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mies and their diſſipation, and the heirs of ſuch as are expelled ſhall contend and labour; that by the bounty of the emperor of Germany, they may be ſet again in the place of their anceſtors.
A Prophecy relating to the preſent times, and found written above a hundred years ſince in the Cathedral Church of Edinburgh, ſaid to be predicted by one Mother Greg.
IF the Orange ſhall engrafted be
Twice on the Royal Oak that ſtately, tree,
Though Cydar, Olive, Vine, and Fir oppoſe,
And all the Shrubs that in the world there grows:
If Orange with the Roſe and Lilly join,
The Irish Harp ſhall loſe its grand deſign.
An ancient Prophecy of Regiomonetanus.
FROM Chriſt's birth count thouſand years complete,
And add five hundred more with eighty-eight;
That year approaching, all men will affright
With woful terrors which on them will light,
If the whole world do not to ruin run,
Or into nothing land and ſeas be done,
At leaſt ſome Realms ſhall topſie turvy turn,
And men on all hands lamentably mourn.
THIS great divine, in a time when it was leaſt expected the Papiſts ſhould gain any power or advantage, declared, that he confidently expected great calamities, and that a ſad perſecution would fall upon the Proteſtant churches of Europe ; therefore, ſaid he to his friend that made further enquiry: Fool not yourſelf with hopes of its being over, I tell you that all you have yet ſeen, is but the beginning of ſorrows, to what is yet to come upon the Proteſtant Churches of Chriſt, who will ere long fall under a ſharper perſecution than ever has yet been upon them; and therefore, ſays he, look you be not found in the outward court, but a worſhipper in the temple before the altar, for Chriſt meaſures all thoſe that profeſs his name, and call themſelves his people, and the outward
