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A WONDERFUL

PROPHECY,

TAKEN FROM THE MOUTH OF THE SPIRIT OF A PERSON, WHO WAS BARBAROUSLY SLAIN BY THE

MOHOCKS;

PROVING ALSO

THAT THE SAID MOHOCKS AND HAWCUBITES ARE THE GOG AND MAGOG MENTIONED IN THE REVELATION;

AND THEREFORE

That this vain and transitory World will shortly be brought to its final Dissolution.

BREATHED FORTH IN THE YEAR 1712.


Woe! Woe! Woe!

WOE to London! Woe to Westminster! Woe to Southwark! and, Woe to the inhabitants thereof.

I am loth to say, Woe to the old and new churches, those that are built, and those that are not built!

But woe to the gates, the streets, and the houses! Woe to the men, the women, and the children! for the Mohocks and Hawcubites are already come, the time draweth near and the end approacheth!

Not to mention the near resemblance between the names of Mohock and Gog, Hawcubite and Magog (though I think there is a great deal even in that) I shall go on to proceed in my more solid

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