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A11370 A wounderfull prophecie or pronosticatio[n] begynnynge from the yere of oure Lorde M.D.XXXI. to the lawde and prayse of the moost victoryous Emperowre Charles the fyfthe of that name borne within the triumpha[n]t towne of Gandt, in the golden yere .M.D. vppo[n] the .xxiiij. daye of February, whiche daye is neyther named nor no[m]bred, because it was in the leapeyere pronostycate by Master Salomon the Jewe, [and] physician greatly soundynge to the honour of God and lawde of the famous towne of Gandt. Salomon, Dr., of Ruhrmond. 1543 (1543) STC 21629; ESTC S106795 14,545 33

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A wounderfull Prophecie or pronosticatiō begynnynge from the yere of oure Lorde M.D.XXXI to the lawde and prayse of the moost victoryous Emperowre Charles the fyfthe of that name / borne within the triumphāt towne of Gandt / in the golden yere M.D. vppō the .xxiiij. daye of February / whiche daye is neyther named nor nōbred / because it was in the leape yere Pronostycate by Master Salomon the Iewe / Physician greatly soundynge to the honour of God and lawde of the famous towne of Gandt The prologe Pro. i. FOr asmoche as the feare of god is the begynnynge of wysedome / Iaco. i. And that euery good and parfett gyfte / is geuē from aboue / to as manye as aske it in faithe / according to the sayinge of the Apostle I therfore hauynge thys feare of the Lorde before myn eyes desyre of him / thorowe hys allmyghtye power and endeles mercye / to derecte my penne a ryght / that thys my lytell laboure and worke / maye so procede accordyng to his moost godly will and pleasure that I in no wyse erre frō the ryght waye of truethe For I haue here taken in hande throughe Gods permissyon to pronosticate / of the very zeale and loue / whyche I beare vnto the trueth Takynge my grounde and foundaciō / oute of the prophecyes of Esay / Iermy / Ezechiel / Esdras / with diuers other / not omittyng that pryncely prophet Dauid / lyke as I haue done three yeres paste / but I entende not to passe ouer so lyghtlye FYrst we saye / throughe the mouthe of the ꝓphet Esdras Babylō signifyeth a place of sin Asia is takē for the .iij. parte of the worlde stretchīg frō the northeast / vnto egypte Egipte signifyeth the whole worlde so that ī this prophecye I do as well cōprehēde the turkes as xp̄ians Wo be vnto the o Babilon and Asia / wo be vnto the o Egypte Syria gyrde yowre selues wyth clothes of sacke heare / moorne for youre chyldrē / be sory I saye for youre destruccion is at hāde A swerde is sent vppō you / who wyl torne it backe A fyre is kindeled agaynst you / of the fearce vengeaūce of God / and who wyl quētche it Beholde sayeth the prophet They take the worde of God but for a scorne / and haue no luste ther vnto Therfore I am sayth he so ful of thyne indignaciō Oh Lorde / that I may suffer it no lōger For frō the leaste vnto the most they hange depende all vppon couetuousnes / frō the prophet vnto the preste / they go all about with falshead lyes Agayne / saith Esdras / whē men shal thynke to haue peace vnytie and concorde / that all maner of vittaylles shall be habondaunt / so good cheape vppō earth / that mē shall thynke thē selues to be in good case / euē then shall the great myschefe vengeaunce of the Lorde falle vppō thē / with warres / death / dearthe pestylences and great disquyetnes / whiche are but the begynnyng of moornyngis and sorrowes / In somoche that the people shall tremble for feare / Ioel. ij sayinge nowe the Lorde commeth is harde at hande / A darke daye a gloomynge daye / a clowdye daye / a stormy daye shall appeare Amos. viij The songes of the people shall be turned to sorowe / Soche a honger will I sende vppō the earthe sayth the Lorde that no man shall be able to stoppe it / in soche a maner that all mē may well saye / Psal c.xxxviij where shall I hyde me from the wrath of God yea they shall saye syttinge by the waters of Babilon and weape we will hāge our harpes vppō the trees that are therin / as oft as we remembre Syon For who escape the warre / shall fele the plage of pestilence / and he that is quyte of the one / shal not escape the dāger of the other And soche small loue shall they re be / that one mā shall fynde no maner of comforte at the hande of an other Lett no man merueyll at these plages that be to come / seynge they shal be sent of God as scourges for the punisshemēt of synne S. Bernardes saying