Monarchy or no monarchy in England. Grebner his prophecy concerning Charles, son of Charles, his greatnesse, victories, conquests. : The Northern Lyon, or Lyon of the North, and chicken of the eagle discovered who they are, of what nation. : English, Latin, Saxon, Scotish and Welch prophecies concerning England in particular, and all Evrope in generall. : Passages upon the life and death of the late King Charles. : Ænigmaticall types of the future state and condition of England for many years to come. / By William Lilly ...

Of a fresh Fight and conflict sharply and fiercely maintained by the bloody Lyon of Germany and BAVARIA.* 1.1

A Fatall necessity having torne and pull'd from the House of Austria the old Roman Scepter and Diadem,* 1.2 and after an oppression of the same Austrian House by the incursions of French, English, Danish, Swedish, making their irruptions on all sides; there shall arise a horrid, bloody, sharpe contest in Eu∣rope, which shall cruelly shake and breake away part thereof, yea shal expose the same being strangely spoyled and dismem∣bred to egregious alterations. A Swedish King then reigning shall be invited to that quarrell to breake in upon Pomerane, Mechlenburge, and some Provinces belonging to Denmarke, be∣ing provoked by some offensive Papers of the Romish See: whereunto if He shall harken, He shall unseasonably and very unprosperously become an Allie to one that is most neer and intimate to Him. Wherefore I advise the Swede to leave him in the same state wherein He findes him. By which meanes He, his Family and Posterity remaining contented with the bounds of their owne naturall Dominions shall preserve in∣tire, and keepe in good order and allegiance their owne Sub∣jects officiously disposed to peace and tranquillity. But if He shall in his heart propose to pervert his Subjects by faire per∣swasions,* 1.3 God shall soone cut him off. And then from a Charles a great Charles shall obtaine the Scepter, who with great successe and prosperity shall reigne over the Northerne parts of the World; yea, the same Charles shall much breake the power and tyranny of the Spaniard, and obtaine a signall Victory over his Navie and Armadoe. And after the conjuncti∣on of his Forces with the States of Christendome He shall win a difficult, cruell Battle. After this, God shall remove his Popish wife, to the great terror of the Bishop of Rome, who being incensed and stirred thereby, King Charles shall professe hastily against Antichrist, and joyning Forces with the German

and other Allies shall become Enemy to Him, and the Crown of Spaine both. At that time shall the Swede be very succesfull and performe admirable service against the Enemy with Men and Ships, as well by Land as by Sea.

Out of the Manuscript of Paul Grebner of Sneburgh remaining in the Library of Trinity Colledge in Cambridg, giv∣en there by Queen Elizabeth.

The Title of Grebners Manuscript, is,* 1.4

Sericum Mundi Filum, sive Vaticinium Quo subita mutatio Antichristi, &c.

At the end of the Epistle Dedicatory to Queene Eilzabeth; He closes with these words:

This Worke was finished by the Author at Magdeburgh, Jan. 8. 1574.

This Grebner was a Protestant, and hath extant in Print a Translation of the Proverbs and Canticles in Latin Verse.

His Predictions are not avowed by Him to be from Astrology but Revelation.

Every Prediction hath a Banner before it, called Vexillum.* 1.5

He was in England 1582. and his Booke presented to Queen Elizabeth was about two hundred sheets. Doctor Nevill Clerk of the Queens Closet obtained the Booke of her, and gave it to Trinity Colledge Library.

The preceding Coppy having lain long by me, it hapned a Gentleman in the North parts, of a Noble Family, in the year 1649. perused his Fathers Library, found therin the Prophecy of Paulus Grebnerus coppied faire, and transl••ted by his Fathers Tutor, at what time he was a Student in Cambridge, which was in Anno 1618. or 1619. and because in the same Paper there are some other Predictions collected by the same Tu∣tors hand, I publish them all as they came into my hands, and am willing to shew the Originall unto any one; which was most carefully preserved by the Noble Man and his Tutor, untill by accident it came into my hands.

Another Coppy of Grebnerus his Prophecy taken from the Originall in 1618. or 1619. by a learned hand.* 1.6

Notes

• * 1.1

  Banner 173
• * 1.2

  The true Pro∣phecy of Greb∣ner in English
• * 1.3

  Charles of Charles.
• * 1.4

  The Worlds silken string, or a Prophe∣cy of Ante∣christs sudden confusion.
• * 1.5

  This is a true and exact ac∣count of Greb∣ners Prophecy.
• * 1.6

  A second true transcription of Grebnerus.