The Myftery of <tAmbras Merlins, tandardbearer Wolf.
and I aft ^oat of CovtiVv aI »
With fundry other Miferious Prophecys, both Ancient and Modern, plainly unfolded in '
the following treatife, on the fignification and portent of that prodigious Comet, feen by moft part of
the World Anno 1680 wjth the Buzmg Star Anm i6$%, and the conjunctions of Saturn a.t\&\^upi gy in October
following, ai d iince, nil which do purport man) fad calamitys to befall nioft parts of the Europiato continent in Ge¬
neral before the year t 699. fome fooner then others, but nore perticwlerly. the ruin of the houfcor Auftria, Vienna,
ard the Empire of Germiny, with Rome, Italy • and the Pope and Papicy, the King and Kingdom of France, withfeve-
raloth r Countrys in Europe, and the danger of an i ivation in England by the Turfy, and then the convertion of the
£«i J Nation to the Cbriftian faith, before this prefent exr.edition of the Turfy into Hungary and Germany be over,
wi-j h will be followed ( 1 ) with thecalling o'f the Ims, (2 ) the reducing of all wayes of Religious Werlbip in to
one by wh:C'i an univerfal peace will enlue to all the Earth.
Writtenby a Lover of his Country s Peace, Anno Domini, 1683.
He Situation, Dimention, Complexion and natural Comixtureof thefaid
Comet, Blazing Star and ConjuCtion, having been treated on at large by o-
thers before, fhallfave my Time and Pains in that kind now—and being
(after the firft Appearance of the faid Star) enquired of by fome of my
Neighbours concerning its Signification, I then told them, That it much to Scot¬
land & Ireland, 6"but little to us here in England—but when by my noCtural obfervation
of it afterward,! faw the great afccntsit made towards the North-pole,in fomuch thatic
was more Southward thereof by its laft appearance, then it was Northward of it at the
firft—l or which caufc, I then told my faid Neighbours, 1 feared it might fignify more
to us with many Countrys Eaf South and Weft of us, then it would either Scotland
cr Ireland, but that it would begin to Off crate w Scotland and with our hear
foon after. •
And if I be not too much miftaken in its fignification, together with that of the Comet
and conjunctions, viz. Religion & dominion, Rule and Government both in Church and
State, with many other things befides, but efpecially in matters of Religion, and
eusthings, which may conduce to make moft parts of Europe deeply ie.nfible of many
fad calamitys ready to befall them •, which being granted then 1 think that Scotland
is made very fenfible thereof already and our felves too much • and not all neither: and
who knows but that it may be fo in Ireland by this time alio, as mauy places elfe may
do foon after us, for the Comet and Star, being wholy and the Conjunctions
being fo in a great part alfo, What may be expeCied lefs then that the EfFeCts Ihould be
according to the caufe ?And the rather confidcring how unluckily Tory Mars was
pofited fo near the conjunction in October laft that look what malevolent Saturu fhould
Envioufiy and Subtilly fuggeft, and benevolent Jupiter might peradvenrer unwillingly
confent unto, Mars flood by furioufly, refolved to put it on Soldier like, yi et armis
And then Saturn parting fo {lowly from Jupiter doth prefage the longer continuance of
our mi!erys when they comc.
Which kind of Calamity (be they what they will) are like to be brought upon us
Proteftauts by a Saturnine ScCt, or fort of People, and their Adherents, asallfuchmay
be truly called who wed their Incereft, and do their Work, whofe R eligiori may be lit¬
tle better than that of the Papifts or Tarks, as fhall be fcen anon • all which occurs into
my mind a Prediction of Nofredamus,quoted by Mr. Gadbury in his Almanack- Ann. 1679.
When Venus fhall a Prince aud Empire raife, ,
And oveV conftraindto give dull Saturn P -T It may concern us too much.
