Crete Wonders foretold BY Her crete Prophet of Wales, which shall cer 〈…〉 ainly happen this present year 1647. by strange fires, and crete waters, by spirits and Tivills appearing in many places of 'tis Kingdom, especially in and about te Cities of London and Westminster, and the effects that will follow thereupon. Also her Kings coming home to her Crete Counsel. portrait of the great prophet of Wales Jan. 2d Printed with her free consent and leave, to be published and sold to her teere Pretrens of England, with all her blood and heart. 1647. 1646 Wonders foretold by her Welsh Prophet. HER needs not foretell tat her could King Charles is at distance from her crete Lords in Parliament, and her crete House of Commons, mark you tat now: for to her crete creefe all her whole countrymen of Whales, ●●d Pretrens of England, know tat well enough already; her doth therefore ●ay to Cot Almighty, tat her could King may return in peace to her crete Council again: but for all tat her can tell a crete many more strange wonders that will certainly fall out 'tis present year. 1 Her dus foresee, that a crete many widows when tey have puried could husbands ●●t did pie them brave fine Pever hats, silk Crowns and Petticoats with silfer lace, ●●d allow them a crete deal of gold and silfer to spend a gossiping, and all such ●●e thing, what they would have, and they are left in debt 209.l. to the Tailors, 63.l. to the Drapers, 19.l. to the Butchers, 17.l. to the Comfit-maker's, 11.l. 6. s. ●. d. to the Crocers, 13.l. 6. s. 5.d. ob. for silk stocking, 7.l. 3. s. 2.d. ob. q. for, girdles, Cloves, knots and Ribbon, 101.l. 3. s 4.d. to the Doctors, and Proctors ●f the Civilian Law, etc. and are feign to sequester, and afterwards wear their ●●d cown a Sundays, it is a crete forerunner of rain, and that many crete showers of tears shall fall from their cloudy eyes. 2 Tat many young callants that has teir dear fathers dead 'tis year, and all the ●eanes left them to spend will be very merry, and like so many students of the ●●ack art, tey will raise Angels, out of the golden ours, which teir father's left them 〈◊〉 fly like Goldfinches, and glittering sparks up and down all place where they, ●●me, and cause sack and claret to rain in Taverns till the clouds of teir pa●●imony be all spent. 3. There shall also crete inflammations of Lightning 'tis happen year about the ●ortune in Colding-Lane, if the players can get leave to act the tragedies of Dortour Faustus in which Tempest shall be seen shaghaired Tivills, run roaring with squibs in teir mouths, while drums make thunder in the riring house ●nd the twelve penny hireling make artificial lights in her heavens. 4 Tere shall a crete tarknesse happen among many of her dear countrymen of Whales, as also of her pretrens of England, when they shall sit at the Tavern or Alehouse till teis be so blind tat tey cannot see day light. 5 Tat a crete many Citizens wives, and many bawds and whores, and lasses of ●ll sorts, that in teir younger taies painted teir faces to look beautiful to please teir Paramour, shall now forsake teir Venetian tinctures, and walk under so crete heat as shall transform their beauty to an old withered face. 6 Tat there shall also 'tis present year be many crete fires in many parts of t●● City of London (mark you tat now) for her doth ferry well understand that te● will be many hot fires in Pick-hatch, Turnbull-steet, the Myneries, Coven-Garde● te Strand, Holborn, and poth te Friars, and other such religious places, whe●● Venus' Nuns are cloistered, and Tom Tod and his fellow flesh-dressers do 〈◊〉 quench those inflammations, many a three chinned bawd, dry fisted punk, and bis●●… handed pander, shall have all their hair burnt off with the heat thereof. 7 Tere will once in a month or tereabouts (in te Old-Bailey) be many cr●●● fires which shall burn many whose hands are touched with te heat of it; 〈◊〉 glad shall tey be too that tey scape with teir lives, for all te purning, mark y●● me tere now, so that is not to be passed by, put to be taken notice of still. 8 Tat many trunkards shall be much troupled with the terrible heartburning with trinking stolen beer, and fehement hot inflammations at teir stomaches tr●●king hot water, so that many of them shall not dare to go to bed without a Th●●rundell pot of six shillings beer to stand by them all night, for fear their throats 〈◊〉 set on fire before te next morning. 9 Tat many a prodigal younger brother shall have many casualties of ill success befall them, and shall plunge themselves into so great a deluge, that many o● them shall not be able to reach nearer to te shore, ten te two Counter Lands o● Woodstreet and te Poultry. 