And run their race rudely but any return,
The beſt of the Kyth ſhall cry for ſupport;
But ſcarce ſhall they riſe, they ſhall be fae ſwier:
The hound which was harmed, then miſſed ſhall be,
Who loved him worſt, ſhall weep for his wrack;
Yet ſhall a whelp riſe out of the ſame race,
That rudely ſhall rair, and rule the whole north,
And quit the whole quarrel of old deeds done;
Though he from his hold be kept back a while.
The cock dare not crow, though it be his kind,
But keep himſelf cloſe, while come ſhall his time,
Prepare thee Edinburgh, and pack up thy packs;
Thou ſhalt be left void, be thou lief or loath:
Becauſe thou art varriant, and ſteemed thy faith,
Thro' envy and covetouſneſs that cumbered thee ever.
True Thomas me told in a troubleſome time,
In an harveſt morning at Eldom hills.
The Prophecy of the Engliſh Chronicles.
THERE ſhall proceed an holy hermit in king Eltridus' time, in this manner, in the book of king Henry the ſixth, ſaying, Theſe Engliſhmen, forasmuch as they uſe to drunkenneſs, treaſon, and careleſſneſs of God's houſe; firſt by the Danes, then by the Normans, and the third time by the Scots, that they held the moſt wretched and the leaſt worth of all other, they ſhall be overcome and vaincuſt. Then the word ſhall be unſtable.
The Prophecies of Sybillia and Eltrain.
WHen the goat with the golden horn is choſen the ſea,
The next year thereafter Gladſmoore ſhall be.
Whoſo likes for to read,
Marvellous Merling and Beid,
In this manner they ſhall proceed,
Of things unknown,
The truth now to record:
