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A04970	A prophesie that hath lyen hid, aboue these 2000. yeares Wherein is declared all the most principall matters that hath fallen out, in, and about the ciuill and ecclesiasticall monarchie of Rome, from the rising of Iulius Cæsar, to this present: and which are to be done from hence to the distruction of it, and what shall ensue after that. As the liues and deaths of the emperors. The rising of the ecclesiasticall monarchie. The storie of the greatest enemies of them both with manie other notable accurrences [sic] concerning Germany, France, and Spaine. With the inuasion of the kings of the East.; Babylon is fallen	T. L., fl. 1595.; Legate, Thomas, d. ca. 1607, attributed name.	1610 (1610)	STC 15111.3; ESTC S108178	20,639	60

a while for in the third yeare of his Dictatorship he was slaine in the Senat by the conspiration of 24. of whom the most both in his own so dangerous is the name of trust and other mens opinions were thought his chiefest frendes And thus was this fether blowen awaye after it had inioyed his pleasure 56. yeares and raigned 3. A man for letters armes and counsell famous far aboue all his succeeders and in discreete bounty and Princely clemencie rare vertues in such a fortune without controuersie surpassing all Princes made of earth Verse 14 So the next stoode vp and reigned and it continued a long time but after it had reigned his end also came and as the first it appeered no more Next after him arose Octauius the adopted sonne of Iulius otherwise also neere him in blood as being the sonne of his neece Accia who hauing taken reuenge vpon the murtherers of his father and obtained in all his warres forreine and at home triumphed Lord ouer all adding to his fathers pompe which he had bought so deer the honors of Parens Patriae and Augustus And this fether continued as the Prophet saw a long time for it reigned Triumuir with Anthonie and Lepidus two yeares and as Duumuir with Anthonie alone ten yeare and then deuouring his fellow in a Sea-fight at Actium reigned all alone 44. yeares But after it had reigned his end also came and as the Prophet concludeth he discended like the first and appeered no more For by the treason of Liuia his wife impatient to tarie th'inthronizing of her sonne as is the nature of ambition the nerer the goale the faster it runnes his lingring soule was taken from him at Nola in the 70. and sixth yeare of his transgression when he had reigned 20. lesse Verse 15 Then there came a voice vnto it and said Verse 16 Hear thou that hast kept the earth so long this I say vnto thee before thou beginst t' appeere no more Verse 17 Ther shal none after thee attaine vnto thy time nor yet to the halfe thereof That we may know ther is no God like vnto the Highest who only holdeth the measures and times of all thinges in his hand the Prophet foresheweth that none of the twelue should continue like to Octauius nor yet attaine vnto halfe his time which according to the word of the Lord was accomplisbed for his sonne Tiberius of all the rest reigned longest and longer by eight yeares then any of the rest and yet could not attaine to halfe the time of his father which descended before him That God only might be honoured in all his workes and iustified when he speaketh Verse 18 Then arose the third and reigned as th' other afore and it appeered no more also Then stept vp Tiberius and reigned in great abhomination as did his fathers before him but after a while he discended also and appeered no more He all his skill in sortilege and wisdome mathematicall wherunto he had sold himselfe from his youth could either foretell or fore-warne him of Caius his nephew by whome he was poysoned in the 70. and 8. yeare of his mortalitie and three and twentith of his raigne Verse 19 And so came it to all th 'others one after an other so that euery one reigned and then appeered no more In like sort saith the Prophet did all the rest which of the 12. remained successiuely rise reigne and perish Of whome the first Caligula in blasphemy excelling was murthered by the Captaine of his guard after he had sat in the chaire of the scornefull 29. yeares and in the throne of his fathers almost 4. The second only wise in euill Claudius was poysoned by his incestuous wife his neece Agrippina in the 64. yeare of his filthines and 14. of his reigne The third Nero. a monster deformed in life in mariage and end his life scornefull to the height of his fathers his mariage thrice more detestable his end more vnnaturall then any of theirs for after he had reigned in sinne fourteene yeares and sinne in him eighteene more fel by his own sword into the graue of his fathers and in him descended the house of the Iulij The fourth was of an other extraction Galba but not of a better descended of the antient familie of the Sulpitij rose vp late but perished early for he was 60. and 3. yeares olde before he tasted the Empire which he got and lost in 7. moneths The fifth likewise of a new house Otho but of the old building got possession by the bloud of his Predecessor and by spilling his owne in three moneths and od daies lost it againe after he had walkte in the abhomination of his fathers eight and thirtie yeares The sixt also Vitellius was new and olde in nothing saue gluttony excelling his fellowes in life and death like filthie descended in the eight moneth of his tyrannie after he had wearied himselfe in the pleasures of Caprineum where first his youth was branded 7. and 50. yeares After him arose the seuenth Vespatian who bought the crowne with the bloud of his M. and ware it in base couetousnes ten yeares but then was likewise blowen down hauing fullfild the pleasures of 59. more The eight was he which executed the vengeance due to the great murtherers Titus the earthly Hierusalem who in the 40. yeare of his pleasure after he had reigned 2. yeares and so many moneths was also blowen down not without the suspected treason of his brother and successour The ninth and last Domitian and if it were possible the worst of all who after he had reigned in the lust of his Fathers 15. yeares and liued therein 30. more was murthered by the Gentlemen of his chamber and beaten downe after the rest which descended before him So that euerie one of them as this verse Prophested reigned and then appeered no more Verse 20 Then I looked and behold in processe of time the fethers that followed stood vp on the right side that they might rule also some of them ruled but within a while they appeered no more And the Prophet obserued and saw after the twelue were descended the Emperors that followed to rise that they might rule also and as many of them as rose on the right side that is in the strength and power of the twelue did in their place according to the proclamation published in the eight verse spred their winges and reigne also as Nerua Traian Adrian Antoninus Marcus Commodus Pertinax Iulian. Seuerus Caracalla Macrinus Heliogabalus Alexander Maximinus And the rest to the third Valentinian In whose daies the power of the Eagle was so wounded by th'incursion and saccage of the two first contrary fethers that she could neuer after recure her selfe again but lay sicke and kept the chamber some ten generations which also lasted but twice so many yeares to the rising of Momillus in whome descended all that was left of the

to the liken of them And in this difference this head shall die ne shall this difference be exempted from paine Verse 34 But the two heads remained vvhich also reigned ouer the earth and ouer the inhabitants thereof And when the power of this great head which is now so little like a tale that 's told shal be cleane ended yet the feare of th' other two shall still remaine and haue dominion ouer the earth and those that dwell therein till the fulnes of their malice and tiranny be accomplisht also which may not long be vn-fulfild for beholde in the verie next verse their distruction commeth Verse 35 And I savve and behelde whilst the head on the right side deuoured that which was on the left By the right head is ment as through all this prophesie the strongest so as the Prophet implyeth that the sworde of Spaine shall deuide the strength of France that her pride by deuision made lesse may at the last as euery deuided kingdome doth returne to nothing Nether shall the prosperitie of this right-head be long free from like retaliation but as the truth foresaith Esd 4.12 He that deuideth with the sword shall perish by the sword For how may the sword for euer escape him whom heauen hateth and earth doth persecute and of whom may be truly said which was spoken of Ismael Manus corum contra omnes omnium contra illos And thus shall these heads perish and hast the faster to their end because the iudgment of the Beast is nigh in the very next verses attending to come in Verse 36 Then I heard a voice vvhich said looke before thee and consider the things vvhich thou seest Verse 37 So I saw and behold as it were a Lyon came hastily out of the wood roaring and I saw that he sent out a mans voyce vnto the Eagle and spake saying Verse 38 Heare thou and I shall tell thee what the most High doth say vnto thee The roaring of the Lyon is the breath of the Highest which shall rebuke th'Egle for her vnrighteousnes and cast before her al her spoiles and set her aliue in iudgement and with the spirit of his mouth rise vp against her and lay vnto her charge as in the text followeth Verse 39 Art not thou he which of the foure Beastes remainest whome I made to reigne in my world that by them th' end of thinges might come Verse 40 And the fourth is come and hath ouercome all the Beasts that were past and obtained povver ouer the vvorld vvith great fearfulnes and ouer the whole compasse of the earth vvith extreame oppression and hath possessed so long time all the vvorlde vvith deceit Verse 41 For thou hast not iudged the earth vvith truth Verse 42 But hast troubled the meek and hurt the peacefull and thou hast loued lyers and destroyed the dwellings of them which brought foorth fruit and hast cast dovvne the vvalls of such as did thee no harme Verse 43 So as thy vniust dealing is ascended to the most High and thy pride vnto the mighty Verse 44 And therefore he that is Highest hath beheld the proud times and beholde they are ended and their abhominations are finished And if thou plead not guilty hereunto beholde a thousand witnesses shall rise vp against thee and proue th'inditement true that the iust iudgment which hath so long attended for thee may at the length be pronounced against thee in forme as in the text followeth Verse 45 Therefore appeere no more thou Egle nor thy fearful vvings nor thy vvicked feathers nor thy malitious heads nor thy cruell clavves nor thy vaine bodie And least in thy drunkennes thou maist thinke thy sinne may ouer-shoot this iudgment to come and in thy madnes glorifie thy selfe as thou hast euer done perswading thy selfe thou shalt euer be because thou hast bin king long and like a foole hast not considered the more thy yeares the nigher thy graue beholde thus saith the truth in the yeare which shal be 1666. Reuel 13 18. this iudgment here pronounced shall lay hands on thee And as all thy fearefull winges and fethers be already descended and blowen downe so before that day which is so nigh at hand the tyrannie of thy malitious