 | Mr. Samuel Colvil's Prophecy anent the Union |  |
Mr. Samuel Colvil's Prophecy anent the Union,
as contained in his Scots Hudibras pag. 44.
BUT he foresees with Prophets Unction
The Effects of a Great Conjunction;
Before the Age begin again,
Spain shall have France, or France have Spain;
The Monarchy shall spread no further,
If Dutch and English hold together;
And tho' they do great Tribulation,
Follows a Gothish Inundation
Spreading from Pomer into Scluse,
In Defence of the Flower-de-luce:
Their Mutiny for want of Pay
Proves to the French a dismal Day.
Then English shall say, GOD be thanked,
The French are like Fleas in a Blanket;
They soon skip out, as they did in,
The Conquest ends ere it begin;
They marr all by unstable Carriage;
As in their Old Italian Voyage,
When quite forsaken of their Helps,
They first brought Shankers o'er the Alps.
The Effects of a Great Conjunction;
Before the Age begin again,
Spain shall have France, or France have Spain;
The Monarchy shall spread no further,
If Dutch and English hold together;
And tho' they do great Tribulation,
Follows a Gothish Inundation
Spreading from Pomer into Scluse,
In Defence of the Flower-de-luce:
Their Mutiny for want of Pay
Proves to the French a dismal Day.
Then English shall say, GOD be thanked,
The French are like Fleas in a Blanket;
They soon skip out, as they did in,
The Conquest ends ere it begin;
They marr all by unstable Carriage;
As in their Old Italian Voyage,
When quite forsaken of their Helps,
They first brought Shankers o'er the Alps.
He doth foresee another Wonder,
Nations in Place and hearts asunder
Shall strictly be conjoyn'd in One,
Against the Whore of Babylon;
And tho' those Nations be but Poor,
Rich Kings who Fornicate the Whore
Shall melt before them, as the Snow,
When Rain and South Wind makes a Thaw.
What Men they are, he will not Clatter
Lest some think, he intends to Flatter.
Then all shall be Serene and Clear,
And Saints shall Reign a Thousand Year;
If not; let it not be Forgotten
To hang him when he's Dead and Rotten.
Nations in Place and hearts asunder
Shall strictly be conjoyn'd in One,
Against the Whore of Babylon;
And tho' those Nations be but Poor,
Rich Kings who Fornicate the Whore
Shall melt before them, as the Snow,
When Rain and South Wind makes a Thaw.
What Men they are, he will not Clatter
Lest some think, he intends to Flatter.
Then all shall be Serene and Clear,
And Saints shall Reign a Thousand Year;
If not; let it not be Forgotten
To hang him when he's Dead and Rotten.
Re-printed in the Year 1707.
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