Then fall the. Laws and Powers, Jove did erec, G trho,^h Gadhur1 did cantingly
Strike Sale, and bow to a Saturnine SeB. J
Then in the next place, take one of Mr. Lilly sin his Engltjh Merlin, paN 2?. viz /
judge that privately h Lyes, Treacheries, feigned and dfembled Treaties, and Embaffadours,
Yr, Ya'"A all over Europe, the true Proteflant Religion will
• (2)
lurking in the b)foms and clo fats of Princes, that many fh ill think that Popery full return to its
old Seat in every Ccuntry. By which it re ay appear, where and by whom the Pro eftant
Religion is like to be put in danger, more than by the DiiTenters. In favour of which
faid Saturnine People, fome men give them elves to do like a fore of People living in King
Davids time^ of whom he faith, Pfalm. 37.14. The Wicked bend their Bow^ and make
their Arrow ready on the firing to [hoot in Secret and to hunt hofe of an Upright Converfxtion^
and verfe 32. the Wicked watcheth the Righteous1 and Jeeketh to fay Him• it was of fuch men
that David fpake in verf. 12. faying, fave me from the Bloody Man, for the Sins of their
Months and the words of their Ltps^ even for their Perjury and Lyes^ let them he taken in their
own Pride♦
Of this fort of Men it was Mr .Lilly did fo aptly-p redid in his Almanack for 16 81 Say-
ing^There are a diffatisfyed People amongfl us ^ that too frequently endeavour to Poyfon the minds
ofthe People, to promote their own defigns, and are animated therein by Perjons of no mean Qua-
iity —which feems to be truiy predicted, witnefs that unparalelled & monftrous prefent-
raent, made to the Juftices at the.Bridge-hou'e in January laft at Scfuons there • putting
the Protidtant-JDifienters equally Criminal with Papifts-, but tho!e men take little
notice of the late Lord Chancellors well worded fpeech to the Parliament Anno.
I 6jlthat it would he neccftary to diftinguifh between that would the
Church, and other Recufants that only wander from the Church—we leave them to learn to
diftinguifh better if the Papifts come to fit at helm to fteer the Ship.
Its no fmall wonder to me that fuch men fhould be fo Brutilli, as not to rake any
more notice of the many warnings God gives us now and ol late years or can they
think that God did light that prodigious Comet in the heavens in 1680. and the Star
fince,only for the world to gaze on and wonder atr1—or may we not all rather fear
that he feeth fome crying fins reigning amongft us mortals that he would have us turn
from, or otherwifc he will Punilh us for, and therefore mercifully warns us before hand
of.-5 Amongft which crying fins the prefent Perfecution may be one-,which fome may noc
think to be a fin, becaufe its authorized by a Law—but it may not be a jot the lefs a fin
for that, in which like cafe, King David put a Query faying, hath the throne of Iniquity
fellowfhip with thee that forgeth wrong for a Law t
And fo for Subornation, Perjury, Atheifm, and others as bad, but for the faid Per¬
fecution it is fuch as hath not been prefidented by any fincc the publilliing the Gofpel of
Peace unlefs by the Roman Heathen Emperours, againft the Apoftles and Pri¬
mitive Chriftians in thofe times 5 and the Papifts againft the Proteftants in all
times fince.
And what prefidents thefe are for Proteftants to follow againft each other, let the
reformed churches abroad judge, which again recalls to my mind another prediction
of Mr. Lilly in his Almanack 1681. faying, thofe pretending to Religion, whether Papifts or
Seditions, willjhew hut little pitty or companion on thofe, whefe unhappinefs it may be to fall under
their Subjection.
Having thus fparingly hinted at a few of thofe crying fins reigning amongft us, let
us look back to fee the efteCts that may follow, and firft with refped to our fclves in this
Nation, who according to the judgements of the Antients, the experience of later Ages,
and the prefent apprehenfions of fome Sages yet living amongft us, as well as of fome
lately dead, on fuch configurations as we now treat on, may expeCt great changes and
alterations in Government, with other calam tysbefides, (1 ) but God grant we meet
with no change of Governours, left it prove for the worle, nor yet by any undue means.
(2) nor fccondly, any pcftilential Plague, as in fixty five. ( 3 1 nor fuch a dreadful
burning of houfes as in fixty fix, though we have had many burnt fince.—' 4) fourth¬
ly, nor a fcarcity of grain and other fruits of the Earth, to pine the Poor with hunger as
in fome time pall:,, folong threatned, and may now be leared. (5) nor an innovation
of Popery into the Church, whereby the eftablifhed Religion in the Nation (of which
we fo much boaft) may be thruft afide if not lubverted, when the Minifters and f each-
ers thereof may be removed into corners, and be glad of Private houesto preach in
then for fear of the Papifts, as the Non-conformifts are for fear of fome of them now.
