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[ 4 ] preſs, having every one of them a bloody napkin in their hands.

4. After the ſame manner, I apprehended I was walking through a little town, and I ſaw as it had been a few ſheep and lambs forced out of a houſe, purſued by a dog, and paſing by the door I looked in, and ſaw a lamb, which I apprehended was not able to follow the reſt; then I ſaw one come to it, which I took to be its mother, and as I looked upon her, I ſaw one of her ſides open, as if it had been the leaf of a window, and thus looking, one came to me and asked, What I looked upon? I anſwered; A few ſheep and lambs purſued by a dog, He ſaid, I will tell thee what it means: This generation ſeeketh to deſtroy my little flock, but ere long, I will give them another bone to gnaw upon, for I will bring in the king of Spain with an invincible army for the abuſe of my goſpel, which was the renown of this land, and made it famous in other churches, for, the miniſters of this church are turned into diviſions and factions among themſelves: for which I will daſh them one againſt another. And as I looked I perceived a long roll coming to me, which lighted upon my knees, upon which I perceived three lines drawn length ways, I underſtood the letters, but not the words, upon which a man came to me, and aſked, What I was looking upon? I anſwered, Upon a written roll, but could not underſtand the language thereof, he ſaid, I will ſhew you the meaning thereof; I'll bring againſt this land, a people of a ſtrange language and fierce countenance, whoſe ſpeech thou ſhalt not underſtand, and they ſhall march through the whole laud, to execute my judgments, for broken covenants and blood-ſhed of my ſervants; and for deſpiſing and ſlighting of my goſpel. I was aſked again, What eeſt thou? I anſwered, A log of timber, with two running ſtreams; I was aſked, What was the colour of them? I anſwered, The one is blackiſh and dark the other bright and clear. Then he bade me taſte the one that was black; and dipping my finger in it, I found it bitter. Then, he deſired me to taſte that which was clear; the which when I did, I found it ſweet; he anſwered, The bitter is the cup that is put in the hands of this generation, and the ſweet is the cup that the remnant are to receive afterwards. Then he aſked, What wilt