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Rh or ſtirred up thereunto by the Romiſh Biſhops, &c. being bribed with money, ſhall ſeduce and betray him; This he ſhall ſeem to do in favour of his kingdom or allies; but when he ſhall be removed and deceived, he ſhall be left all alone in baniſhment, abandoned by thoſe who he confided in: This ſhall happen towards the end of the ſecond incurſe, so the ſhield ſhall hang on the fire-band. This was written as ancient as the former.

A Prophecy of the, concerning the downfall of their Empire.

UR Monarch shall come, he shall diſpoſſeſs the unbelieving Prince of this kingdom; he ſhall subdue the red apple, and make it yield to his government; and if happily the Chriſtian ſword prevail not unto the ſeventh year, he ſhall over-rule them unto the twelfth year; He ſhall build caſtles, plant vineyards and fortify his gardens (or towns) with walls; he ſhall increaſe in issue; but after the 12th year the ſword of the Chriſtians ſhall approach, which ſhall put the Turks to flight, utterly vanquishing them. As for this propheſy, the accomplishment of is now in diſpute between the Turks and Chriſtians, and therefore I leave the reader to expect the event.

HIS man having by way of Symbols deſcribed all the Popes that were before his time, ſince his time, and what he propoſes are yet to come, concludes with a ſad ''O bone! O bone! in theſe words: In the laſt perſecution of the Romiſh church, (ſays he) one Peter a Roman, ſhall possess the chair, and feed the ſheep in many tribulations; which being accompliſhed, the ſeven-hill'd city shall be deſtroyed, and the dreadful judge ſhall call the people to judgement: And this, according to his account, is reputed to happen in the year 1830, if  7 years to the reign of every Pope'', however, for the Elect's ſake, thoſe days may be ſhortened.

his Prophecy mentioned by Biſhop, relating to the Scots Nation, and reduced into Engliſh thus:

cotland have all ſhall his brave chief bemoan,

Who all the ſea-girt places rule alone: D 3