come all earthly princes to their diadem and crown, and alſo be glorified and crowned in heaven among Saints. The firſt of theſe two is Conſtantinus Magnus that was Leproſus, the ſon of Saint Helen, that ſound the croſs. The ſecond is the ſixth King of the name of the Stewart of Scotland, the which is our moſt noble King."
BRITAIN.
IN Scotland ſhall reign the moſt noble and valient chieftain that ever was; full of wiſdom and policy, cruel in juſtice as a lion, and fierce. He ſhall be meek as a lamb, but ſomewhat inclined to fragility of his fleſh. In his time ſhall be great juſtice and peace; but, alas, for ſorrow! for by treaſon he ſhall be deſtroyed. This lamb ſhall make many good houſes and fair places: he ſhall take great adventurous travels: and a little before his death he ſhall have war with them that ſhould be his friends, and he ſhall get victory over them: but by falſct of his own, he ſhall be drawn to a place of battle, where he ſhall get great diſcomfort, by the which he ſhall die. Therefore alas for ſorrow of his line, which ſhall be in great trouble. And after him there ſhall be a chiftain of the Kyth, unſtable ⟨as⟩ the wind, wavering as the waves of of the ſea. In his time ſhall the church tremble as an aſpen leafe, and great trouble in all manner of eſtates: but it ſhall not long laſt
Alſo the wolf ſhall riſe againſt him out of the north-weſt, and make him great trouble; but he ſhall not prevail; for by help of the wolf's brother and the fox, the wolf ſhall be ſlain by a water-ſide: and ſoon after, there ſhall come out of the north a dragon, and a wolf, the which ſhall be the help of the lion, and bring the realm to great reſt and peace with glory, with the moſt joy and triumph, that the like was never ſeen theſe many years before. For by the ſweet ſmell of the lillie and the flower-de-luce, there ſhall be a chieſtain of the Kyth who ſhall chooſe forth himſelf, ſtable as a ſtone, ſtedfaſt as the chryſtal, firm as the adamant, true as the ſteel, immaculate as the ſun, without all treaſon: He ſhall ſail on the ſea, with walls on every ſide, and that with great glory and joy, to deliver the
