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animal names animal-symbolism attributed to Merlin ballad battle Becket Boar Book of Daniel Book of Merlin Brandl Bridlington Brut called chapter Chronicle Cock contains Cornwall Dragon Eagle Earl ecies Edward the Second Edward the Third Emperor English episode Evans evidence F. J. Furnivall France French Galfridian type Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey's Giles Giraldian Collection Giraldus Giraldus Cambrensis Godfrey of Viterbo Henry the Fourth interpretation John John of Bridlington John of Cornwall King of Scotland land Latin prophecy Leopard Lilly lines London manuscript material Nennius occur Oracula Sibyllina Ordericus Ordericus Vitalis original passage poem political prophecy predictions Prince proph prophecies attributed prophecies of Merlin prophecy in England prophetic quoted referred reign relating Rome says seems serra Seven Kings shal Sibyl Six Kings supra temps terre thirteenth century Thomas of Erceldoune translated twelfth century vaticinal vendra Vision Welsh Wolf written þat
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Page 3 - The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: They shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 11 - ... the dews of heaven shall be forbidden to fall. Root and branch shall change places, and the newness of the thing shall be as a miracle. The shining of the sun shall be dimmed by the amber of Mercury, and shall be a dread unto them that behold it. Stilbon of Arcady shall change his shield, and the helmet of Mars shall call unto Venus. The helmet of Mars shall cast a shadow, and the rage of Mercury shall overpass all bounds. Iron Orion shall bare his sword. Phoebus of the ocean shall torment his...
Page 125 - Earl of Northampton] A Defensative against the poyson of supposed Prophecies. Not hitherto confuted by the Pen of any Man, which being grounded, either upon the Warrant and Authority of old painted Bookes...
Page 81 - He will be in the shape of every beast, Both on the azure sea and on land, He will be a dragon before hosts at the onset, He will be a wolf of every great forest. He will be a stag with horns of silver In the land where chariots are driven, He will be a speckled salmon in a full pool, He will be a seal, he will be a fair-white swan.
Page 71 - Alas for to-morrow, a day of calamity and misery ! Before the twelfth hour shall be heard a blast so vehement that it shall exceed all those which have yet been heard in Scotland — a blast which shall strike the nations with amazement, shall confound those who hear it, shall humble what is lofty, and what is unbending shall level with the ground.
Page 125 - A Defensative against the poyson of supposed Prophecies. Not hitherto confuted by the Pen of any Man, which being grounded, either upon the Warrant and Authority of old painted Bookes, Expositions of Dreams, Oracles, Revelations, Invocations of damned Spirits, Judicials of Astrologie, or any other kinde of pretended Knowledge whatsoever, De futuris contingentibus, have been causes of great disorder in the Commonwealth, especially among the simple and unlearned people, very needfull to be published,...
Page 125 - My judgment is, that they ought all to be despised, and ought to serve but for winter-talk by the fireside: though when I say despised, I mean it as for belief; for otherwise the spreading or publishing of them is in no sort to be despised, for they have done much mischief.
Page 106 - That if any person or persons, after the first day " of May next coming, do advisedly and directly advance, publish, " and set forth by writing, printing, signing, or any other open " speech or deed, to any person or persons, any fond, fantastical or " false prophecy, upon or by the occasion of any arms, fields, beasts, ' ' badges, or such other like things accustomed in arms, cognizances, " or signets, or upon or by reason of any time, year...
Page 84 - The Life of Merlin, Surnamed Ambrosius. His Prophecies, and Predictions Interpreted; and their truth made good by our English Annals.
Page 12 - ... his presence unto many dragons by his dreadful hissing. Then shall the dragons encounter and one shall tear other into pieces. He that hath wings shall oppress him that hath none, and fix his poisonous claws in his cheeks. Others shall gather together to the battle and one shall slay other therein. A fifth shall succeed unto them that are slain, and by various devices shall break the residue in pieces. Upon the back of one shall he climb with a sword and sever his head from his body. Then, putting...