Mr. Evans and Mr. Penningtons' PROPHECY: CONCERNING Seven Years of Plenty, and seven Years of Famine and pestilence. Foreshowing, What strange events and effects will fall in this present Year, 1655, now the seven years of Plenty are past, and the seven years of Famine and Pestilence are now at hand. Declared in the Vision of Visions out of the Prophet Daniel. Together with the coming of the Fifth MONARCHY. Also, a great Conflict with that great and terrible Dragon Satan. With divers other notable Visions and Revelations necessary to be published.  
Printed in the year, 1655.   

Upon the 2: of Jan, 1649, was dreamed that William Pennington had a Mattock in his hands, ready to pave the streets of Paradise, with all sorts of precious Stones, and a voice came at the same time, saying, behold, diligence and patience overcome all things,  
Upon May the 3. _____ Was revealed by Vision, that a multitude of men women and children risen up against me, with Clubs, Canes, and Hobby-Horses, and at that moment, when my Brains were ready to be beaten out, I was rescued by a woman; saying these words the Secret of all Secrets, which I have always observed: this Secret was the whitening of the Spiritual Pearl, foretelling seven years of plenty, and seven of Famine, the seven years of Plenty are past and now comes the Famine; so that I lived now by gathering in the, plenteous years passed, which though it were but a grain of Mustardseed, yet it shall so increase that the Birds of the Air shall lodge in it, from whence shall fall feeding for the Hen and Chickens.  
September 3. 1653. A Vision represented me to have fallen into a ditch as white as snow, and my head was covered all over with salt, and a voice came unto me, saying, go and cry against this Nation, for Sin come out of her, O my people lest you partake of her Sins: and I heard another voice saying, Babylon is fallen, Babylon the great is fallen Amen. Hallelivah 2.  
The Vision of William Pennington,— Which was revealed unto him the 20. day of June, 1654. As it pleased the Lord to cast his Servant into a deep fleepe, where I saw a sight too glorious for sinful flesh to behold, and I heard a voice saying, Pen my Son pen, arise and denounce Judgement against this nation, and behold I saw a pair of Stairs, and an Angel of the top thereof, who lifted me up from below unto the highest Staire, and blew into my care, and suddenly I saw great London, or rather the Map of it, appearing upon a Signpost, and the Angel said, seest thou all these glorious structures, these excellent beauties, these politic brains, I say unto thee, there not one stone be left on another, within these few years, and the Lord shall blast all these beauties with the small Pox, and the Politicians shall fall into the pit they have digged for others and suddenly I heard a huge clap of thunder, and a Voice saying, these words are mighty and true, blessed are those that believe, and another Angel took a handful of crumbs and scattered them on the earth, and a young man with a Crown of Gold on his head gathered the crumbs, and under his wing many thousand poor souls that have suffered for conscience sake; and silence was then commanded, and behold I saw other Angels with sicles in their hands saying, behold, harvest is now at hand, and I was ravished with joy and awaked.  
Upon the 6: of july last past 1654. as I stood awake in my own imagination near Aldersgate I saw King james pictured over the gate riding on his daple grey, and a voice said, wonderest thou not the slow riding of this Monarch, for me thought his horse stood still and he could not move him with his spurs, than said the voice, look, a story higher, and I beheld from the Zeads two white feet with a pair of wings, and they came down with such incredible swiftness like the ropes of a Bell, and settled on my head, than I looked and saw a young man, but could not feel any weight, and he said unto me stand sure for I will not offend you, than the winds fell a blustering so strongly that the houses were shaken, and many fell to the ground, than the young man gathered these winds together and put them all into four bladders saying, I am your Master, and I have power over you, than there was a great calm, and behold a multitude of women and children came to jeer the winds, which broke out into worse disorders and consumed all the people round about, but the young man said, it is enough I come not to destroy more, for the Hitties and the Amorites are all rooted out, than the yonng man dashed the Crown of his head in pieces and was carried on my shoulder to Foster-Lane, where he had a Crown put on his head so weighty that I was not able to support the burden, than he gave me a white satin Cap. bestuck with pearls saying, now your expectation was at an end, and this is fitteer for you then a Crown of gold, then me thought I answered I am satisfied, blessed be my eyes that have seen this day, and my ears that haue heard these sounds and my mother that boar me, because I now see the will of the Lord performed and suddenly I awaked.  

