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A52514	Good and joyful news for England: or, The prophecy of the renowned Michael Nostradamus that Charles the II. of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the faith, &c. shall have a son of his own body lawfully begotten, that shall succeed him in the imperial throne of Great Britain, and all other his dominions; and reign long after his father, most fortunately and well beloved. As it was taken out of the translations of Dr. Theo. Garencieres, M.D. Col. Lond. Printed 1672. in fol. With observations concerning the present blazing-comet. By J.B. Philalelos, a true and faithful Protestant, of the first and best rate and rank.	J. B., Philalelos.; Garencières, Theophilus, 1610-1680.; Ness, Christopher, 1621-1705.; Nostradamus, 1503-1566.	1681 (1681)	Wing N1397A; ESTC R216798	6,022	8

must be born too at such time as Saturn in Libra shall be decreasing in strength 3ly He must be of the Royal Bloud of France signified by the Round of the Lilly or the Lilly in its Round according to the manner of Coat-armour where the Lillies are drawn or painted in a certain Circle as they are with us in a Round Garter 4ly He must be such an one as in one sence should come late and in another shall come soon into his Province And lastly He must be one of the Bloud of the House of Burbon § 8. Now all these marks or characters are true of our Soveraign Lord King Charles the II. and of no man but of him alone For 1st without any thing of calculating the King's Nativity it is well known generally that his Majesty was born on the 29th day of May 1630. at what time the Planet Saturn was in the Sign Libra which is the exaltation of Saturn and House of Venus wherein both of them are greatly dignified But then 2dly withal Saturn was at that time so placed there at the very end of Libra and Retrograde that though he was essentially dignified in Libra yet was it under a decreasing force or strength or an abatement to his fortitude therein 3dly He is rightly descended by his Mother from the round of the Lilly which is called a round because of his Garter about it 4ly He came soon or too soon to his Right to Reign and yet late or very late in respect of his enjoyment And lastly He is by his Mother of the Bloud of Burbon And as this is true of our King so is it not true of any Prince besides of the Royal Bloud of France and of the House of Burbon § 9. Now to prove this Negative we must note that by the Bloud of Burbon and the Lilly are to be understood some great Princes descended from that Branch of the Royal House of France which was Duke of Burbon in France From the first Duke of Burbon of the Royal Bloud are descended many noble Families but of these many of them are out of capacity to be comprehended under this our Mark which the Prophet names And thus are all these Families which are obscure and therefore such as cannot be called Princes born and thus also are all that are born or descended of illegitimate Branches and thus again are all those who though they are otherwise noble Families yet are not born great Princes Next we are to consider that this great Prince must be one born since the writing of this Prophecy and one who has left behind him a posthume Heir And be sure from Nostradamus's time until this our Age there was never yet any such posthume Heir left who became so great a Prince● for whereas Nostradamus wrote in the time of Henry the II. of that Name French King at what time Anthony Duke of Burbon was a young Child then born who afterwards became King of Navarr And his Son was Henry the IV. French King who was the first of the House of Burbon that became any thing of a great Prince but was not born so neither was he a posthume His Son was Lewis the XIII French King born a great Prince but no posthume His Son is Lewis the XIV the present French King and born a great Prince but no posthume neither had he Saturn in Libra at his brith but in the Sign Aquarius and therefore no Child of his though it should prove a posthume can make him the man Nor yet can the Dauphin his Son be that Prince because at his birth Saturn was in Scorpio Nor can the present King of Spain who also is of Burbon be the man who had Saturn in Scorpio too at his birth Nor can the present Duke of Orleans be the person intended at whose birth Saturn was in Aquarius The Prince of Conde and his Son the Duke of Enguien are of the House of Burbon but cannot properly be said to be born great Princes and besides neither of them had Saturn at birth in the Sign Libra The Duke of Savoy also is of this Bloud but no great Prince born Lastly To come unto the Issue of our late Queen Henrietta Maria his Royal Highness James Duke of York was born when Saturn was in the Sign Sagittary and the Prince of Crange when Saturn was in Cancer so as neither of them also are in this capacity And now having named all Princes of the Bloud of Burbon that are in any capacity to be