon
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           the
           
             27
          
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           is
           foretold
           ,
           That
           some
           King
           or
           Prince
           shall
           undertake
           a
           voyage
           of
           great
           consequence
           without
           certainty
           of
           return
           ,
           which
           at
           the
           best
           shall
           be
           both
           later
           then
           expectation
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           induring
           of
           many
           miseries
           .
           
             King
          
           Charles
           
             his
             succesless
             journey
             into
          
           Spain
           .
        
         
           
             4
          
           He
           which
           shall
           stand
           on
           the
           top
           of
           fortunes
           wheel
           ,
           let
           him
           look
           warily
           to
           his
           feet
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           slipping
           ;
           because
           so
           great
           a
           fall
           is
           threatned
           him
           ,
           as
           shall
           astonish
           those
           who
           have
           climed
           up
           into
           the
           seats
           of
           honour
           unworthily
           .
           
             Read
             the
             Annalls
             of
             1624.
             1625.
             and
             1626.
             
          
        
         
           
             5
          
           A
           Monarch
           that
           hath
           betrusted
           his
           affairs
           of
           great
           consequence
           to
           the
           direction
           of
           one
           ,
           who
           was
           no
           way
           capable
           of
           so
           weighty
           a
           charge
           ,
           shall
           be
           sensible
           of
           the
           great
           fault
           he
           hath
           committed
           ,
           whereof
           he
           shall
           too
           late
           repent
           .
           
             King
          
           Charles
           
             relying
             on
          
           Canterbury
           
             and
             other
             silly
             fellowes
             makes
             this
             good
             .
          
        
         
           
             6
          
           The
           stirrers
           and
           Incendiaries
           of
           sedition
           shall
           make
           residence
           in
           the
           Houses
           of
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           .
        
         
           
             7
          
           War
           deferr'd
           through
           want
           of
           money
           .
        
         
           
             8
          
           The
           Land
           and
           Town
           
             Geminist
          
           shall
           bewail
           the
           want
           of
           her
           
             Son
             .
          
           London
           
             here
             is
             intended
             .
          
        
         
           
             9
          
           There
           shall
           be
           great
           levying
           of
           Souldiers
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           some
           stratagem
           ,
           but
           all
           shall
           turn
           to
           nothing
           ;
           for
           the
           sudden
           departure
           of
           a
           great
           Personage
           shall
           cause
           much
           murmuring
           and
           discontent
           .
           
             It
             intends
             the
             private
             raising
             of
             Horse
             in
          
           Germany
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             10
          
           Men
           disguised
           shall
           desire
           that
           their
           outward
           semblance
           may
           make
           shew
           of
           that
           which
           they
           are
           not
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           the
           Authours
           of
           many
           particular
           Combats
           in
           the
           Land
           
             Geminist
             .
          
           Thus
           much
           was
           in
           the
           old
           Manuscript
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             Because
             I
             would
             give
             full
             satisfaction
             unto
             the
             three
             Nations
             of
          
           England
           ,
           Scotland
           
             and
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             and
             beat
             all
             our
             Enemies
             with
             their
             own
             weapons
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             with
             real
             Prophecies
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             repeat
             a
          
           Scotish
           
             Prophecy
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priscae
             Scotorum
             Prophetiae
             .
          
           
             
               1
               Scotland
            
             be
             sad
             now
             ,
             and
             lament
             thy
             Child
             whom
             thou
             hast
             lost
             :
          
           
             Bereft
             of
             Kings
             ,
             falsly
             undone
             by
             thy
             unkindly
             Host
             .
          
           
             
               2
            
             Alas
             ,
             the
             free
             ,
             bond
             is
             become
             ,
             and
             deceit
             is
             thy
             fall
             ;
          
           
             Thy
             falshood
             to
             the
             Brutish
             race
             has
             brought
             thee
             into
             thrall
             .
          
           
             
               3
            
             The
             Grave
             of
             the
             most
             Noble
             Prince
             to
             all
             is
             great
             regrate
             ,
          
           
             Not
             subject
             to
             Law
             ,
             who
             doth
             leave
             the
             Kingdom
             and
             estate
             .
          
           
             
               4
            
             Oh
             anguish
             great
             ,
             where
             every
             kind
             and
             age
             doth
             lament
             ,
          
           
             Whom
             bitter
             death
             has
             tane
             away
             ,
             shall
             
               Scotland
            
             sore
             repent
             .
          
           
             
               5
            
             Lately
             a
             Land
             of
             rich
             increase
             ,
             a
             Nation
             stout
             and
             true
             ,
          
           
             Has
             lost
             their
             former
             dear
             estate
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             hold
             of
             due
             :
          
           
             
               6
            
             By
             hard
             conflict
             and
             by
             chance
             of
             Mobile
             fortunes
             force
          
           
             Thy
             hap
             and
             thy
             prosperity
             is
             turned
             into
             worse
             .
          
           
             
               7
            
             Thou
             w●nt
             to
             win
             ,
             now
             art
             subdu'd
             and
             come
             in
             under
             Yoke
             :
          
           
             A
             stranger
             reignes
             ,
             and
             doth
             destroy
             what
             likes
             with
             swords
             stroke
             .
          
