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BOOK II. Europes Calamity, Englands Glory.
Now follow certain Prophesies out of Max∣wels Collections, delivered by Out∣landish Prophets and Prophetesses, to confirm what hath been said by our own, touching the downfall of the Church of Rome, the reformation of the Church, and also of the Person or Instrument which shall bring these glorious works to passe.
Out of Maxwels 5 section, fol. 31.
THere is a certain prediction written about 600 years ago, had out of the Library of S. Victor, which be∣ginneth, Vae tibi Civitat septicolis, &c. Wo unto thee thou seven-hilled City, when the letter R shall threaten thy walls; for then the fall and destruct on of thy mighty men is at hand. Wo unto the City of blood, full of lying, falshood and violence; the voice of the scourge, of the whe••l, and of the warlike horse, the voice of viol nce and spoil shall not depart from thee; the g••ld of Gods word is obscu ed, and Religion, which is the wo••shipping of God according to his word, is pi••ifu ly corrup••ed: the first Wo is past, behold ••n∣other wo is at hand; let us flye away secretly from before his face, because the afflictions of our faces do begin; let us run,