(6) nor any breakings out amongft ourfelves to the cutting each others throats, as
the
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the fruits of our prefent divifiov.s.-, fo little taken notice of, unlefs by fuch asrejoyce
thereat, having been the chief iomenters thereof. ( 7 laftly, nor an iuvahon of an E-
nemy Irotn a very lar off, fo little thought on and lets feared.
Some of which faid di aftrous calamities may be brought upon us, and moft Pro-
teitant Conurysiii Europe, firft, by that Saturnine People and their Adherents, as was
faid before, but God grant it be not attempted by Bloody Butcheri-gs, as was once de:
•figned and dill feared •, and then look what the faid people comeThort of bringing on us
Proteftants, may in the next place be brought on them and us too by the Turks, which
is to be underftood, an Enemy from a very far off as a little before.
Which faid Nation have of late penetrated themfelves far into and will be
hardly courted or compelled out again on any eafie,or honourable terms for the Empire,
but if they bring another Army in this Summer as 'tis faid they are preparing for •, then
they will hardly ever return to goe out agaia until! they have overrun Hungary and
Germany as far as to the Gates, yea within the walls of Ficntta,and thence to Lubick,arid
other Hans Towns on the Weftcrn Sea with their Ships round into the faid Sea; as
was once predicted by Nofiredamits, faying.
Siena'j Land and Sea fhallbleed •
The Phocan PortfuU of Ships decreed.
Through I rcnch mens Difcords and Neglect)
A Way is made for Mahomet'; Sect :
Then the Conteft will not be fo great between the Miniftcrs of the Church of England
and the Nonconformfi Diffetiters • nor yet betwec n the Protefiants in general and the
pifis, as betw t en the Mahometans and the Chrijlians $ when the venerable Mujfty and
Mufileman will dare to vie it with the haughty Cardinal and reverend Bifhop.
For which many an unfortunate European Prince may thank, frft, the prefent Empe¬
ror, who by his heavy Preffures laid on the Prstefants in Hungary, forced them into
Arms for their juft Rights, which gave the Turks an opportune Occafion for the prefent
Invahon. Secondly, T he French King for more than once inviting them to it.
And Thirdly The Pope, who advifed the Emperor to reduce the Hungarians by Arms,
rather than by an Amicable Compliance. And now toilluftrate the probability of
thefe things, with more of this kind,coming to pafs within a few years,take as followeth.
1. Eirfi, An ancient German Prophecy in the old Saxon, prcfaging, firfi, the prefent
French King's late Conquefl •, fecondly,the Turks prefent Incurfion into Germany: faying,
In the fouth fall live a W olf, who fhall gnafh down Towns into his thirfiy Throat • but in his
bloody Banquet fhall Dye Then out of the Eaflfhall come aDifmal Black Dog, who like a
Thief hy Night [hallenter into Germany, but in the Enterprife fhalllofe one of bis Limbs, and
fo depart with fuch a yelping found as fhall make all Alia and Africa quake thereat 5 then he fhall
fcrfake his old Mafier, and chufe him a new one. - Of which more in the clofe of the Treati'fe.
2. A Second is a Turks Prophecy to his own , who was a Lubecker Seaman, ta¬
ken by a Turk's Man of War, Anno or thereabouts: The Turk was a Doffor of
Phyfickand Chyri rgeon, who took his faid new Slave one morning into his ftudy in
1660. and there faid to hirn^— thatfoon after the year 1680. of Chriflion account, the
Turks Nation fhbuldraifean innumerable Army to got againf C hrillendom, who when come to
the borders thereof\ would divide into three parts, one to go on the right hand toward Mufcovy
and Poland, another on the left toward the Alps ^^Switzerland, aw! the third
toward Germany, which fhtuld go; on conquering as far as neat Lubeck, where theyfhould be
defeated, and I { faid he to his Have) fhall be (lain in the fight, and thou live to fee ,
therefore when the fight is over, ccme thou into the field to look for me, whom thou fhaJt find dead
among the fain, and c loathed with a violet colour gown as now 1 am, when thou haft me lay me in
my Mothers Bcfome, which is all the fcrvice I fhall require ofthcc~-> fo he difmift him
and lent him to Lubeck. - . :
3. A Third thing is a mentioning of divers Prophetical but unufual Vihons, Appari¬
tions, and Revelations made known to Chrifiopher Kotterus, Cbrifiiana Ponatovia, and
Nicholas Dabitins,all perfons of known Integrity and well approved of by all the Mi-
nift crs that were banillied out of Bohemia by Ferdinando2 Emperour when
he expelled Frederick King thereof, for turning Proteftant anno 1620. all which faid
Vihons and Revelations were fince prinred in the Bohemian tongue, (all threatning
A 2 the
the Empero jr, Empire, houfe of Auliria, ri.c Pope and Church of Rome, wkh ruin to
aU interns and purpofes,) and is of late made Engl,11 in a fmall Volume,and or as fmall
a price, fold at Mr. Pallets (hop at the fign o; the Btoie in ChanceryUne.
