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A81681	Strange news from Scotland and their young King his dream concerning England: with the appearing of a wonderful vision to him in the night, and what happened thereupon: together, with his speech to the lords of his privie councel; and a dreadful prophesie of Mr. Douglas a Scotchman, written by his own hand, and sent to their young King, full of wonder and admiration; wherein he fortells the great things that shall befall his person, this present year 1651. With a great battel to be fought on the 5. of May next, between the English and the Scots, the event and success thereof. 20. Lords to be beheaded, and 20000 horse and foot totally vanquished and subdued, and what shall happen upon the obtaining this great victory. / Signed by James Douglas, the author of the these prophetical observations, and licensed according to order.	Douglas, James, fl. 1651.	1651 (1651)	Wing D2024; Thomason E623_15; ESTC R206400	3,736	9

Strange News from SCOTLAND AND Their young King his Dream concerning England with the appearing of a wonderful Vision to him in the night and what happened thereupon Together with his Speech to the Lords of his Privie Councel And a dreadful Prophesie of Mr. Douglas a Scotchman written by his own hand and sent to their young King full of wonder and admiration wherein he foretells the great things that shall befall his Person this present year 1651. With a great Battel to be fought on the ●5 of May next between the English and the Scots the event and success thereof 20. Lords to be beheaded and 20000 Ho●se and Foot totally vanquished and subdued and what shall happen upon the obtaining this great Victory Signed by James Douglas the Authour of these prophetical Observations and Licensed according to Order Behold and reade For Loyalty t is now I die LONDON Printed by J. C. 1651. A strange and wonderful Prophesie of Mr. James Douglas a Scotchman c. COURTEOUS READER SCotland being the seat of Warre on which all Europe at this present have fixt a most stedfast and vigilent eye and considering that there are many things of great concernment and pertinency that have not as yet been presented to publice view I shall therefore endeavour to represent thee with a most faithful and infallible Narrative in relation thereunto and the first thing that I insist upon shall be the strange and wonderful Prophesie of a dumb Scot living in the Town of Sterling aged about 50. and written with his own hand which followeth in these words viz. The Wars shall begin in the Spring Much woe to Scotland it shall bring Then shall the Lads cry well away That ever we liv'd to see this day For the beginning of the moneth of May 1641 a great battel shall be fought between the English and the Scots and that for the space of 10. hours the victory shall seem both dubilous and doubtful but at last it shall fall to the English and their heads shall be crowned with the Trophies thereof insomuch that above 20000 Scots shall be totally subdued their Lieut. Gen. and many other Officers of note taken and killed and their King himself enforced to a poor Cottage in the North Islands with a small party where shall come an old Woman with an Axe and shall say to him what art thou and he shall answer and say with tears trickling upon his Cheeks I am the King of Scots Then shall she make this Reply make haste and be gon● for thy enem●es are near at hand and betake thy self to the Isl●●ds of Orkney where a strong Band of men shall unite together for thy safegard and security This being done he shall then attempt to make the field again which shall provo more fatal then the former insomuch that Treachery either by Sword or Bullet threatens to take him off and above 20 Noblemen shall loose their heads Then shall the English summon Sterling Castle and towards the later end of June it shall be surrendred After this St. Johnstons shall yield many other formidable Castles in the North but the quarrel disputable till August at which time an agreement shall be made and the whole Confines of Scotland become subject and obedient to the Parliament of England the Scotch King shall end his days in the field and none of that race or Family for the future shall any either England Scotland or Ireland And further this dumb Prophet verifies at what time this great Battel shall be fought which Verses with great Art he inclosed in a paper and sent to the King a Copy whereof followeth The 15 of this moneth of May Shall be a sad disastrous day And they that Charles his part do take Shall dearly suffer for his sake And many of his friends shall fly Like dust before the Enemy These lines were written by the Authour and his name with this further position prefixed Signed by James Douglas an enemy to the usurping Norman Race a cordial friend to truth and unspotted liberty and a loyal Native to the freedom of his Countrey c. The young King had no sooner perused these despicable liues but he waxed exceeding wroth giving strict charge and Command that he should forthwith be committed to safe custody and accordingly he was with great rigour sent to Sterling Castle where he now remains close prisoner but by the help of some friends promising Pen Ink and paper wrote this ensuing Declaration God the absolute Soveraign Lord and King of all things in Heaven and earth the original Fountain and cause of all causes who is circumscribed limited and governed by no Rules but doth all things meerly and only by his soveraign will and unlimited good pleasure wgo made the world and all things therein for his own glory and who by his own