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<P>THE PROPHECIE OF Thomas Becket, <HI>Arch-Bi&s;hop of</HI> Canterbury In the Reign of King <HI>HENRY</HI> the Second; <HI>Concerning the Wars betwixt</HI> England France, <HI>and</HI> Holland; Lately found in an ancient Manu&s;cript at <HI>Abington,</HI> by Dr. <HI>Ail&s;worth;</HI> and by him &s;ent as a Rarity to the Univer&s;ity of <HI>OXFORD.</HI></P>
<P><HI>With the Interpretation and Judg|ment of divers of the Learned Ma&s;ters, Pre&s;idents, and Principals of Colledges, touching the great things fore-told in the following Particulars.</HI></P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>G. Freeman,</HI> Anno, 1666.</P>
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<HEAD>The &s;trange Prophecie.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Honoured Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have here &s;ent you a <HI>Prophecy,</HI> the truth whereof time its pro|bably may produce, &amp; that I hope, to the comfort of all his Maje&s;ties Loyal Subjects. <HI>The &s;aid Prophecy was lately found in</HI> Abington, <HI>in a Manu&s;cript there by Dr.</HI> Ail&s;worth, <HI>and by him &s;ent as a Rarity to the &V;|niver&s;ity of</HI> Oxford. <HI>And the Heads of &s;everal Hou&s;es,</HI> viz. <HI>the Ma|&s;ters, Pre&s;idents, Principals,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>have given their Judgment of it; among&s;t others, Dr.</HI> Tully, <HI>Pre&s;i|dent of</HI> Edmond-<HI>Hall, who &s;ent down
<PB N="2" REF="3" MS="y">a Copy of it in a Letter of his dated</HI> Jan. 26. <HI>la&s;t to Mr.</HI> Yates, <HI>B. D. my Neighbour, from whom I tran&s;cribed this</HI> verbatim. <HI>By</HI> Lilium, <HI>they all unanimon&s;ly conceive may be meant</HI> France, <HI>the Lillies being the Arms of it. By</HI> Leo, Holland, <HI>that being its Arms. By</HI> Aquila, <HI>the Emperour of</HI> Germany, <HI>that being his. And, which is the chief thing, by</HI> Filius hominis, <HI>the King of</HI> England, <HI>being deciphe|red by</HI> Ferens feras in brachiis, &amp; cujus regnum e&s;t in terra Lanae. <HI>By</HI> Caput Mundi, <HI>the Turk</HI> or <HI>Pope, as followeth in the Prophecie. The</HI> Marks <HI>you have accordingly, as they were &s;ent to</HI> Mr. Yates <HI>by the &s;aid Doctor Tully.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>W. LITTLETON,</HI> Mini&s;ter of the Go&s;pel.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Prophetia Sancti <HI>Thomae a Becket</HI> ex Manu&s;cripto nuper <HI>Abindo|nae</HI> a Doctore <HI>Ail&s;worth</HI> invento tran&s;cripta.
<NOTE PLACE="marg">Reg. Hen. 2.</NOTE></HEAD>
<P><NOTE N="(a)" PLACE="marg">France.</NOTE>(a) LIlium in meliori parte manebit, &amp; intra|bit in terram (b)
<NOTE N="(b)" PLACE="marg">Holland.</NOTE> Leonis, carentis auxi|lio, quem be&s;tiae Regionis &s;uae dentibus lacera|bunt, &amp; &s;tabit in agro inter Spinas regni &s;ui, &s;uperne Filius Hominis veniet cum magno exer|citu tran&s;iens aquas,
<NOTE N="(c)" PLACE="marg">King of <HI>England.</HI></NOTE> (c) ferens feras in brachiis &s;uis, cujus regnum e&s;t in terra Lanae, timendus per univer&s;um mundum.
<NOTE N="(d)" PLACE="marg">Emperor of <HI>Germany.</HI></NOTE> (d) Aquila veniet ex parte Orientali alis exten&s;is &s;uper Solem, cum magna multitudine populorum &s;uorum in adjutorium Filii Hominis. Illo Anno Ca&s;tra deferentur, magnus timor erit in mundo, &amp; in quadam parte Leonis bellum erit inter plures Reges, &amp; erit Sanguinis diluvium. Lilium perdet Coronam &s;uam, de qua Filius Hominis Coronabitur; &amp; per quatuor annos &s;equentes fiunt in mundo praelia multa inter fidem &s;ectan|tes. Pars mundi de&s;truetur.
<NOTE N="(e)" PLACE="marg">T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">, <HI>or<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> Pope.</NOTE> (e) Caput mundi erit ad terram. Filius Hominis &amp; Aquila prae|valebunt,
<PB N="4" REF="4">&amp; tunc erit pax in toto terrarum orbe. Tunc Filius Hominis accipiet Signum Mirabile, &amp; ibit in Terram Promi&s;&s;ionis.</P>
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<HEAD>The Prophecy <HI>of St.</HI> Thomas a Bec|ket, <HI>Arch-Bi&s;hop of</HI> Canterbury, <HI>in the Reign of</HI> Henry <HI>the Se|cond, found lately in an ancient Manu&s;cript at</HI> Abingdon by <HI>Dr.</HI> Ailsworth.</HEAD>
<P>THE <HI>Lillie</HI> (a)
<NOTE N="(a)" PLACE="marg">France</NOTE> &s;hall remain in the bet|ter part, and &s;hall enter into the Land of the <HI>Lyon,</HI>
<NOTE N="(b)" PLACE="marg">Holland.</NOTE> (b) they wanting his a&s;&s;i&s;tance, which the <HI>Bea&s;ts</HI> of his own Kingdom &s;hall tear with their <HI>Teeth,</HI> and &s;hall &s;tand in the Field among&s;t the
<PB N="5" REF="4"><HI>Thorns</HI> of his Kingdom; at length &s;hal the <HI>Son</HI> (c)
<NOTE N="(c)" PLACE="marg"><HI>K.</HI> of <HI>England.</HI></NOTE> of Man come with a great <HI>Army,</HI> pa&s;&s;ing the Waters, carrying <HI>Wild Bea&s;ts</HI> in his <HI>Arms,</HI> who&s;e Kingdom is in the Land of Wool, and feared by the whole World.
<NOTE N="(d)" PLACE="marg"><HI>Emperour of</HI> Germany.</NOTE> (d) <HI>The Eagle</HI> &s;hall come out of the <HI>Ea&s;t</HI> with his Wings &s;pread upon the <HI>SUN,</HI> with a great Multitude of his <HI>Peo|ple,</HI> to the help of the <HI>Son of Man;</HI> In that Year Camps &s;hall be torn, great Fear &s;hall be in the <HI>World;</HI> and in &s;ome part of the <HI>Land of the Lyon</HI> &s;hall War be among&s;t many Kings, and there &s;hall be a Flood of Blood. <HI>The Lilly</HI> &s;hall loo&s;e his Crowne, with which the Sonne of
<PB N="6" REF="5">Man &s;hall be Crowned. And for four following years &s;hall there be many Battails among&s;t Chri&s;tians. Part of the World &s;hall be de|&s;troyed.
<NOTE N="(e)" PLACE="marg"><HI>Pope,</HI> or <HI>Turk.</HI></NOTE> (e) <HI>The</HI> Head of the world &s;hal be to the earth <HI>The</HI> Son of Man &amp; the Eagle &s;hall prevail, and then &s;hal there be peace over the whole face of the Earth. Then &s;hall the Son of Man receive a Wonderful Signe, and &s;hall go into the Land of Promi&s;e.</P>
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