Unto which book I refer the reader and then the levtral intelligences we have
had of late years, relating what prodigious multitudes of Mice, fn arms of Caterfu.ars,
had invaded iome parts of Germany, and the great flocks of flying Fowls, that like
orcat clouds met and fought in the air, falling dead to the gioucd, all w hic.i muff nee-,
preface fome flrange things to befall thofe parts, fuch as the prefei: itientiion or the
Turks may be, whS when they have pierced through thole parts, wall then proceed and
enter into France, whole mighty Monarch with his Poctlh Peers and Pefants, will be as
fullv rewarded for the cruel Maffacrcs committed on the Hugoncts there, about a hun¬
dred years fince, and the cruelty ufed againll the faid people there of late and now—
as the Empcrour and houfe of Auflria will have been a little before, fcrall their cruelty
towards the forefaid King of Bohemia, his progeny and Proteitants, anno 1620. and
fince and as the Pope & lefuitical Crew will be in iome time a^cei/or ail theB.ood fpilt
by their means firfee the Reformation, in moil places of Europe.
Andwhereaswe lnEm;land have of lace been, andnovc aie again, engagei in us is
by many faid) a cauflefs Perfection of our Neighbours and Fcllow-Subjeds at home,
God grant we be not as deeply engaged to fuftain the like Puuifliment with other Nati¬
ons abroad for the like Offences. T> U If C
A. In the next place take a few-lines of WrrfwsMyflet.ous Prophecy on thefateof
England's Monarchy, for which he hath been fo Renowned amongft the Learned in all
A|7it St'aMhearerWolf jball raife Proofs, and envir Cornwall j *
Sitddier in a Cart (ball withfand hrn, who /loll change the People mo a Boar, and the Boar /hall
wade the Provinces,but he fball he drowned in the deep ^Severn.
From which I judge, that when the Turk, have finilhed their Conquell in Prance,they
maydefign an Expedition for England; which faid expedition may be undertalcen by
feme chriilian Prince, or Tirktfb Bafhaw, vvhoon the Slup himfelf comes m, Ihall car¬
ry a Flag" figured with a White Wolf, (as in this Page) and is therefore by Merlin called
the Standardbearer Wolf, and defigniug to land on Severn fide of Cornwall or Devm/h/rc,
will bring his Ships & Troops that follow him (who are therefore called his Tall, round
thePoiut of Lands End into the Severn Sea, which Will be his environing Cornwall
with his faid Tail:but then a Souldier in a Cart,
an En gift) Admiral or General in a Ship (who (hall
change the People into a Boar, id eft, fhall command
the People on the Sea coafts to move themfelves & all
Provifions into the Inland Country, and Jeave thofe
Countries void & wafte, as if Boars or other Swine had
made waftcof all beforc)(hall withftand the laid Stan¬
dardbearer id , fight, defeat and fink him in the
deep of the Severn Sea, and fo verifie Merlins faid
Lines. Unto which faid Standardbearer , with his
fatal Succefs, Mr. doth allude in his
anno 1654. where he hadportraitur'dtheEmblimof a
Wolffs in the Margin, to whom he writ, faying,
Full Fifty Years, or near 'twill be,
Ere England'* tbou /halt fee ;
In it no Honour can ft thou
Nor fo much Earth as makes a Grave.
Forbear, for bear • thy fad Fate
To feed the Ft ft, et cetera.
Finis coronat opus et mergit lupus.
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