will and pleasure gave man his mere Creature the soveraignty under himself over all the rest of his Creaturrs and endued him with a rational soul or understanding and thereby created him after his own Image and by his soveraign and absolute creating power made a female or woman called Eve which two and the earthly original Fountain as begetters and bringers forth of all and every particular and individual man and woman that ever breathed in the world since who are and were by nature all alike in power dignity Authority and Majesty none of them having any Authority Dominion or Majesterial power one over or above another but by institution or donation that is to say by mutual agreement or consent given derived or assumed by mutual consent and agreement for the good benefit and comfort each of other and not for the mischief hurt or damage of any it being unnatural irrational sinful wicked and unjust for any man or men whatsoever to part with so much of their power as shall inable a Prince to destroy and undo them therewith And unnatural irrational sinful wicked unjust develish and tyranical it is for a Prince to appropriate and assume unto himself a Power Authority and jurisdiction to unite govern or raign over any sort of men in the world without their free consent and he that doth it does thereby as much as in him lies endeavour to appropriate and assume unto himself the Office and Soveraignty of GOD who alone doth and is to rule by his will and pleasure And wickedness in the highest it is for any King to raign and govern by his Prerogative will and pleasure although his late Father Charles the first would needs maintain this erroneous maxime That Kingdoms are Kings own and that they may do with them what they will as if Kingdoms were for them and not they for their Kingdoms Therefore again I say that their ways are wicked unjust and tyranical and as it is a great wickedness for any sort of men to suffer them so to do so it is a great sin and presumption of all Gods Saints if they do not use all

possible means for the casting off the yoak of usurpation and tyranny From my Captivity in Sterling Castle this 8. of Jan. 1651. J. DOUGLAS Since the writing of this Declaration the prophetical Scot having received advertisement that the King was crowned desired to speak with his Keeper who coming to him took him by the hand uttering these words My bony Lad and prerogative Goaler J Understand that your good Stuart is crowned and that he intends to cause a great Army forthwith to match against the English Saints but I tell thee he hath had such a Dream in relation to them that his Majestical spirits are not a little danted and withall take notice that when he marcheth over Sterling-Bridge to give them battel the tame and domestigne Fowls as Hens Geese Peacocks and the like shall all vanish and fly to the Mountains and become exceeding wild but after the Fight is over they shall all of them return again to their respective places where formerly they were bred up The Goaler hearing this reproved him and swore by his soul he was a mad man and so lockt the doors and departed but within 2 days after he came to him again having heard what the Dream was and asked him whither he could expound the Kings Dream which he formerly told him of he answered yes well pray let me hear it then quoth the Goaler why said Prophet Douglas the same night following that he was Crowned falling into a slumber he dreamed that he should never wear the Crown of England and Ireland c. With that the Goaler shooke his head and departed and acquainted the Governour with the m●raculous things revealed by the Prophet insomuch that the said Governour seemed to be very well satisfied therewith and ordered him fire and other provisions which before he was restrained of but it is with as much secresie as may be The Dream before hinted at is said to be thus That on the 2. of Jan. in the morning many of the Nobles of Scotland went to give the King a visit and coming into his Bed-chamber according to their usual Custom said Good morrow my Liege for all day but finding him to be so●ewhat 〈◊〉 the Lord Ogleby ●●ke●●●m the reason and cause of his malancholy humour who replyed that he was much troubled the last night and that in a slumber he fell into a Dream at which instance he espyed a poor Spider with one Crown as it were hanging over its head transcending and working her self lower and lower by a Cobweb-thread and at last he espyed two other Crowns at the end of the thread and the Spider endeavouring to work her self down to them imediately fell and lost all upon which awaking he began to meditate and commune with himself what had been suggested to him by apparition in a Dream and upon serious cogitancy thereupon these thoughts possessed him That upon the adventuring one Crown to gain two he was very doubtful he should hazard the losse of 3 c. But the Lord Ogleby put it off with a laughter saying that Dreams were but Fables c. The Scot is now more full of prophetical Predictions then Marshall actions for another of their gude Lairds hath foretold the dread and terror that shall befall them this year 1651 by the English and moreover he doth further affirm That the Son of the Eagle shall in this ensuing year have his wings so close cut by an English Rampart that he shall be wholly subdued and utterly discomfited and deprived of all earthly bliss and happiness And that after 3 battels fought for the faith the Land shall be quite over-run and conquered and then there shall be a firm and universal peace throughout 3 Nations of Scotland England and Ireland FINIS