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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