Edinburgh's true almanack, or A new prognostication for the year of our Lord, 1690. Being the second year after bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world, 5639. Exactly calculated according to art, for the meridian of the most famous city of Edinburgh, whose latitude is 55 d. 54 m.¹/₂. and longitude is 11 d. 37 m. from Pico Taniriff, according to the newest tables. / By James Paterson mathematician.

The Occasion and Exposition of the four Lines below the Chronology in my last Years Almanack, is as followeth.

THe Printer according to an Act of Council at that time, caused alter the said Chronology, by taking out the Gun-powder-Plot, and put in the Birth of their Prince, which I considering to be no Robbery, but a fair Change, to take out old Plots, to make Room for new Ones, caused me fear likewise that the Rebellion of Ire∣land should have the same sentence seing they had a new one upon the wheel, but contrary my expectation, they suffered me to keep it in until the other was brought to effect as I suppose, which occasio∣ned me to put in these four lines following by way of Anagram, it not being time then to write my meaning in plain Terms, the lines were these.

What reason proud dost thou so much excell, Consider their is harm it did rebel, What reason is I mean, unty the knots And you shal find it is but—

Now if you change two Letters, viz. r in proud after the d it will be powd'r, and t in it to make up the t that what will want when its last letter t makes up Treason with the following word reason, and so let the last letters of one word in the Ir is harm i. go as much in the beginning of the following, as make it the Irish army, so will the four lines meaning be.

What powder Treason dost thou so much excel Consider the Irish army did rebel What Treason is, I mean, unty the knots, And you shal find it is but popish plots.