heads and cruell clawes shal be consumed and brought to nought And in that day thy vaine body shall be burnt with fire and shall so cleane be cut of from the land of the liuing that neither sonne nor nephew as the Prophet saith Esay 14.22 nor branche nor remnant of thy name shall be found vpon the earth For as it is purposed Esay 14.24 so shall it come to pas and as it is consulted it shall stand Goe to now take counsell of thy Seers and call thy inchanters about thee build thy deuises as high as heauen lay their foundations low as hell yet shal they not deliuer thee from the day appointed but as Salmanazar destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battell wherein the mother with the children was dasht in peeces or like the milstone which the mightie Angell did cast into the Sea with such violence shalt thou be throwen downe and be found no more And all hell shal be moued at thy comming and prepare it selfe and raise by all her dead against that day to meet thee and all the Princes and Kings of Nations whom thou hast slaine with the cup of thy fornication shall rise out of their torments against thy cōming and at thy sight shall wonder and cry Esay 14.10 and say vnto thee Art thou become weake also as we art thou become like one of vs Is thy pompe bowed downe vnto the graue and are thy pleasures departed like ours and is the worme spred vnder thee and do the wormes couer thee also how art thou falen from heauē O Lucifer sonne of the morning which hast cast lots vpon the Nations and saidst in thine heart I will ascend into heauen and exalt my throne aboue besides the starres of God and I will sit vpon the mount euen the holy mount of his Sanctuarie and Congregation I will ascend aboue the height of the clouds and will be like the most High And all hell which once did wonder worship and kisse thy feet beholding now thy nakednes thy shame and iudgement shall die for greefe of mind Esay 14. and dying shall say Is this the man that made the earth to tremble and with his worde did shake the Kingdomes that made the world a wildernes and a wast of the Cities thereof Then shalt thou lying in torment death gnawing on thee answere Wisd 5. them and say We haue erred from the way of truth and the light of righteousnes hath not shined vpon vs nor hath the Sonne of vnderstanding risen ouer vs. We haue wearied our felues in the wates of wickednes and we haue gone through dangerous pathes but the way of the Lord we haue not knowen What hath pride profited vs or what profit hath the pompe of riches brought vs all these things are vanished like a shadow and as a poste that passeth by And casting vp thy eye to heauen shalt see the righteous stand in great boldnes before thee and before the face of such as tormented thē and tooke away their labours and thou shalt ware exceedinglie at the sight of them and be amased at their wonderfull deliuerance and die for greefe of minde and dying shalt say Wisd 5. These are they whome we sometime had in derision and in a parable of reproche wee fooles thought their life madnes and their end without honor But how are they counted among the children of God and their portion among the Saintes Verse 46 That all the earth may be refreshed and come againe as one deliuered from thy violence that she may hope for the iudgement mercy of him that made her And thy death shall comfort and refresh the earth and deliuer Syon from her great and violent oppression but their prosperities may not longendure as testifieth the Prophet Daniel Chap. 12.12 For may Israel dwell safe and the Kings of th' east not know it Nay verily they shall arise Ezec. 39. and come down like a storme and like a cloud shall couer the earth and compas round the tents of the Saintes Reuel 20.9 and the beloued Citie till fire disceud from God out of heauen as it is written and deuout them And in those daies shall be finished the mistery of God fore-declared to his seruants the Prophets and witnessed by the mighty Angell which came downe from heauen and stood vpon the Sea and vpon the earth and raysed vp his hand and voice to heauen and sware by him that liueth for euer and euer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Reuel 10. Beholde it is come and it is done saith the Lord Ezec. 39. this is the day whereof I haue spoken For the hope of which day the stones of Syon die day by day tho little esteeming seuen thousand deaths in regarde of the preeious assurance ingrauen in their brests that they shall then and in that day beholde the Lo●● hath so mercifully gathered them from among the Nations That hath so wonderfully preserued them from the sorcerie of Babylon which hath destroyed all the earth That dayly leadeth them in and out before the scorners the couetous and foolishwise of this world so prudently and so inuisibly that they seeing are not seene and lyuing are not knowen That hath bestowed on them a thousand treasures more then these so secretly as no man suspecteth but they that haue them That hath so surely and fully perswaded them that tho they now goe on their way weeping yet they shall then returne againe with ioy and bring the sheafes with them and all the earth shall then knowe which now is hid howe much the Lord their Redeemer loued them and night and day shall praise and magnifie the iuste iudgement and mercie of him that hath done all things for them Which day in due time He that is Highest shall manifest to all He that is Prince an 〈…〉 ●boue all who only hath immo●●●● 〈…〉 ●elleth in the light which none 〈…〉 whome no man euer sawe nor can see vnto whome be all ho●●ur and power euerlasting Amen Zachar. Saue thy selfe O Syon thou that dwellest with the daugher of Sebel