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Astrological predictions of Englands happy success and compleat victory over the French, Dutch, & Dane, this year 1667 the rebuilding and flourishing of the city of London in great glory : the Kings commanding the treasures of his enemies to repair her ruines : with several remarkable prophecies of the same nature.
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Generality of Holland find great opposition in their Vocations and Callings they seem now more sensible of their present sad condition then for some years before for whenever the Hollanders come out to Sea they are sure to be worsted by firing burning or taking their best and most serviceable Ships killing and destroying their most able and serviceable Commanders and men neither will the Dane or French speed better The Dane seems to lose his honour by not fighting and much aspersed therefore Providence seems to blesse the French King with answerable success viz. with the Captivity of many of his Ships and men but this Nation seems blessed with some remarkable testimony of Gods favour in or near the month of May highly to the honour of his Majesty and satisfaction and content of the whole Kingdom for there is probability of much Honour conferred on deserving persons And we have cause to believe his Majesty to be much honoured near the time by several Embassadors from Foreign parts to congratulate his successes but Heaven we fear hath not such blessing for the Hollanders Divine Vengeance having as yet not scourged them sufficiently for their former insolencies The King of Denmark threatned with War and many sad mischances near his own confines a sturdy Enemy and powerfull watching all opportunities against him The French King seems to expend much money and to make great preparations to little purpose he will in a short time be sensible of the first Comets influence for evil and not for good About June strange News from Holland as if all were in an uproar we believe they will be then in a sad and fearfull condition The Hollander from the ill success he shall find in July if he submit not before unto a Peace shall perceive its in vain to strive against the King of England whose Forces though not without much blood shall obtain so remarkable a Victory over both French Dutch and Danes as the like hath not been heard of in any age If Providence have assigned that month for a Sea-fight it s the Ultimum vale of the Hogens But if Providence retard the actions intended in July untill August then they seem more ponderous and weighty at that time all parties being better prepared And those Navies those Souldiers who are under the Dominion or dwell in the Land of Mars as the English do shall overcome their Enemies because there is much of choller anger and boldness in them whereas in Saturnine people such are the Hollanders there is much fear and cowardice by reason of their want of heat Towards September mens minds begin to hearken after Peace and many general rumours dispersed and spoken of to that purpose yet some of the male configurations in August may manifest their sad influences in September unto the greater glory of England but exceeding misfortune of our Enemies whether Dutch Dane or French whose imperious King findes great obstructions in his Civil affairs at home and lesser satisfaction in his Military proceedings abroad so that we may truly say of him he may expect little gain nor gainfull returns in such things and actions from which he thought to have reaped great gain his Confederates will reap no benefit from his assistance and therefore there will follow Controversies and disgusts between them viz. there is much probability of a breach of the League betwixt him and the Dutch and others In November the Monarch of Great Britain visited from parts beyond the Seas by several Agents for settlement of all differences and controversies so that if the Dutch be not ordain'd for a full destruction a peace in probability is near at hand but if they shall still wilfully neglect his Majesties civility and clemency let them note this Prediction which will operate and be in full force against them all 1667. viz. unexpectedly they shall receive much dammage from whence they least expected it constantly troubl'd with quarrellings and controversies amongst their Martial Commanders by whose malice much detriment happens unto them a sudden wreck or subversion of their Estates which is most part in Ships with shame and scorn many will be depos'd from their Authority they will in 1667 be so shaken with all manner of misfortunes they will not know what to do The Prophesie of ARISE EVANS in his Book called The Light of the Jews written 10 years since In which Book he positively foretold the King's Restauration and that it should be so miraculously as it was viz. without Bloodshed He afterwards speaking of a War that should arise between Holland and the King he pronounces these following words to declare the success of that War THE false envious perfidious ingratefull covetous Hollander being proud reproacheth the King with foul language because of his former afflictions by which God refined and fitted him for future glory and takes all occasion and advantage to do what mischief they can to the King and his Subjects neither will they forbear but still go on in their malice against the King that God might utterly destroy them and blott out their Names from being a STATE under Heaven for proud Holland shall be made the first Object of God's wrath for fighting against King Charles and despising him Therefore blessed and happy shall those Kings and People be that shall take their Power and Authority from King Charles and live under his protection for all his proud Enemies that shall despise him and refuse to submit unto him shall be destroyed Afore this time when the Hollander begged a relief from England and had it they then called themselves The poor distressed States but now being rich and proud they disdain all Kings and call themselves The High and Mighty States of HOLLAND and would have England to be theirs but the English shall destroy them The same in his Eccho to the Voyce from Heaven recites a Prophesie of Mr. Truswells the Recorder of Lincoln which is as followeth The Lilly shall remain in a merry World and he shall be moved against the seed of the Lyon and he shall stand on one side amongst Thrones of his Kingdom and Country which Kingdom is the Land of the Moon which is to be devided throughout all the World And there came the Son of Man bearing three wilde Beasts in his Armes with a Company of People he shall pass many Waters and he shall come to the Land of the Lyon looking for help with the Beasts of his own Country And in that year there shall come an Eagle out of the East and his Wings spread with the Beams of the Son of Man And in that year shall be destroyed Castles upon Thames and there shall be great fear over all the World and in part of the Land There shall be great Battles among many Kingdoms That day shall be the Bloody Field and the Lilly shall lose his Crown and there shall be Crowned the Son of Man And in the fourth year many Battles shall be for the Faith and most of the World shall be stoopen but the Son of Man with the Eagle shall be preserved and there shall be a Universal Peace over all the World Then shall the Son of Man receive a miraculous Token and there shall be great plenty of Fruits and then he shall go to the Land of the Cross I will not undertake to interpret the aforesaid Prophesie only from my Author take notice That by the Lilly is meant France and by the Son of Man bearing three wilde Beasts in his Armes is meant the King of England The rest will be then understood of course Thus we have led you through the learned Judgments of all our famous and most knowing Astrologers who as you heard do all unâ voce fore tell Happiness and Success to his Majestye in all his Undertakings May they all prove unto him the words of Truth and Certainty and truly there is little reason to doubt since they have walked by the rule of that Art which although it layes no claim to Infallability yet hath never in it self been detected of Falshood For proof of which I will quote you an Assertion out of Gaffarell's unheard of Curiosities c. 13. sect 3. and so conclude His words are these All the Learned among the Antients called the Heavens Sacred Books among whom the Learned Origen interpreting after this manner that is subtilly and queintly that Passage in Genesis Et er unt in signa affirms as he is reported by Eusebius That the Starres were placed in this order in the Heavens for no other end but to shew by their divers Aspects Conjunctions and Figures whatever is to happen while the World endures as well in general as particular yet not so as if They were the Cause of these Things never any such thing came into the Thought much less into the Writings of this Learned Man For as the Prophesies that are written in Books are not the cause those Events which they foretell but the sign In like manner saith he may the Heavens very justly be called a Book wherein God hath written all that hath been is and hereafter shall be And for confirmation of this he citeth a Passage out of a Book the Title whereof is Narratio Joseph a Book in his time highly esteemed by all men wherein the Patriatch Jacob giving his Blessing to all his Children tells them That he had read in the Tables of Heaven all that ever was to befall them and their Posterity Whence the same Origen concludes as well in his Tract on this Question Utrum Stellae aliquid agant as in his Book de fato cap. 6. that some Mysteries may surely be read in the Heavens Let no Man therefore cavil at or question the aforementioned Judgement but rather heartily pray That they may be certainly fulfilled to his Majesties Honor and Glory and his Peoples Happiness and Satisfaction FINIS