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( 23 ) hall be united to the Lion, viz. the King f England, and ſhall pluck many feathers ut of the Eagle's wing, which ſhall then be her glory, but will be of no duration, for the century following it will prove to her e deſtruction; for there will be great edding of blood by the purple of the king rn; there will be wars at fury, which it laſt long; provinces diverted at their peo- e and kingdoms in combuſtion; many ong holds, and noble houſes, ſhall be ruined, and their cities and towns ſhall be for fa by their inhabitants, and in divers places eir ground ſhall lay untilled, and there all be great ſlaughter of the nobility; their n ſhall be darkened, and never ſhine forth ore; for France shall be deſolate, and her ad perſon deſtroyed; and there ſhall be uch deceit and fraud anong her inhabi- ts, for they ſhall judge, and kill, one anc- er, whereupon ſhall enſue the aforſaid great fuſion among the kingdoms: and near this time re ſhall be great mutations and changes of k rulers; for the right hand of the world ſhall fear leſs, and the north ſhall prevail upon the south. great part of Italy ſhall be deſolate, but Venice ll be prefered: Rome ſhall be burned, and the edom deſtroyed, and Britain ſhall rule that empire. thoſe times, a mercurial hero, a ſon of the Lion, il inherit the crown of the Fleur de lis by means the kingdom of England. He ſhall be a lover of ce and juſtice, are not ſwerve from the ſame; and his means the nations' religions and laws ſhall have admirable change. When thoſe things come to s, there ſhall be a firm alliance between the Lion