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XII visions of Stephen Melish a Germane being such as concern the affairs now in agitation between the French King & the Pope. Translated by Albertus Otto Faber.
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Melish, Stephen.; Faber, Albert Otto, 1612-1684.
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came four feather-footed Beasts running on full of blood and fire doing horrible dammage and approached to a two-horned White Beast as it were to fight together but it was onely for an appearance For they did joyn in a league against the Kings of the West and North. But they were vanquished because of the stedfast union of the Nations and the great Sun in Heaven helped them And there are manifest the Heroes against the Seven-headed Beast to destroy it For many of them at this very time will turn backwards nay there is as yet not Ten that intend seriously to destroy the Beast but the time comes that the said number shall be full and then they will go on so that about the year 663. there shall be spread abroad a rumour of great wonders God from Heaven shal please to give to the potentates one heart love and unitie to perform his work The VII Vision OCtobris 2. I had a dream 3 hours before day as followeth I stood as it were in the East with my face Westwards and saw before me the sun Southwards standing about as high as at ten of the Clock And behold he was grown dark very black like a coal And besides him Eastwards stood a red moon but over against her a black two horn'd-moon And round about the Sun seven Stars bright shining as they do shine at night But a thick mist rising from the earth discover them all with darkness insomuch that both I and many others beside me were terrified and began to flie Immediately I saw between the West and South in the Air a shining brightness or light in shape of a Man standing and crying out Wo Wo Wo unto you people who call the black white and the white black that ye might arise up against the Beast to make it stand on tip-toes and to bring all again under it's yoke Behold the time of his down fall cometh near and is now here Wo to your life who drink out of his cup. And at the same time he poured out a great Vial of somewhat red like blood And great lamentations arose over the whole earth insomuch that I my self thought nothing else but Doomsday did surprize us and I went to prayer till I awakened The VIII Vision 1659. I Saw again a Sun in the North East risen at the height of half South and there standing without motion For there came great clouds from t' other Easts And another Black Sun arose up from the West who was crossed over by some clouds and winds with white streaks He went on through the black thick clouds passed suddenly towards the South to the other Sun and by how much the nearer he approached the sw fter he run on so much the brighter he became But when he came near the South line as it were between twelve one there he stood stedfast like the very natural Sun Afterwards he burst in pieces like smal crackets shooting here and there in the Aire and made a very great noise and crack and fire fell down like stars But when I lifted up my eyes to the Heaven I was aware of them called the Seven starrs that they did part from one another four of them towards the North and the other three towards the South and great Winds began to blow one against another like great Armies and great lamenting was heard I fear that by discord in the Empire some devision may arise Wo to that Potentate who suffers himself stil to be poysoned by the Beast but happiness to them that do look upon the Lords work expecting their imployment at the appointed time when the Lord shall call upon them to act his work and to perform it who so will go on before the time and fight against the truth will meet with evil in the end Ah! that all Christians were of one heart for a great net is prepaed to draw over all the true Believers and to destroy them all but the Lord laughs at it Behold they have already stretched out their hands for a draught but the Lord doth beat with hammers upon their hearts because they have begun it Whom the Lord shall be pleased to let live two years more he shall see great revolutions and the works of God For the fifth day doth approach The IX Vision IN the Mid-lent I came viz. in a dream in a Garden situated westwards in which did grow many very fair flowers of all kinds besides all sorts of trees The most part of the flowers were Lilies high of three or four ells under propped and born up with costly supporters But the North-east part of the Garden stood as it were frozen and could not begin to sprout forth because there did blow a cold wind By and by there fell down a press written upon Inquisitio Hispanica Observe amongst the Roses and Lilies thorns also and thistles were grown underneath which stood roses red and white so that the press could not smother all the Lilies because it could not fall down to the very earth And there were grievous complaints upon the earth that the three Crowns â—owed and wrapped thorrow with Lilies had suffered dammage And presently J saw that they did receive strength again from North-eastwards and that one of the Northern-crowns was changed into blood O that the Protestants Evangelici would make peace amongst themselves against the poyson of the Jesuits that so doth overflow Nevertheless they shall fall The X. Vision October 24. I Came into a very large field whose width and length J cannot describe There was a great people old young and children but all of them buried in the earth unto the head which onely they lifted up crying together with a loud Voice O Lord holy and true how long dost thou judge and not avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth At that very instant came two riding hastily upon horses dashed all over with blood dirt they lighted off and the one laid him down the other struck him that was holding his horse with his sword lamenting that he had followed his counsel and laid him down also nstantly J saw a mighty multitude of people beyond which J could not see And above them as it were in the air a pulpit upon which sate an old honest man who did comfort them when they all both themselves and them that were lying down did expect nothing but death and exhort them to constancy for the Lord would not tarrie any longer because all must be fulfilled what is written in the Books and said they should have yet patience for a little season untill the number of their Brethren that should be killed still should be fulfilled After having finished his speech he began to sing the 123 Psalm The XI Vision FRiday before Easter four hours before the rising of Sun I saw the whole World in a dreadful manner breaking all in pieces chiefly towards the North as if all should be turned upside down And because