The prophecy of Gnatus a Brittish prophet: introduced by a preface of Robert Ware, Esq; and set forth with a few notes by the introductor. Gnatus. 1681 Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A97162 Wing W850A ESTC R186263 45578490 ocm 45578490 172403 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A97162) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 172403) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2628:25) The prophecy of Gnatus a Brittish prophet: introduced by a preface of Robert Ware, Esq; and set forth with a few notes by the introductor. Gnatus. Ware, Robert, d. 1696. [4], 3 p. Printed by Joseph Ray at Colledge-Green, for Samuel Helsham bookseller, at the Colledge-Arms in Castle-street, Dublin, : 1681. Reproduction of original in the Trinity College Library (Dublin, Ireland). Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Prophecies. Great Britain -- History -- Prophecies. 2007-08 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE PROPHECY OF GNATUS A BRITTISH PROPHET : Introduced by a PREFACE OF ROBERT WARE , Esq ; AND Set forth with a few NOTES By the INTRODUCTOR . DVBLIN , Printed by Joseph Ray at Colledge-Green , for Samuel Helsham Bookseller , at the Colledge-Arms in Castle-street , 1681. THE PREFACE . AS Almighty God hath dignified man with the similitude of his own Image , so hath he been pleased of special priviledge to raise some of mankind by extraordinary elevation of spirit above the rest , not only in Natural and Artificial Endowments of Understanding and Perception , but also hath many times infused into them above the sagacity of ordinary gifts , a faculty of foreseeing and declaring unto others fatal events , unperceived by any but themselves , who have therefore been called Prophets ; and such a one , Gnatus , the Author of this Prediction seems to have been : who being a Christian , cannot be presumed to have founded his Predictions in Drycraft Deopoā—¸craft / or any other ealdre healsung / or ancient Heathenish Rites or Ceremonies then used , nor with regard to Constellations , or Dominion of Planets , or Mid heofonlicum wondrum / i. e. Prodigies of Heaven . But as Beda terms it , mid Godcunde / or Godcundre onbry ardnysse / that is to say , by Divine instinct . Nor did he by Iergon / or the jugling artifice of ambiguous expressions , cast a mist about his words , or inwrap them in darkness of sense ; but in clear terms sets forth his meaning in the following Prophecy ; which being of late casually found , and drawn out of the Archives of Sir James Ware 's rich and careful preserved Antiquities , now breaks forth like a Star newly created in the Firmament of Heaven , which draws all the World to look upon it with admiration ; and moreover , affords things new and old , that is to say , an Historical Instruction of what is past , as well as Predictions of very fatal events hereafter to be accomplish'd , depending on the behaviour of Nobles , and people practising and maintaining the true Religion against Idolatry , and subduing the lusts and appetites of the flesh . R. W. A Brittish Prophecy in the Sixth Century after Christ : Taken out of an Old Register Book belonging to Rochester , and translated out of the Saxon Character into English , by John Gravener , some time Chaplain to the said Bishop ; being named Edmond Gest , Anno 1564. IN the days of Ethelbert King of Kent , Augustin Chief Patron of Carlem , that Palace being bestowed on him by the King , he bearing his Banner in Procession at his first Entrance into this Isle of Brittain , one Gnatus , the then Brittish Prophet met him , to whom he thus spake . You a nor your Master have not observed the Masters Precepts , which is this : Let him that is the meanest of you be as Master , and the Master as the meanest . Which Precept , had he that sent you but observed , he nor ye had not fallen . For Hierusalem hath fallen out with Antioch , and she with her . So likewise hath Constantinople with Rome , and she with her , from whence thou now comest . Where is then the Peace of Christ , with which thou must qualify the people of this Isle , seeing ye have rented your Saviours seamless Garment ? For the light hath shined with in this Isle for many days past ; b Be thou therefore cautious neither to add nor diminish what hath been already Planted by thy Predecessors within the same , least you and yours become as odious as those that sent you ; c for Ambition , Pride , and Covetousness , hath already brought in Antichrist sprinkled amongst them , which as yet is insufficient . d For another Antichrist is arising to contend with Antichrist ; who by little and little , and in space of days shall make them Vassals , and subject to their Power , and so inherit what they now possess . But if you and yours follow their Paths more then Christs , you and your Successors shall be hated as they , by the people of this Isle : e then in the height of yours , and their Pomp , through Vain Glory , Covetousness , and Idolatry ; ye and they shall be mowed as the Grass , and wither within the same . f Then Brittain shall bring forth a Babe , from whose lips shall flow sweetness : g which Antichrist within this Isle shall for five days make it bitter , h until a Judith shall rise and refresh their senses ; who hath heard , and will not hear ; seen , and will not see ; who hath tasted , and yet doth not taste ; who have smelt , and yet were not sensible of its fragrancy ; who have held , and yet let it go . i Thus Truth being planted , and sprung up afresh ; shall never wither within this Isle , unless her Nobles and her People wilfully follow strange Gods , through the lusts and appetites of the flesh ; and then become the Children of Wrath. To prove that there was a Wise Man with whom the Brittish Clergy Conversed ; and is supposed to be the said Gnatus . 1. THat Ethelbert was Contemporary with Augustin , appears by the Ecclesiastical History of Venerable Beda ; and that he had communion in a Synod with Augustin in the time of Dynoth Abbot of Bangor : There also it appeareth what was done in this Synod . Beda Lib. 2. Cap. 2. 2. Carlem was at that time the chief City of Kent , and as the Author of the Brittish History affirmeth , was Built by Rudhurdibras , or as some Copies have it , Lud Rudibras , almost nine hundred years before the Incarnation of Christ ; and the same is called by Henry of Huntingdon , Cacr Kent , in his recital of ancient Brittish Cities . 3. Banner , this Banner was the Cross and Image of Christ , which Beda calls , Lib. 1. Cap. 25. Cristes Gade Tacen silfrene / and Cristes mael mid him . 4. Gnatus , so far as the probability of conjecture may administer credit , this Gnatus was the holy and prudent Anchorite , with whom ( as Beda in his Ecclesiastical History saith ) seven Brittissh Bishops , and many most Learned men came to advise , when they were to consult with Augustin ; For these are the words of Beda , that they came aerst to sumum Ancram se was mid him halig and wis / i. e. they came to a certain Anchorite , whom they reputed holy and wise . Hence it may be observed , that the Brittish Church was a well Constituted Church , at and before the time of Augustine's first coming ; which could on the sudden , out of the Kingdom of Kent , assemble seven Bishops , and so many most Learned Men. FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A97162-e280 a The Prophet checketh Austin at his first entrance into Brittain . b He gives Rome a caution not to bring in Popish Ceremonies into the Liturgy . c He shews what hath brought in Antichrist . d Antichrist against Antichrist , is supposed the Mahumetan Sect against the Roman Sect. e King H. 8th . his dissolving of the Monasteries , Priories , Abbies , &c. f K. E. 6ths . Reformation . g Romes tyranny during Qu. Maries days . h Qu. Elizabeth . i A warning to the Protestant Church to keep Unity against Rome and her devices . The Authors to prove that the Clergy in those days did not own Rome , nor her Tenents , viz. Beda , Stow , Baker , Fullar , and Lambard . For Carlem to be the Kings chief Seat. See Lambard's Perambulation of Kent .