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38 Kyth out of all thraldom and dolour; for he ſhall be ſtrong as the wolf, wiſe as the ſerpent, humble as the lamb, ſimple as the dove, victorious as the lion, prince of juſtice, the weal of this nation: He ſhall bind his tail with the red dragon, and accompany him with the lion, theſe three ſhall riſe againſt the moldiwart the which is curſed of God: This moldiwart ſhall have an earthly ſkin as a goat, the vengeance of God ſhall fall upon him for ſin and the ſuffering of the great pride of his people unpuniſhed. Alſo they ſhall thruſt him out of his realm, and make all the four chief foods of his realm to run blood, and after that the moldiwart ſhall flee, and take a ſhip to ſave himſelf: for he ſhall have no more power of his realm: and after that he ſhall be glad to give the third part of his realm, to have the fourth part in peace, and he ſhall not get it: for the will of God is, that no man ſhall have mercy, but he that is merciful, and after that he ſhall live in ſorrow all his life time, and die by adventure ſuddenly in a flood of the ſea; and his progeny ſhall be fatherleſs in ſtrange countries and lands for evermore, becauſe they were gotten again the law of God: for by that generation the realm of England is repleat of all iniquity and abomination of ſin. And ſo the wolf, the dragon with the 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 deny and perjure his native nation and realm; but yet they ſhall be as tributaries to theſe aforeſaid 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 poor, 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 idle 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