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Great Brittains visitation by the Lady Eleanor.
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Eleanor, Lady, d. 1652.
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1645
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Wing D1994; ESTC R36098
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say Nothing conseald or hidden as heavens cathederall shewed here the voice saying come up heither J will shew thee things to come The Resurrection propheticall alarme verily like that afore J am he that was dead and am alive c. and have the Keyes c. First saw where the ancient of dayes sate Inthroned under a Canopey raine bowe like Where all in Priestly Vestments round about those Elders with restlesse Thundering voices extolling his name who lives for ever and ever And Holy Holy Holy crying out as it were glory be to the Father c. Amen For whose pleasure all things created As for the lamps before the Throne to wit the year of God call'd the seven Spirits of God of the same influence with the seven Stars requires no farther repetition being both one Neither these in the likenes here of Saints and Angels in Heaven whose wings so full of eyes before and behind signifying those eye witnesses their watchfullnesse and as personating the blessed Prophets and Evangelists So lastly farther for the mysterie or morall of these crown'd Elders expresly shews How many intered Princes in this Isle since the conquest which in the space of seven hundred yeares last past in Alablaster Shrowds clothed That have cast their Crownes before the Throne or before the great day CAP. 5. ANd without boasting or amplifying these the truth in few words This blessed Booke first cryed He that hath an eare let him heare And here by a strong Angel proclam'd Who is worthy to open the booke in the right hand of him sitting upon the Throne No other then the misterie of times and seasons in the yeare of the worlds Redemption 1625. to be reveald or unseald And because this so difficult no man found worthy c. John that therfore much wept by that Elder willed to weep no more Jnformed ECCELEO radix David vicet to open the booke and loose the sevenfold seales being not improper to explain this likewise as he said J am Joseph so am I David This name of mine enterd here by that Elder even Daniel as much to say Goe thy way Iohn let those words satisfie thee spoken to Daniel The words are sealed up untill the time of the end Thou shalt stand in thy lott c. Dan. 12. Reservd till a time and times and halfe Pointing to the present Century so signified in behalfe of it three periods and a part c. So dignus est agnus viz. Anno Domini in such a yeare of our Redemption the first yeare of such a reigne These Sabbaticall Seales unloosed witnesse For thou hast redeemed us and made us Kings and Prophets and we shall reigne Even so let every Creature in the sea namely the Isles Blesse those right hand yeares with that Grand Iury the 24. Elders before the Throne falling down VVho give up their Verduit Davids Keye hath prevaild honour glory and blessing c. CAP. 6. ANd the Sonne of Thunder this fourth Evangelist that heard the day of Judgements Sommons The noise of thunder as it were one of the seven Seales being unloosed One of the foure Beasts saying come and see As much to say display'd times and seasons mistery Jn the seventh Century And unto what Nation this new Song of the Lords comming dedicated as no unnecessary circumstance time a thing observed of old when the word of the Lord came unto them For evidence hereof the Conquerer Rufus here behold their ancient Seales Where first saw a White Horse and He that sate on him a Bowe and a Crowne given unto him The English bowe renoun'd farr and neere verse 2. Whereby cleere as day given to understand the Sonne of God reveald out of the Scripture to these very Jsles Wherefore listen O Jsles And this misterie of time sealed with the yeares foure seasons their discriptions The Sun like a Conquerour and Gods word like the Sunne which overcomes whatsoever Dispells all darkenesse saying He that hath an eye come and see The worlds eye like an expert Horseman upon his Carreer running his restlesse course about who first enters the victorious crowned yuory Ramme the Wholesome Spring more then Gold to be embraced the Odorifferous Spring giving to every creature Life The second Rider so furious he on the Red Horse giving all one word Come and see Not difficult to be discern'd the Crabb at all points armed Summers scorching rayes when red as fire all Slaying in Armes as it were with Sythes and such like no short weapon The third a Blacke Horse he that sate on him a paire of Ballance in his hand in his proper colours and complexion signified not inferior to his fellowes as Automes voice cleeres it who these Celestiall Horsemen or Riders were a voice heard in the midst of them saying A measure of Wheat for a peny and three measures of Barley And hurt not the wine and oyle even the Sun in his circuit passing by the Equinoctiall weighing equall houres to day and night Thus all the world come and behold also the fourth seasons misterie explained in this new Calender or Prognostication The fourth a pale Horse he that sate one him called Death Or like the last day so gastly and paile the grizled Goate with his Beard Hoary Winter its wann visage that starvs with hunger young and old shaking every Limbe And these Characters pointing at those foure Beasts Aries Taurus Leo Capricorne Like as the foure Evangelist By winged Beasts foure full of eyes Which Motto come and see may serve them to which rests not Day nor Night And after foure of the Seales opened the mistery shewd of the foure seasons the Suns restlesse course to say finish'd The next offer'd to considerations veiw in this Story or Treatise is the blessed case of those poore Soules intreated a little Season to rest till their Fellow Souldiers and Brethren killed as they VVhose Blood for the Testimony they held crying so loud How long Lord c. to wit to the day of vengeance as behold defferd no longer the day of Iudgement immediatly which followes in its dreadfull likenesse when as fullfild white robes given likewise to the rest of their brethren arrayed to wit in cleane Shrowds Then Time to his untimely end comes whose thride of life suddainly cutt off of whose sable Hearse thus what mourners accompanying the corps of time about 44. aged in the midest of his dayes First the quaking Earth Mother of all in such a consumption The Sunn next as blacke as Sackcloth of haire coverd all over And the Moone over watched with her red face looking like blood the condoleling Heavens shedding their stars in stead of teares as fast impatient windes as loud their shrill Throat setting forth ready to rent all assunder with Sighes hollow Grones So all departing as they came the Heavens as it were quartering those Ancient Coates the foure Seasons which were like Scutchens roled up together like a Scrole The Islands carried away with the violence of