A Conflict with the Dragon.  
ON the 12 day of September, walking toward Lambs-Conduit, there ceme to me a man Riding upon an Aso, and leading another in his hand, he alighted and took me by the breeches and threw me upon the other Ass, and carried me away out of my knowledge into a place where the ground was all covered with venomous Beasts, which did leap up at me, and there was a sulferrons smell that had well nigh choked me, and he carried me into a pit, where I was going down still, and yet we came to no bottom; at length we came to a place that was as narrow as a chimney, and at the bottom he brought me to a room of a very great vastness wherein there were many souls tormented and tossed up and down with forks of Iron. and endeavoured to push me in, but I was too strong for him; whereupon he opened a door hehind a Curtain, and bid medepart; I went two days and nights, without meeting any one, at length I met an old man with a long beard, and he gave me an Apple and bid me eat it, and it would bring me into my way; going along eating my apple, there ran between my legs a great Boar and carried me away with grret swiftness that I was bereft of my sight, at length he threw me down and cried. go thy ways with a vengeance, and do thy work; and presently my sight came to me, and I was hard by Lams-Conduit, where I was thrown upon the Ass.  
In the dead of night I was, much troubled in my rest, and my Bed and Chamber did rock like a Ship upon the vast Ocean, and the noise of guns greater and smaller, I did perfectly hear with pitiful outcries and groans of many people, as though they were in my Chamber or in ship; this storm continuing, and we wanting Sea room. we cast Anchor, but the violence of the storm continuing, so violently, we were forc'e to quit our anchors and commit all to provivence I was droven upon a Rock, where my vessel was beat to picees, and upon a piece of the Mast I escaped to the shore, the rest being drowne●; I travelling some two days and nights without eating or drinking; almost despairing of hope of life; the next morning early, I came into a place where there were multitudes of Orchards, with fruit only on the top boughs but very fair, and it was revealed unto me, go up and gather to preserve thy life, and I did so, and ear long, thou shall be able to preserve both thy life and others; immediately after I fell a sleep, and when I awaked! was in my own bed.   

Another Vision of William Pennigton.  
IT seemed to me that I was in a desert, where I heard the cries and howl of terrible wild Beasts, and I looked about and saw a multitude of people of all sorts, I did approach them, and immediately there did rush out of a wood three Rams, which ran amongst the people, and did overturn many of them, and dispersed the rest; I was gotten upon the stump of an old decayed Tree, expecting the event; the biggest of these Rams did approach to the Tree where was, accompanied with the other two lesser Rams, and rubbed himself to and fro against the Tree, and I heard a voice saying unto me, fear not thou that fittest upon the Tree, thou hast been faithful in a little, I will make the ruler over much, and being surprised and effected with sudden joy I started and awaked.   

A Conflict with Satan in moorfield's, upon the tenth of Decemb. 1654.  
AS I walked in moorfield's, me thought there came to me a young man clothed in white, I asked him the way into Canaan, and he directed me into a dark Forest, where was nothing but Owls, Snakes and Bats, the trees being all covered with glow-worms; I ask him his name, and he told me, he was called Bunhil, and that he was a Miller by his trade: He asked me to drink with him, and carried me into a dark Cave, where the Hostess came to us and brought us Ale in an old Lamp, which was full of Aquafortis. The young man drank to me, but when I tasted it, it had like to have choked me; then I turned to blow my nose, and I saw a company of hogs; these, said the young man, are the heard of Swine that came from Gazaret, and desired me to slay and eat. With that, I mistrusting him, trnued up his petticoat, which he had under a long robe he wore, and found his feet to be cloven, and his cod were made after the fashion of milkpails, than said a voice, this is the great dragon, bind him, and I took 2 yards of white yncle, and bound him to the earth, and a voice answered, 'tis enough. Hallelujah.   

Another Vision of William Pennington.  
IT happened that I fell into a dead sleep, and dreamt that I saw a man coming toward me, in a long black robe, and he awakened me, and told me, I must go along with him. I asked his name, & he told me his name was Trompington: He told me likewise, that it was necessary for me to go with him. I arose and he led me through a very narrow lane, where the boughs cratched me by the face; we went along till we came to a thick wood, where the trees were hung with all sorts of weapons fitting for war, he took one and bid me take another, and told me I must defend myself, or I should not escape his fury. I sought with him, and cut off one of his legs, and fell to the ground, and I cut off his head immediately, and I heard a voice saying unto me, thou hast fought a good fight. then there arose one clothed in white, shining more glorious than the Sun, singing Hosanna in the highest, glory be to God on high, and peace on earth, good will towards men, and immediately the body in white departed from Me.   