S. Bernarde as it were in the person of Chryst sayethe O thowe man tell me the cause af thy mysfortune and chaunce whiche thowe haste in thy goodes / bodye / soule / Thow seruest the deuell / and not me He hathe not created made the of nought / neyther hath he saued the / whē thowe wast loste / Chryst him selfe dyd not redeme the with the sonne / moone / sterres and planetes / but with his precyous bloude through deathe Therfore saythe the prophet Ieremye / I am cōstrayned to make my cōplaynt vppon yowe / and vppon yowre chyldren Iere. ij Oh ye cursed synners / howe wofull a thinge will it be vnto yowe / whiche haue forsaken the trewe God / fallynge to synne / the deuell and all vanyties What vnfaythfulnes haue yowe foūde in me / saithe the Lorde / yowr owne conscience shall accuse you / and yowr own wickednes shal condempne yow Agayne we speake vnto yow / throughe the mouthe of the ꝓphet Esaye Esay i. Heare oh heauen / harken O earthe / for the Lorde speaketh / I haue nourysshed and broughte vp chyldren / and thei are fallen away from me An oxe knoweth his owner / and an asse his masters stable / but my people knowe me not Expert they be in blasphemies / falshed / and lyes / moost lyke a frowarde generation and vnnaturall chyldren / as it apeareth euydently ynoughe / with what othes they blasphemye God / in euerye place / as at weddynges / maryages / banckettes / feastes / tauernes / markettes / in many other pastymes / playes / games / and soche other thynges / that by soche deuyllysshnes the deuyne name of God is openly detracted / sclaundered blasphemed Yea in so moche that it is so derided mocked withall / none other wyse / then as men shulde eyther putte oute their lyppes or poynt it withe their formust fynger / with soche dyshonestie and abhomynable vyces and synnes / whiche at this tyme I shame to rehearce / so that ther be at this present daye / many more people lyuynge beastelye fylthelye / then soberly honestly or vertuously It neadeth no probacyon of scripture / seynge the actes be to manyfest as wel to the rulers temporall as spirituall In so moche that the confessyon of fayth / true repentaunce / and godly Sacramentes with the pure preachinge of the Gospell / is so moche neglected dispysed / that me thynke it is greatly to be lamented that it is so longe vnpunysshed / for dyshonestie withe dysobedience is so greatly engēdred to soche maner of vnshamefaste boldenes / that in a maner it is to late to be reformed And it is to be feared that there be many sturdy vylleynes /
vngodlye actes shal be put in their places For in this time shall stande vp a false prophet / whiche shall go aboute to distroye the cheifest articles of our faithe and beleif / and so throughe an vtwarde and gloryous appearaunce / he shall seduce moche people / and worke many straunge thinges And in this time shall the Emperowrs maiestie be vexed and troubled with many of his subiectis / so that the prisons in euery place where men do vse to execute iustice / shal be fylled / with monkes / fryres / nōnes and soche other / so that thei shal lyue in an vncerteyn and vnsure estate Itē marchaūtes artifycers / shall not greatly profyt in their affayres / but that shall not longe cōtynewe Itē women shall haue good fortune in their trauaylle labour / for they shall brynge forth many chyldren within shorte tyme. After this shal ther be two eclipsis / the one of the Sonne / the other of the moone The sonne shall be darkened .vi. poyntes great frō the begynnynge to the endynge / which shal be vppon a wednesdaye .viij. dayes after the .xij. day at after none And agayne the moone shal loose hyr lyght vppon a frydaye after the conuersyon of S. Paull in the mornynge at twoo of the clocke in the .ix. degre of Leo / whiche betokeneth great mischaūce and fortune to them that dwelle vppon the sea coastes / or where the grounde is lowe In thys tyme men shall see a great fall and decaye of Turkes / so that the empyre shall haue great rule domynion / conquerynge diuers lādes lordeships Itē the nobles of the empyre shall haue prosperous successyō and fortune with great fauoure of their subiectes In the mean tyme shal the spiritualtie be at variaunce / strife / discorde / for the promociōs and goodes of the churche And while thei are thus striuinge one agaynste an other / marchauntes and all other artyficers / shall haue more prosperous and better lucke in their trades busines then thei had before Notwithstanding / Italye / Norway / and Denmark shal be vexed troubled and be brought to great heauines Aboute this tyme shall there be in Fraunce / in the lande of Luke / and in some places of the lāde of Cleue / great pestilēce and other straūge diseases / then shal the flowdes of the water of Ryne braste forth with great violēce / and ouerflowe dyuers partes of the lande / to the greate discomoditie of the people In this tyme shal the sōne be darkned .ix. poyntes from benethe vpwarde / vppon the secōde friday after Easter after none at .iiij. of the clocke .xij. degrees in the sygne of Pisces / so that then thascendēt shal showe him selfe signifying vnto vs / that there shall be a great nombre of princes deposed / so that the crowne of the lāde of Boheme shal stād voide / through the great disobediēce of the subiectes And because thei do reproue the rodde wherwith thei shulde be beatē / I wil therfore saithe the Lorde visite their transgression and disobedience / Amos. viij withe a sharper rodde / that is / with the swerde of warre pestilence dearthe and deathe Then shall the p̄lates of the churche be at strife / one agaynste an other for diuers causes / whiche I entende not moche to entreat of at this tyme / but will cōmitte the thinges vnto god / yet will not I ouer slyppe the wordes of that princely prophet Dauid / which saithe Psal ij The kinges of the earth shall stande vp / and the rulers shall counsell and come to gether agaynste the Lorde / and his anoynted For bothe Pilate and Herode / Annas and Cayphas / scribes pharisees / whiche seke their own profet and aduauntage / with no small dissentiō and discorde / sekyng the soules of them / Esaye xiij which the prophet Esay sayeth shal not yet dye / Thei shall right well perceaue the great plages of god / withe lamentinge and moorninge as lāpes with oute oyle / lanternes with out light / beinge both idle / blinde vayn Psalm lxi For yf thei were layd agaynste vanitie in a peire of balaunce / thei shuld flye vp vnto the skye / and be moche lighter then euen vanitye it selfe Harken therfore sayeth the Lorde ye princes of Sodoma / ye people of Gomorra / these my wordes For the synne of my people / I will sayeth he suffer ypocrites to raigne ouer you Let vs take hede of the wōderfull example where the aungell af god did destroye apon one nighte in the pauilliōs and tētes of the Assyriās C.lxxxv thousande mē iiij Regū xix Esaie xxxvij For vndoutedly these plages that are to come / shall be for the synnes / whiche raygne at this daye in the worlde / so that there shal assemble together in one felde / many nobles of greate power / whiche willingly shal go to battell / where moche bloude shall be shedde / moste especially of the wicked / in soche wyse that the thirde parte of the worlde / shal there be slayne iiij Esdras xv For I will holde my tonge no lenger sayeth the Lorde seinge the people be so wicked ād vngodly / for the innocēt bloude of the troubled / criethe vnto me / and the soules of the ryghtuous complayne contynually / therfore will I auēge the bloude of my people / so that the worlde shal be full of wofulnes and misery The groūde shall lye voide / and not be tilled / the trees shall bear frute and shall not be gathered The corne that is sowē in the feldes / shall not be broughte home into the barnes / the womē shall weape and wayle / for the losse of their husbandes / that shall perisshe withe the power of the swerde And more ouer / Aloufresant prophecyethe / that in this tyme / the trewe christiās shall haue moche persecuciōs / troubles sorowes / for the worde of God And after that shall there folowe great dearthe / and deathe / as well in other places / as in douchelande Thē shal ther come in the coastes of Europe / soche rayne / wynde tempest / that many mē shall be slayne therwith And this tempeste shal come frō the north / so that many shall go at nyghts merely to they re beddes / whiche shal be founde dead in the mornynge / and thus ended hys prophecie In this tyme also shall the papistrie and seate of Rome stande voyde / so that the Emperour shall take vppō him to ordeyne and instytute an other in the same seate / to whome the Emperoure shall adioyne hym selfe make attonemēt in the churche And the man whome he shall thus ordeyne / shal be of great worthynes vertue / and therto be sett lyke one of power so that after that he shall put downe / take awaye great possessyons / rentes / promocions dignyties / from the prelates and prebendaries / forbyddinge all