10 Tat many giddy heads shall have so many fiery sparks of fantastical humour's fall upon them as shall set on fire teir brains, and burn up all teir wit. 11 Tat most of te students belonging to te City Colleges, (I mean both t● prodigious Counters) shall have such fiery red faces, that tey cannot put a cup of ●ipitato to teir snouts, put tere shall be seen such an extraordinary heat to clow from them, that tey shall make it ferry hisse again, as if tere were a cad of burning steel fling into the pot, but because I do truly love tem, I will be teir Esculapius, and prescribe this medicine following, viz. 12 Let them every morning take a spoonful of Aqua fortis, rather Aqua Regis, as much oleum Origanum, and mingle it with a little Mercury sublimate, the● take a piece of the coursest hair cloth, and dip it in this liquor, and so every morning till their noses be well, wet them with this medicine, and it will do all the Counter Kites as much good as the world can desire, for it stands io crete reason it should cure them, for one heat always drives out another, why else do Cooks tat purne teir fingers hold them to the fire, put tat te creater heat should expel te lesser, or why do footmen in te hottest weather after tey have run a race trinke so much Vsquebah, and Rosa solis but that it frights away the other. 13 Tat tere shall be day and night continual fires in Fleetstreet, te Strand, and any other places both in and about te City, but especially in tobacco-shops, so ●●t tere shall scarce a man come in, whose nose shall not smoke with it. 14 Tat many that ride up Holborn shall be set upon at Tyburn, and lose both ●eir lives, and and be stripped of all tey have tere by Gregory and his company. 15 Tat many maids where te Cavaliers come shall trust tem with teir maidenheads, who will carry it quite away and leave tem nothing but a— 16 Tat if knick knock go on thus among her countrymen and her friends of ●ngland and of Whales, tere will be a crete deal of blood shed. 17 Tat when tese troubles (that makes us that we know not what to do) are past & ●one, ten tere will be peace, and truly her will be ferry clad of it; for her did never ●elight to shed blood in all her life, no nor to be in such dangers herself (mark you ●hat now) her never see such do before. O by Saint Taffie her was almost be●hit for fear, when her did run away from te fight at Edgehill, for te Cavaliers did ●●ill her dear pretrens in good earnest. Bounce, bounce, bounce went te Cannon ●nd te Gun, and then came scurvy bullets among us, and down fall one here, ●nd another tere, and tied: then te Cavaliers came upon us with teir naked swords, and pole axes, and run some through, and cut others in pieces. O it makes her tremble to think of it, te blood was all about her countrymen that lay tead: was not that a pitiful fight? well, her did swear never to go fight again, and was ●ery clad to get away, and truly her does not dissemble to tell you, tat her desires peace. 18 Tat if any thing be lost amongst a company of servants, and they shall afterwards use the trick of the sieve and the shears, they shall thereby find that which tey have lost, and know who stole it after he that had it restore it them again. 19 Tat tis present year whosoever shall be troubled with te tooth ache, Ague, Cramp, or a Fever, or any other disease whatsoever, if they wear a writing in teir bosom till the Physician cure them, tey shall ten be whole. 20 Whosoever takes good heed of te hind most lock in te nap of his neck till his wife be buried, shall be sure to know when he shall be a widower. 21 Whosoever looketh upon a dial tat goeth true, may with a ring and a silfer peaker (if he understand te figures of te dial) easily tell what a clock it is. 22 'tis year will be ferry unfortunate to those who have at any time a Hare cross them in te high way, when they are alone, because tey have never a dog with them to catch her, or if tey shall first catch her, as my brother Taffie did, let her go again. 23 When any one hath any yellow speckles on te nails of her hands, is brought to te bar, and accused of Purglary, treason or murder, and by te Jewry fou●● guilty, he is in crete tangier to tie within a short time after. 24 When te left cheek purns, at te same time, that one friend vindicates te fo●● of another, then doth that check purn at the same time he is well spoken of, but when her is cursed and railed on, then doth it purn when it is ill spoken of. 25 When a man's nose bleeds to clear his head, and to empty his veins of 〈◊〉 ploud, ploud, it is a token tat her shall be better in health thereby, but when it blee●● so much tat he cannot stop it till his body be out of temper thereby, it is a sign 〈◊〉 will be worse in health after it. 26 If any man stumble in a morning as soon as he goes out of doors, it is 〈◊〉 forerunner of ill luck, if he break his nose or hurt himself. 27 If any man that is a batcheliour walking in te field chance to find a fou●… leaved grass, he shall be sure to be married tat year, if his sweet heart and 〈◊〉 can agree, and so shall it happen to any man that findeth te like. 29 It is not good to put on a new suit on Childermas day, except he can te●… where to have of his own, neither is it could to pair one's nails when ●●y a●● like to lose a could dinner for teir labour: nor to begin tat on tat day, for which tey shall repent te next day after. 29 It is ill luck for a man to be drowsy, that hath cot store of business to to● of crete concernment, for then his business shall ferry probably be either neglected, or at te lest much slighted. 30 It is ill luck to find a bag of money when it proves counterfeit, or is challenged, or taken away by te true owners tereof, or lost again. 31 It is ill luck to lose a hose-carter, especially if it be a could one, for than recharges will be creter to buy another. 