MDCLXVI. Prognosticon istius Anni famosi 1666. Sive, Numerus Bestiae, in ore omnium Ventilatus, in modum Dialogi, Chronogrammatice delineatus.
Vae Anno, Cui Tria Sex!
Obruitur Rex,
Dispergitur Grex,
Evellitur Lex.
Interrog.
Dic mihi fatalis, Regem quem denotat, Annus?
Respons.
LVDoVICVM.
Interrog.
Quis Dispersor? Quem Disperget, dic mihi, Gregem?
Respons.
ReX AngLIae HoLLanDUM.
Interrog.
Quae Lex, dic iterum, simul evelletur? & a Quo?
Respons.
LeX nefarIa HoLLanDorVM.
InDVstrIa Labore-qVe EpIsCopI MonasterIensIs.
Apocalypsis Cap. 13. Ver. 18.
Qui habet intelligentiam, Computet Numerum Bestiae: Numerus enim Hominis est, & Numerus ejus Sexcenta Sexaginta Sex.
LVDoVICVs.
Vivat Carolus Secundus, Rex Magnae Britanniae! Et profligentur omnes ejus inimici.
Amen. Amen.
Long Live the Second CHARLES,
Great Brittains King!
And let Him all His enemies down bring. Amen. Amen.
And as for those that will not say Amen,
I wish them gone, ne'er to return agen.
Amen.
MDCLXVI. A Prognostick on this Famous Year 1666. Or, The Number of the Beast, so much talked of, Dialogue-wise, Chronogrammatically Explained.
WO to the Year, in which three Sixes meet!
It doth Portend Disaster to some Fleet;
Some King to be o'erthrown; some State dispers'd;
Some Laws Eradicated and Revers'd.
Quest.
THen tell me, Fatal Year, What King's foreshown,
Or here donoted to be overthrown?
Answ.
If that you would this Mystery unfold,
You may in
LVDoVICVs him behold.
Quest.
Tell me, What State shall be dispers'd? and Who,
By scattering their Folk, shall it undo?
Answ.
The King of
England, if you will believe
The Comets, shall the
Hogen-Mogens drive.
Quest.
Tell me, What Laws then shall be rooted out?
And by whose means this shall be brought about?
Answ.
The unjust Laws of
Holland shall go down;
And their Nefarious Plots quite overthrown.
And this, by th' Industry, Pains, Care, and Charge,
Of
Munsters Bishop, shall be done at large.
ANd yet, for further Satisfaction,
Look into St.
Johns Revelation:
And there you shall this read:
Rev. 13.18.
Here Wisdom is,
And he that understands, if, not amiss,
He
counts the Number of the Beast, shall find
It to the Number of a man inclin'd.
For so it is: and then your thoughts to fix,
The Number is SIX HUNDRED SIXTY SIX:
Which with the French Kings Name if you compare,
The Number both with Beast and Man will square.
LVDoVICVs.
LeVVIs (the 14.) of FranCe AnD NaVarre.
DCLVVVI.
[...]mprinted at London by Thomas Milbourn. 1666.