no more heard, the Lord ſhall ſend ſuch a plentiful harveſt as has not been here theſe many years. The farmers ſhall gather in their corn with content, the barns ſhall be filled, and the markets ſupplied in abundance. The heavens ſhall ſmile on the harveſt; the honeſt reaper and the mower ſhall chearfully eat the fruits of their labour; and the careful gleaner joyfully pick up the ſcattered corn: For the Lord hath heard the cries of the poor, and will plentifully feed them. Be not unbelieving for all theſe things ſhall come to paſs.
The ſtranger then deſired the farmer to be ſilent and thus proceeded. This ſign, yea, the happineſs of Europe will begin, by the enjoyment of a laſting peace: but before this comes to paſſ, we ſhall hear of much blood ſhed in the armies abroad; ſeveral great towns will be taken, after an obſtinate and bloody reſiſtance; after which, a mighty battle will be fought, which will lift ſome hours, and many thouſands will be ſlain; this being the laſt that will be fought, which will therefore be the more terrible in the end, the enemy ſhall be rooted, and moſt of their ſcattered army in their flight ſhall be cut off. For the Lord will give a compleat victory to the allies, and will cauſe his angel to go before them with a mighty power, till he drives their enemys before them, as the Philliſtines did before David, and that there is no more left to conquer: Then will the French tyrant cry for peace, which will accordingly ſoon follow; But be aſſur’d of this, he ſhall not long enjoy the ſame for the time of deſolation draweth near, when the dullneſs of his days ſhall be compleated, he in much perplexity and grief ſhall go to his place. Then will all Europe enjoy the felicity of long expected peace, the claſhing of ſwords, the noiſe of guns, and the cries of ſoldiers ſhall no more be heard.