The Vision of Visions declaring out of the Prophet Daniel the coming of the fifth Monarchy, the renewing of all Musical instruments, as Organs, Cornets, Tabor and Pipe, for to rejoice the hearts of all old Christians, and the fall of Babylon the great,  
ON the ●1. of Nov, between 2 & 3 in the morning, I saw a throng of Nobles with trumpees blowing before them in S. James' Park, with a Table spread with all sorts of variety, with an abundance of women clothed in white attending the Tables and the ghost of K. James, descended from above, with great joy and pleasure congratulated their jubilee, telling them that he beheld that which had not been seen in 15. years before, and called their meeting the first Monarchy. Then the Bishops, Deans and Chapters, Singing men and Choristers in their Copes and white Surplices sung an Hallelujah, and from thence they led on to Westminster, where barges were prepared, the Ordinances thrundring from Southwark, and from the Tower, and from thence to Greenwich, where I Wil Pennington had delivered to me the keys of the Castle for the behalf of me and my heirs for ever. Then I heard a voice telling me, this was the fruits of my yielding, for so we call Beggars in our country, and that this was the interpretation of my emtying the Houses of offices, so that I beholding this Vision, do gather that the 5. Monarchy is coming, nay, near at hand, which must come in with masking, dancing, and revelling in Courts, & in country, with all manner of wakes & feasts, in so much that the very , oxen, and Horses for a time shall be eased of their labour and travel, then shall the Bells ring, and Bonfiros shall blaze, and this shall cause strangers to call England the burning land, because men's hearts shall burn with joy and gladness, then shall gold come from Opher, and the streets stall be paved with precious stones, and it shall be a Land slowing with Milk and Honey, than the Amorites and the Brusites; and the lebusites shall be driven out, and this is the Construction which I am able to draw out of this Vision, onlic in the mean while Diligence and Patience must wait for the Trial of lews and Gentiles, those that have faith shall be admitted into this Land, and those that have not, shall be turned under my shop board.  
Me thought on the 10. of December 1654.: I saw three bushels of Wheat, and when I came, to approach to touch them, they were diminished to a Peck, which struck me into wonder, than I handled the Wheat and they swelled to an innumerable Mess, enough to store a whole Kingdom: this Wheat signifies the spoil of a Kingdom, and the restoring of it by my means; this wheat was then lifted up and carried to the University of Oxford, to be as store for the whole Land, it was all wrapped up in white Sheets, and they were all cut out into Surplices, which the Bishops wore, and this wheat was strung in Ropes like Beads, which the Bishops wore about their Necks, than said a voice, here is the true Catholic Religion, and I awaked.  
Upon the 6. of November about the dead of night, there appeared unto me a great black Cloud on my left hand, which did often times issue forth great flames of fire, and there appeared out of the Cloud, many Monsters of hideous shapes, and about the upper end of the Cloud there appeared a great Monster with a fiery face, more terrible than the rest, and there went many Companies of fiens consulting together, but shortly after they were disturbed amongst themselves, and there was a very great noise, and there came a voice unto me saying, my Messenger arise and go and bring in the glorious white Cloud, and let the black Cloud be dispersed, and after a little struggling, the black Cloud was dispersed, and many of those hideous Monsters, with that syery Monster, were destroyed, and there was a great shout, and incomparable music, with many harmonious voices, singing, Glory be to God on high, and in earth peace, good will towards men, and being ravished with joy I awake.  
Upon the 20 of December I beheld a woman coming out of the ground clothed in Scarlet and gallant array, and the Stars decended and covered her, and put a Grown of Gold upon her he add, saying, all out power, and all our lustre do we bequeath unto thee; with that she hegan to be puffed up, grew insolent; making wars with the Stars, and pulled them all from their spheres unto the very ground on which they lay for dead for the space of half an year, upon which they risen, and with much struggling brought her under them again, they spoilt her rich arrayment, and having exposed her our to the fowls of the air, they threw oer down into the bottomless pit, and so lawaked.  
Einis.