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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

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 /

outwarde vayne glorious pompe and pryde / aswell in externall lyghtnes of raymēt apparell bothe of men women / as also the superfluytie of Golde / Syluer / pearles / precious stones / and soche lyke / so that he shall wyll euery man womā accordynge to their vocacyon and callyng to go soberly apparelled / as it becōmeth the true membres of Christ Itē he shall cōmaunde the Gospel of Iesus Christ to be preached / throughe oute all the worlde / rebukyng all synfull vicious lyuinge of the people but he shall not longe contynewe Aboute this tyme shal ther be hearde of a great fall and destrucciō of the Turkes / amongest whom ther shal be a great insurreccion / by the reason wherof thei shal be troubled with moche myserie calamitie For the styrringe vp of Saturnus shall worke woundersly wythe them / to their great mysfortune chaunce / so that the Turke shall haue but lytell courage and comforte to make warre agaynst the christians The spyritualtie agayne on the other partie / shal be at no small variaūce and dyscorde amongest them selues / by the reason wherof many Kynges and prynces shall take good occasyon to reforme many enormyties / lytle to their ease and proffyt For many of them whiche thynke to buyld vppon a foundacyon as hard as any rocke / shall fynde that it is but a very slypperishe sande Nowe if mē of power and renowne / wyll buylde vppō these foundacions so vncertayne and vnsure / yt ys no marueyll / thoughe God do plage them for their wyckednes / that so wylfully resyste and nothinge at all regarde these his godly admonissions / whiche shulde moue and sterre all christen men to repentaunce O Lorde how shorte is the time of mercy / and howe feaw be there that require it at thy handes in tyme / which thinge obteyned / we shal euer liue / and neuer dye Math. xv The woman of canane / called to Christe for mercye / and by and by her doughter was made hole Also Iob saithe / that the earthe is not onely full of mercy / but heauen and hell / for who hathe euer called vpō Christe for mercye / whiche hath not receiued it of him / so that he haue asked it in faithe And vnderstāde that the Emperours maieste Charles the fyfte shal worke the Turke more sorow thē any prince hath done these CCCC yeres / so that thei whiche are vnder the signe of sagittarius / shall preuayll and haue great victory / which shal be the Emperour hym selfe / or one of his bloude And where I might here speke more of the Emperours maieste / and of diuers thinges / which shal be done by him his nobles / let no man thinke the cōtrary / but his actes shal excell and passe all other princes / if he be not hindered by the perswasyons of the prelates of the Romayne empyre The ꝓphecye of Cibilla cumana Vnderstande by those letters / F E / A and G / the dn̄icall and the leap yeare Math. xxiiij And to this dothe agree Cibilla Cumana / speakinge owt of the spirite of prophecie / affirminge it to chaunche betwixt F and E / A and G. Whiche prophecie endeth at .xlviij. yeares / or sone after Before that time there shall be great chaunge in the world / and straunge wōders shal be hearde of / that shal be trewe / althoughe thei shal apeare to many / very vncredible And thē more thingis shall chaunche in a verye shorte tyme / then hathe bene seene many yeares before And the laste signe and token after these / there shal be so great persecution and tribulatiō / as hathe not bene seene nor hearde of / syns the beginning of the world And after this persecutiō / shall the sonne be darkened / and the mone shall not geue her light / in so moche that I do fynde especially two fearefull Eclypses of the moone / in so moch that she shall lose her lighte verye greatlye with in one yeare / and shal be darkened from aboue to benethe / and these Eclipsis shal giue vnto all nacyōs / a great admonition and warninge For the operation of bothe these Eclypsis / shall chaunche betweene the yeare xxxvij and .xlviij. signifying to vs / so great trouble heauynes to chaunce vnto the spiritualtie / that I wyll lett passe to name the houre and daye / referringe it vnto the iudgement of the Lorde And so farre as thys cirkell doth stretch / so farre shall ther great disquietnes be Apoca. xiij So that I wolde men shuld note these two figures folowīg in the Apocalipse The fyrst is / I sawe a beaste rysyng out of the sea / hauing .vij. heades .x. hornes and vppon his hornes .x. crownes / vppon his heade the name of blasphemy / by which beaste I vnderstande that vsurper of Gods lawes / wicked tyraūte Antechriste / whiche hath most beastly lyued and taught the people most wycked and beastly doctryne / whiche hath drawē vnderneth his subiecciō vij the most noblest Realmes of the whole worlde / he that hathe cares / let hym heare And I behelde an other beaste cōminge out of the earth / he had .ij. hornes lyke a lābe / he spake as great thingis as dyd the first / and caused the people which dwelled in the earthe to worshippe the firste beaste / whose deadly woūdes was healed by him / let him that redeth vnderstande These prophecies are bothe chaunced fulfylled / we truste by the helpe of God / that these thingis shal be redressed by the Emperours mayestie / Charles the .v. his assistentes After this shall come a good tyme / for there shall be a newe reformacion / whiche shall continewe longe / so that the name of the great Turke shal be no more hearde of In this tyme shal other fearfull thinges be sene in the sonne / for vppon the second wensdaye after easter at .v. of the clocke in the mornynge / in the .xxvij. degree / the sygne beynge in Aries Ther shal be soche darknes as hath not bene sene in many yeres before / which signifieth that many princes kynges shal rule to gether in one realm Miche iiij Then saieth the ꝓphet shall they make of theyr swerdes ploweshares / and sythes of their speares / euery mā shall syt vnder hys vynearde and fygge tree / so that one people shall not lyft vp his weapen agaynst an other / nether shall they frō thens forthe learne to fyght Esa ij After that shall the blynde Iewes knowe by the declaracyon of the prophecies of Iacob / that the true Messyas hath bene borne longe many yeres agone / which thei vnto this daye / haue loked for his cōmynge Genes lxxi Whiche ꝓphecie sayeth thus when messias shal be borne then shal be taken frō the Iewes their scepter and crown / and thei shal be ruled of the Romysshe Empyre which so