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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>THE WELSH Fortune-Teller; OR, <HI>Sheffery Morgan</HI>'s Ob&s;ervation of the Stars, as he &s;at upon a Mountain in <HI>Wales.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Touch of the Times.</HI></OPENER>
<HEADNOTE><P>Licen&s;ed according to Order.</P></HEADNOTE>
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<L>SInce Arrival, Proclaiming and Crowning is o'<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">e,</L>
<L>And &s;ong upon &s;ong made, what wou'd you have more</L>
<L>Why yet after all, In Prophe&s;ie b<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ing,</L>
<L>'Tis writ here in Ver&s;es for La&s;&s;es to Sing;</L>
<L>And therefore come buy t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">is new Di<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ty for why,</L>
<L>The truth of this Story there's none can deny</L>
<L>We &s;ee by the Stars that promo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ion will be,</L>
<L>Extended to per&s;ons of e'ery degr<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">e.</L>
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<LG>
<L>When we are united all ove<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 words"></L>
<L>Re&s;olving again&s;t all the <HI>Rom<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3 letters"></HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> <ADD>stand,</ADD></L>
<L>Vnder the Protection of <HI>William</HI> <ADD>our King</ADD></L>
<L>And pay our Allegiance in ever<ADD>y thing</ADD></L>
<L>And Prote&s;tant Boys, with a th<ADD>und'</ADD>ring noi&s;e,</L>
<L>Has routed <HI>Tyrconnel,</HI> and all his Dear-Ioys,</L>
<L>Then all the&s;e three Kingdoms will flouri&s;h again,</L>
<L>and we &s;hall be ble&s;t with a Pro&s;perous Reign.</L>
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<LG>
<L>When Lawyers at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> plead without Fees,</L>
<L>And Travallers walk all the turbulent Seas</L>
<L>Without any Ve&s;&s;el from <HI>Brittain</HI> to <HI>Spain,</HI></L>
<L>And when it does fair Maids and Feather-beds rain;</L>
<L>When <HI>Rome</HI> and her crew, are both Loyal and true,</L>
<L>And bid all their Trea&s;ons and Plottings adieu;</L>
<L>I &s;ay when the&s;e wonders come truly to pa&s;s,</L>
<L>The Prote&s;tants all will admire the Ma&s;s.</L>
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<L>When La&s;&s;es are mothers by lying alone.</L>
<L>And <HI>Sheffery</HI> finds the Philo&s;ophers Stone,</L>
<L>And <HI>England</HI> is wall'd round with Silver and Gold,</L>
<L>When Knaves will not hone&s;t-mens Trea&s;ures with-hol<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>When Fryers grow cha&s;te, and will not embrace</L>
<L>Young Ladies that comes with an amorous grace,</L>
<L>To make an ingenious confe&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">on of Sin,</L>
<L>Then <HI>Rome</HI> will be purer than e'er &s;he has been.</L>
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<L>When every River with Brandy does run,</L>
<L>And hard &s;tony Rocks they do melt with the Sun;</L>
<L>When Fi&s;hes make Honey that &s;wims in the Seas,</L>
<L>And <HI>Oranges</HI> grows upon <HI>Sycamore</HI> Trees;</L>
<L>VVhen V&s;urers they throw their money away,</L>
<L>And then fill their Bags and their Coffers with clay;</L>
<L>VVhen this comes to pa&s;s I will make it appear,</L>
<L>That <HI>Rome</HI> &s;hall be honour'd by Prote&s;tants here.</L>
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<L>When the riche&s;t Amber of pebbles is made,</L>
<L>And Diamonds with Iewels for Gravel is laid,</L>
<L>The City and Country Roads to repair.</L>
<L>When Towers and Ca&s;tles do fly in the air,</L>
<L>And great Ships refrain, the va&s;t wide Ocean main,</L>
<L>And &s;ails in the middle of <HI>Salisbury</HI> plain,</L>
<L>When all the&s;e &s;trange wonders comes fairly to pa&s;s</L>
<L>The Prote&s;tants then &s;hall admire the Ma&s;s.</L>
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<L>Here is a prediction for La&s;&s;es likewi&s;e,</L>
<L>The wh<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ch will their longing de&s;ires &s;uffice;</L>
<L>When ever you're merry be mode&s;t and cha&s;te,</L>
<L>And al days give way to your betters in place;</L>
<L>Tho' you lye alone, yet make not your moan,</L>
<L>For here by the Stars it is very well known,</L>
<L>If you will be thrifty and both get and &s;afe,</L>
<L>When you are all marry'd you Husbands &s;hall have.</L>
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