concerned in this Prophecy and finding none of them under these Marks besides I make account it is most clearly true that it is our present Sovereign King Charles the II. of whom this Prophecy is verily intended for after him of any it cannot be expected becan se in him all the Marks and Characters are so fully agreed § 10. Next come we to treat of the Heir therefore who is to succeed this great Prince Of whom it is said A Woman or Wife afterwards with a Male under the bark or skin which is as much as to say with a male-Child in her womb who shall maintain the happy Bloud of Burbon Intimating that his Majesty in his elder years shall be married again to a second Queen who being a young fruitful Woman shall be great with Child and shall bring forth a Son that shall make happy the Bloud of Burbon From whence that Son shall claim by the Father's side our King being the eldest Son of Henrietta Maria who was the youngest Daughter of Henry the IV. French King who was the Son of Anthony King of Navarr and Duke of Burbon § 11. And thus have I shewed according to Nostradamus whose Prophecies I have never yet heard of to have failed that our Sovereign Lord our present King Charles the II. shall have lawful Issue-male of his own body begotten to succeed him in the Empereal Throne of this Kingdom Which may be a good heartning at least unto all honest Englishmen who do sincerely mean well and intend not to raise any factions or stirs without cause because that our dangers of Popery approaching upon us by means of his Royal Highness being a Papist are not so great as is generally expected § 12. And the truth is it 's a strange thing this Prophecy considering that in the life-life-time of this Michael Nostradamus neither the House of Burbon nor this Family of our Sovereign were in any likelihood to be Kings either of England or of France and yet see how strangely things are come to pass onwards of what he hath said But let us add one Stanza more of the Fate of this posthume Prince which is expected to be our King 's next Heir St. 48. of Proph. in 1600. The Phoenix of the old Charon shall be seen To be the first and last of the Sons To shine in France beloved of every one To reign a great while with all the Honours That ever his Predecessors had By which he shall make his Glory memorable Lo here a young Son of an old Father being all the Sons he shall ever have that is of lawful birth inheriting the Crown of France which his Father shall conquer and leave unto him and he shall enjoy it long and with much good liking of all The present Dauphine is an only Son but not all the Sons his Father ever had nor is he a Phoenix that is sprung up out of his Fathers Ashes or after his death as uses to be said of the Phoenix nor shall he therefore reign long if at all God save the King Amen The Author 's Prophetical Wish Let his Royal Highness James Duke of York live and become as good a Protestant as any is in England and let him enjoy greater Honours elsewhere then the Crown of England is at this day worth But let Charles the Third who is to be the lawful Son of Charles the Second inherit the Empire of Europe which his Father shall leave him and let J. B. live to see it happily performed Amen Amen FINIS A Word or two concerning the present COMET or BLAZING-STAR BEfore ever this prodigious Meteor was visible in England we had notice of its appearing in several Parts beyond the Seas by sundry Letters from Eminent Merchants and persons of other or some of greater Qualities some whereof were Printed in our Gazette or News-Book But it first was visible to us in this Island of Great Britain on Friday December the 10th about half an hour past four of the Clock P. M. or Afternoon It appear'd of a pale dusky Colour with a very prodigious Stream at the least 35 Degrees in length It s signification cannot be good because it is purely Saturnine And Saturn is a Star as the Philosophical Satyrs represent him Pale and of ashy Colour Male-content A Catiline to mortal Temperament That would blow up the capital of Man With envious Influence Melancholly Wan And if their hate be in an heavenly Breast This Planet with that Fury is possest Howbeit forasmuch as this Comet rises in the South-west and its Bush or Tail points directly North East from England it cannot be of any malefique signification unto us but rather as it shall and doth happen to menace great Prejudice Calamity and Misfortunes to befal such People or Nations that may envy our approaching happiness after the passing over of our great Cloud of Troubles by the late Accursed PLOT and the nefarious Projectors thereof be of a consequential Good unto these British Islands which God of his great Mercy grant Amen Comets are sometimes the Messengers of good to some Nations and not always the Denuntiators of Evil according to Cabeus Restus and other Meteorologists And indeed there can be nothing so pernicious to one sort of People but may be profitable to another