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38 the fatherleſs in ſtrange countries and lands for evermore. because they were gotten againſt the law of God: for by the generation the realm of England is repleat of all iniquity and abomination of ſin. And ſo the wolf, the dragon with lion, shall divide the realm of England, and ſo shall the land be conqueſt by the power and will of God, and not by the ſtrength of man.

And he that is an Englishman born, shall deay and perjure his native nation and realm; but yet they shall be as tributaries to theſe aforſaid three beaſts, and all wholly ſubdued to them. And then the ſpouse of God shall be glad of her deliverance, and her children shall inhabit their lands with joy in the ſervice of their father by creation. Well is the man that keepeth his true part to that time: for after thoſe days the law of the ſpouse shall be well.

But in the mean time, that religious perſons shall ſuffer patiently perſecution, and eſpecially the pour, which have left all for their ſpouse ſake, for they shall be glad to flee to the mountains and caves for their ſafeguard; but he, for whoſe ſake they do ſuffer, shall redress their dolour to joy without end.

And the iſle of Britain shall be in all joy and peace, and the juſt shall be glad in the ſuppreſſing of their adverſaries; and then shall all good men and women give perfect land and praiſe to God omnipotent; for God doth ſuffer men to be punished for ſin.

And then shall the owl, the bear with the eagle, be all deſtroyed, becauſe they were untrue to the moon, and changed into blood; for by their counſel, the old lion, gentle of nature, was degenerate, and mad againſt them that was his truſty friends: for he shall be the cauſe of great and much trouble, and shedding of much innocent blood, and the beginning of great discord among them that should be friends: and as for his ſucceſſion, they ſhall never inherit their lands, And then shall the Bruce beware, and take good heed that he shed not blood in theſe lands, but draw him to his ſtrength; for the wolf shall await him at an advantage and be his death, and then shall all the birds of the wood ſing for joy, that the wolf is made watchman, and an enemy to the fox: for all shall be one in truth and peace, treason shall be no more known, and the ſun shall shine clear, but the moon shall be under covert, and dark till God be pleaſed to redress;