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 6               Old Scottish Prophecies.

And yet a pen can scarcely write

thy hurt, slayith, aud distress,

17 And yet beware thou not distrust

although o’erwhelm’d with grief,

Thy stroke is not perpetual,

for thou shalt find relief.

18 I do suppose, although too late,

old prophecies shall hold,

Hope th0u in God’s goodness ever,

and mercies manifold.

19 For thou that now a patient is,

and seemeth to be bound,

At liberty shall free be set,

and with empire renoun’d.

20 From high above shall grace come down :

and thy state, Scotland, be

In latter end more prosperous

nor former age did see,

21 Old prophecies foretel to thee

a warlike heir he’s born.

Who shall recover now his right,

advance his kingdom’s horn,

22 Then shall the Scot’s sword sweat with blood

and slaughter which they make ;

The king himself revenger shall

the guilty troops down wrack.

23 The English nation shall invade,

but not escape a plague,

With sword, with thirst, with tears, and pest,

with fears and such like ague,

24 And after en’mies he’s thrown down,

and mastered by war,

Then, Scotland, in peace quietly,

pass joyful days for ever.

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When Hempe is come and also gone, Scotland and England shall be one.