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The king himſelf revenger ſhall
the guilty troops down wrack,
XXIII,
The Engliſh nation ſhall invade,
but not eſcape a plague,
With ſword, with thirſt, with tears, and peſt,
with fears, and ſuch like ague.
XXIV.
And after enemies thrown down,
and maſtered by war:
Then Scotland, in peace, quietly
paſs joyful days for ever.
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When HEMPE is come, and alſo gone,
Scotland and England ſhall be one.
K. | K. | Q. | K. | Q. |
Henry, | Edward, | Mary, | Philip, | Elizabeth |
VIII. | VI. | of Spain | Q | |
Mary's Huſband |
HEMPE.
Praiſed be God alone, for Hempe is come and gone,
And left us, old Albion, by peace, joined in one.
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The EXPLICATION
The explication of the above prophecies, concerning Hempe-being come, and alſo gone, and leaving Scotland and England joined in one, is fulfilled in the ⟨late⟩ King William, who came out of Holland, which ⟨in old⟩