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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
the Seas uproare Each acting a part the Kings and Great men ringing out such a Peale all flying away and hyding themselves for the great day of his wrath to come as who able to stand routed all surprised in such a moment darkenesse CAP. 7. ANd these like Iacobs Ladder reaching at last to Heaven Gate Ascendentem abortusolis Behold saw foure Angels standing on the foure Corners of the Earth holding the foure Winds that they should not blow c. Even gives to understand in what year the Finall blow saying hurt not c. till we have sealed so many And there were sealed a hundred forty and foure c. of the servants of God in the fore heads as much to say the yeare of God 1644. when compleat then the disolution comes quickly or is at hand And thus like the Covenant of late sealed whereso many names also the months of the yeare setting their hands at it were twelve times twelve verse 4. And as including the yeare compleat or accomplished 44. till when those pernitious winds restrayned not to hurt the Earth nor any Tree So Aludes to that fruitlesse tree after the fourth yeare to be for borne no longer interceded for in the Gospel Wherefore Sir these are to let you know it is spoken to your Majestie the last of those crowned foure and twenty Elders being full forty foure aged and reigning since aged 24. saying Sir thou knowest who they are verse 14. That Albion Regiment these Folke in white Robes fleeced and famished as yee see the very condition of Prisoners taken by you The Prophet Jsaiah gives notice of it They are his words too Listen O Jsles c. 49. Cap. That thou mayest say to the Prisoners goe forth to them that are in darkenesse they shall hunger and thirst no more neither shall heat nor Sun any more smite them for the Lambe in the midest of the Throne having the seven eyes which are the seven spirits of God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes And more over for these words aforesaid as serving for the midest of the Century about the yeare 44. So points at the very halfe yeare about Michael the Arch Angells Feast the aforesaid Blow or last Blow there about till when those hurtfull winds restrained Michaelmas riggs so called As aforeshewed forbidden to hurt the VVine and the Oyle all speaking as it were with Automns boysterous voice a greater Blow then great Babylons when that hand writing appeared writen by that Angels hand that Prince affrighting and his numerous Peers not a little CAP. 8. ANd like as about halfe an houre after the clocke had stricken shews about the space of halfe an houre there was silence in Heaven after the seales were opened which imports not only when a vacancie in the Church These Angels their standing before God then preparing themselves to sound but shews withall a space of time allotted to repent of their contempts stood in and cruelties before his men of warre sent forth But the marriage of the Lambe being ready they unworthy that were bidden The censure fil'd with Alter Coales is cast downe the curse defer'd no longer the aforesaid seven Angels so highly preferd sound fire and sword woe to Land and Sea And so the great Ship its being lanchd forth shewed at large ver 12. likened to Etnas burning mountaine with like Sulpharous smoaks smiting of Sunne Moone and Starrs the third part and with such a spacious Lampe like a Starre even well named Wormewood verily the Arch Bishops Charecter His lanching out or advancing both goes together Bishops and Ships able both to choake all with their smoakes and the like The very root of bitternesse made of it and this the meaning of this unluckey Starrs falling burning as a lamp The contriver of this third kingdoms cumbustion this aforesaid high Officer in the Church also with the yeare of God 1633. September accompanied when he transtated as in truth this Prognostication serves from the yeare 1625. untill 44. compleat The third Angells proclaimes it Witnesse Woe woe woe treble woes to the Earths Jnhabitants to wit England Scotland and Jreland And so much for these Angeâ—ls alarme imparted concerning the third part of creatures in the Sea distroied and the third part of Ships And the third part of the lights of Heaven smitten and to slay the third part of men Saying come and see or behold great Brittains Mapp as visible as the Heavens foure Seasons shewd in the Calender Even Lucifers being cast downe lik lightning in our dayes First the Arch Bishop in whose custodie the Keys of the AByss power given him to imprison Levie Taxes wage warre at his pleasure the loose Reines laid on his Necke that breake his owne the portion of that aspiring Hypocrite full of the misterie of Jniquitie And so much for the misterie of that malevolent Starre CAP. 9. PRoceeding one with these calculated for this Kingdom shewing as Heaven open'd and those horsemens comming proclaim'd come and see Also open'd the bottomlesse pit ecclipsing the Sun and Ayre set open by him the Sonne and Heire of perdition father of that generation of Vipers So Dragons and Deeps like the evill spirits confesse and praise God when men faile For discovering whose comming at hand the day of judgements standing at the doore the very current coine demonstrated of this Kingdome all horsemen money made their Gold that odored Masse occasion of evills all Begetting such uunatur all doings Warrs and Jmprisonments desired death where it flees away of late like Hell throng'd as full every where Of which flying current halfe crowne peices Currentium in Bellum with Crownes on their heads what peices of Plate they are no need to aske or goe farre to inquire whose Image with deformed haire Hermophradite Locks none of that mayden Queens doubtlesse with Breast plates all c such tormenting doings and Dolers unknowne in her dayes And so much for those signes with that star of the bottomlesse pitt in the likenesse of Scorpio and Sagitarious with faces like men but as the nose in the face or the like so difficult whose to discerne whose superscription or discription with our old Gold plainly called the Angel of the aforesaid AByss that Distroyer not without a double signification like those names Abbadon and Apollyon giving to understand withall as under the Angels feet the Scorpion or Dra Anglia giving the Angells name fatall to the Old Serpent to receive there his fall And here one woe is past The sower of debate and division Anatamiz'd And two woes more comming after passing over how farre Civill warre exceeds other the Navyes preparation comes next those winged Horses of the Seawith Lyons heads and Serpents tayles The winds withall prepared for an houre a day amoneth and a yeare which Angels foure commanded to be loosed bound in the East as it were or Babylons great river Euphrates not only points at that suddain hand writing sent but to the yeare of 1644. past as much to say then the third woe the day of judgement comes after or quickly like a Theise Of which Horse men even bound in the narrow Seas saying He heard the number of them or list of their names with fire and smoake and Brimstone issuing out of their tayles the very firie Lake to behold with stinging great Gunns or peices chargd as here peices of all kinds numberd of late since discovered the Jndies And so farre for a discoverie of the time also and these serving to explaine the rest And the rest of the men that were not killed c verse 20. repented not that they should not serve Divels of Gold and Silver c. Daemonia neither repented they of their though not unforetold how bitter a pille it would prove So might be infisted on his writing to a LADIE willing her not to salute with God speed them of the faction of Antichrist But unwilling to be voluminus to intrude too farr on the bounds of patience in distracted times FINJS