32 It is a ferry unfortunate thing for a man early in te morning, to meet with an ill favoured man, or woman tat wait purposely to do us a mischief, & are ready armed for it, especially when a man is unprovided for his own tefence: so it is also 〈…〉 meet a rough footed hound, if she fly upon him, and shit upon his , for ●hen he must be troubled to make them clean; so it is also to meet a shaghaired ●og, if he by't a man by te leg, and send him to te surgeons to ket it cured. 33 If where crickets use to a rotten house they go away on a sudden, by reason of te ruins of te chimney, 'tis a sign tat some body in te house will be in danger of death if tey stay (without mending te house) to let te house fall down upon teir heads. 34 Who ever dreams of eggs or fire, he shall hear of anger, if his wife chance to break his head. 35 To tream of te Tivell is could luck, if a man treby take heed of him ever ●er. 36 To tream of gold is could luck, if te next morning a man receive good store, 〈◊〉 'tis ill to tream of silfer, and can keep never a penny. 37 If a man be born in te day time it is unforrunate, I mean to prison, for prison ●…n unfortunate place. 38 If a child be born with a cawl on te hand, it shall be ferry fortunate, if it ne●… live to want. 39 When te palm of te right hand itches, it is a sign tat man would willingly ●●●eive money, if any man will bring it. 40 It is a crete sign of ill luck, when rats knaw a man's , for he must ●●er be feign to buy new, or wear them patched, both which will cost money. 41 It is naught for a man to give a pair of knives to her sweetheart, to cut away ●…e, except her marry her after, for her will never pay her for them, nor restore ●●m again. 42 It is ill luck to have te salt-seller to fall towads one at meat, when a special 〈◊〉 is eating, for whilst he is taking up te salt tat he spilt, te rest of te company are 〈◊〉 to beguile him of his share. 43 When te pot falls next to a man it is could luck if he be try, and wants on●●… cup to trink in. 44 When a candle burns blue, in her house whose wife is a shrew, there is no ●●●stion, but that tere is a spirit tat useth te house. 45 When te cat washeth her face over her ears, it is a sign of wet, if she scratch 〈◊〉 one, from whose bloody eyes shall issue forth tears. 46 It is ill luck for a horse to stumble on the high way, if te rider cannot scarce ●…at all. 47 When an apprentices nose (who loves a cup of sack) doth itch, it is a sign tat either trink wine when te glass is at his mouth, or kiss a fool when his mistress ●…raceth him. 48 It is an ill sign to be melancholy, for seldom any one is so, put one cross ●●…other brings them to it. 49 'tis year te chiefest nourishment which te shry Tivels shall feed upon, (I mean ●oaring boys, that like te Salamander always live in te fire) will be smoke, and 〈◊〉 spirits will be most resident in tobacco shops, hot water shops, taverns, brothel ●●…erns, and such places, if tey be not conjured down by some everlasting con●●…le, or new elected beadle that resires to be known in his office, or rather some ●●●●ice of Peace to charm them in te small circumference of the Compter. 50 To fine mercurian fingered cut purse spirits will often appear in playhouses, cockpits, prizes, and such like fertile places, except Porridge or Pulman cha●● them under the gallows. 51 To watery spirit will be refident about te French or Irish coasts, except letter of mart pring them as fare as Saint Thomas a waterings, or Wapping, and 〈◊〉 sink them. 52 Lastly, tere shall be many earthly Tivills arise in many parts of te Kingdo● which shall most appear in Scrivener's shops, teir office, or at teir paper houses ● both te compters, except tey be laid by a privy seal to borrow money of the● or a sub paena ou of the exchequer for extortion. Besides tese Tivills, her doth foresee many more in te City her shall seldom 〈◊〉 into Turnbull street, put tere shall be a three chin bawd or whore, sitting in an ●●…ning enticing young men to sin. Her shall seldom go into Cheapside, Lumberstr●●● te Strand or Feetstreet, put you shall see some spirits in te likeness of Goldsmit●●… Merchants, and Silkmens' wives, wearing most prodigious horns on teir he●●… like a half moon, te emblem of change & mutability. Her cannot walk into Hou●●●ditch, charter-house-lane, put spirits will appear, standing at te most of those do●●… in te likeness of griping Brokers. Put of all spirits tat are likely to appear 'tis ye●… in te City those tat stand before both te Compters do appear most horrible, a●● fearful to all her countrymen that are in debt. I intended to have foretold at la●●● some other thing which do here follow in brief, fiz. Trunkards' shall often tre●●… tat tey are in te bottom of cellars carousing and drinking healths, Lawyer's sh●●● tream of Angels and talk of demurs, habeas corpus, etc. the Physicians wi●● treame of a crete plague, and talk of pills, vomits, etc. The cut purse and catchpoles of Michaelmas Term, and every one of that teir love, like te player tat h●●● had his brains beat out with a cork of a bottle of Ale, and as he was speaking i● hit at him because he spoke it so scurvily. Many other wonders will happen, which her is forced at 'tis time to omit to 〈◊〉 you of, and terefore her do now conclude and bid farewell to all her dear cou●trey men, friends and pretrens. FINIS.