           
             
               8
            
             The
             
               English
            
             race
             ,
             whom
             neither
             force
             nor
             manner
             do
             approve
             ;
          
           
             Woe
             is
             to
             thee
             ,
             by
             guilt
             and
             slight
             is
             only
             win
             above
             .
          
           
             
               9
            
             The
             mighty
             Nation
             was
             to fore
             invincible
             and
             stout
             .
          
           
             Has
             yielded
             lewe
             to
             destiny
             ,
             great
             pitty
             is
             but
             doubt
             .
          
           
             
               10
            
             In
             former
             age
             the
             
               Scots
            
             renown
             did
             flourish
             goodly
             gay
             ,
          
           
             But
             now
             alas
             is
             overcled
             with
             a
             great
             dark
             decay
             .
          
           
             
               11
            
             Then
             mark
             and
             see
             what
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             this
             so
             wondrous
             fall
             ;
          
           
             Contempt
             of
             faith
             ,
             falshood
             ,
             deceit
             ,
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             withall
             .
          
           
             
               12Vnsatiable
            
             greedy
             of
             worlds
             gain
             ,
             oppression
             ,
             cries
             of
             poor
          
           
             Perpetual
             ,
             a
             slanderous
             race
             ,
             no
             justice
             put
             in
             ure
             .
          
           
             
               13
            
             The
             haughty
             pride
             of
             mighty
             men
             ,
             of
             former
             vice
             chief
             cause
             ,
          
           
             The
             nurtriture
             of
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             unjust
             match
             of
             Laws
             .
          
           
             
               14
            
             Therefore
             this
             case
             the
             Prophets
             old
             ,
             of
             long
             time
             did
             presage
             ,
          
           
             As
             now
             has
             happened
             every
             point
             into
             this
             present
             age
             .
          
           
             
               15
            
             Since
             fate
             is
             so
             ,
             now
             
               Scotland
            
             learn
             in
             patience
             to
             abide
          
           
             Slanders
             ,
             great
             fears
             ,
             and
             suddain
             Plagues
             ,
             and
             dolers
             more
             beside
             .
          
           
             
               16
            
             For
             out
             of
             thee
             shall
             people
             rise
             ,
             with
             divers
             happiness
             :
          
           
             And
             yet
             a
             Pen
             can
             scarcely
             write
             thy
             hurt
             ,
             skath
             and
             distress
             .
          
           
             
               17
            
             The
             
               English
            
             Nation
             shall
             invade
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             The
             Prophecy
             of
             Queen
          
           Ann
           (
           Queen
           
             of
          
           Scotland
           )
           
             Mother
             to
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             concerning
             his
             Maj
             and
             his
             three
             Kingdoms
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charles
             Stuart
             ,
          
           late
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           was
           born
           at
           
             Dumferlin
          
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           19.
           
             Novem.
          
           1600.
           he
           lived
           48
           years
           ,
           and
           about
           72
           dayes
           :
           He
           died
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           Climacterical
           year
           ,
           fatal
           many
           times
           where
           killing
           directions
           in
           the
           Nativity
           threaten
           :
           He
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           being
           aged
           24
           years
           ,
           and
           about
           4
           moneths
           ,
           and
           was
           noted
           to
           be
           very
           wilful
           and
           obstinate
           by
           Queen
           
             Ann
          
           his
           mother
           ;
           who
           hearing
           that
           he
           was
           sick
           and
           like
           to
           die
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             He
             would
             not
             then
             die
             ,
             or
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             but
             live
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             occasion
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             three
             Kingdoms
             ,
             by
             his
             too
             much
             wilfulness
             .
          
           A
           sad
           prediction
           from
           a
           Mother
           ,
           who
           most
           intirely
           loved
           him
           ;
           but
           it
           proved
           very
           true
           in
           the
           sequel
           .
           Yet
           while
           he
           was
           young
           he
           followed
           his
           book
           seriously
           ,
           which
           his
           elder
           brother
           Prince
           
             Henry
          
           could
           not
           endure
           ;
           and
           therefore
           King
           
             Iames
          
           would
           frequently
           blame
           Prince
           
             Henry
          
           with
           the
           neglect
           of
           his
           book
           ,
           and
           tell
           him
           how
           his
           brother
           
             Charles
          
           followed
           it
           ;
           whereupon
           the
           Prince
           would
           reply
           ,
           
             When
             that
             he
             himself
             should
             be
             King
             ,
             he
             would
             make
             his
             brother
          
           Charles
           
             Archbishop
             of
          
           Canterbury
           .
        
         
           Examined
           by
           the
           Original
           Papers
           ,
           sent
           from
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           Cambridge
           ;
           and
           other
           Libraries
           in
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           Licensed
           and
           published
           by
           Authority
           ;
           and
           now
           presented
           to
           publike
           view
           ,
           (
           together
           with
           a
           description
           of
           the
           Wonderfull
           Year
           of
           the
           World
           )
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           this
           Treatise
           may
           be
           dispierced
           throughout
           all
           Cities
           and
           Market
           Towns
           in
           England
           and
           Wales
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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