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19 II: PROPHECY. For a weet pious prince make room, And in a church prepare each broom. EXPLANATION. This was meant by king Edward VI. in whoe time the Protetant religion was etablihed, and the Popih uperftitions wept out of the kirk, an old word ued till in Scotland for church. III. PROPHECY. Alecto next aumes the crown, And treams of blood hall Smithfield run down. EXPLANATION. Thee lines decypher queen Mary, called Alecto, the name of one of the furies for her cruelty to the Protetants, of whom great numbers were then burnt in Smithfield. IV. PROPHECY. A maiden queen full many a year, Shall England's warlike ceptre bear. EXPLANATION. Spoken to queen Elizabeth, who reigned extremely beloved by her ubjects, and dreaded by her enemies, above forty years. V. PROPHECY. The wetern monarch's wooden hores, Shall be detroyed by Drake's forces.