THE Famous Propheſie OF THE White King and the Dead Man, &c.

IT will be neceſſary to inform the Reader that this Propheſie was writ ſeven hundred Years ago in Latin, and found about a hundred Years ſince at the pulling down of an old Monaſtry: All [...]e parts of this Propheſie are already come to paſs [...]t this laſt, which you will find by the ſequel is [...]w at hand: The firſt thing that was foretold by [...] was the Union of the two Crowns under one Mo⯑ [...]rch, after the Death of the Maiden Queen; the ext thing was the Troubles of England, and the [...]eath of King Charles the Martyr; the third thing [...]as the Exile; and the fourth the Reſtauration of [...]ing Charles the Second; after that, this Propheſie [...]mes to the late Revolution and deſcribes it; by [...] Eagle coming out of the Eaſt, landing in the South, nd coming to the Weſt, where, at an old Caſtle that ands by the River ſide that waſhes the Walls of Bri⯑ain's Metropolis, the Great and Mighty Men of the [...]ingdom ſhall come to receive him, and offer him their [...]ervice to catch the Old Lyon's Whelp; the laſt Pro⯑ [...]heſie that ſhall come to paſs is juſt ſucceeding the time [...]at England and Scotland ſhall loſe their former [4] Names, and be ſwallow'd up in that of Great Britai [...] and then ſhall be explain'd this of the White King a [...] the Dead Man.

The White King, and his Character. He is th [...] great Red Dragon who is gorg'd and ready to burſt wit the Blood of all Nations: He is known by the mighti⯑neſs of his Power, and the abſoluteneſs of his Dominion The beſt of his Subjects are the greateſt of his Slaves and his moſt applauded Acts of Devotion conſiſt in th Multitude of Victims be has Sacrificed to the falſe God that he Worſhippeth. His Honour is lodged in the num⯑berleſs Number of his Troops: His Religion in th Breaſt of his Confeſſor; and his Riches in the Purſ [...] of his Subjects; which, like the Unjuſt Steward, h uſeth at his own Will and Pleaſure.

This White King you may plainly ſee by th Deſcription is meant for the French King, who ha been ſo long foretold to be a Tyrant over his People and a Scourge to the Neighbouring Nations, as th Prophets of old deliver'd in dark Miſteries thei Propheſies concerning the coming of Cyrus, the down-fall of the Perſian Monarchy under Darius; and th [...] riſe of the Weſtern under Alexander, and afterwards that of the Caeſars. Can any thing point plainer at him than to ſay He is gorg'd with the Blood of all Nations, when there is ſcarce one in Europe whom the French King has not imbrued his Hands in their Blood? The next is as plain, which points at Power, and the Arbitrarineſs of his Government▪ and wherein he has made the beſt of his Subjects▪ which are the Proteſtants, without whoſe aſſiſtance he had ſcarce been able to have kept his Crown, now Slaves by ſending ſeveral to the Gallies, and forcing [5] others to quit his Dominions. The reſt of the Pro⯑pheſie is as true in every particular, and therefore needleſs to repeat.

The Time when the White King ſhall raiſe the Dead Man, and the Signs of his Coming. The Time when this ſhall come to paſs ſhall be the time after England and Scotland ſhall loſe the Diſtinction of their former Names, and be ſwallow'd up in their Original Name of Great Britain. And the Sign that ſhall be given ſhall be that when Falſe Prophets ariſe, and ſhall pretend to raiſe the Dead Man; but this ſhall not be the Dead Man which the White King ſhall raiſe; for he is not a Dead Man, but to the Hopes and Expectations of the People he is Dead only, but ſhall riſe again.

This is directly hit at the Union of the Two Kingdoms, and cannot be interpreted to mean any [...]ther thing, but what the Dead Man is wou'd look [...] little doubtful, but the next Paragraph explains it, which if it did not the preſent times wou'd ſhow that it has brought him to Life which every Bo⯑dy thought was Dead, to us at leaſt; but that [...]hich is very particular, and wonderfully remark⯑able in deed, is the Sign given us of thoſe times that is when Falſe Prophets ſhall ariſe and pretend to aiſe the Dead Man, before ever the other Dead Man hat was meant, was ever thought to make ſuch a Reſurrection. This is worth a ſerious Reflection to hink that juſt at a time when theſe Falſe Prophets pretend to raiſe Emes, one of their pretended Pro⯑bets, which is their Dead Man, the White King, in he Propheſie, is pretending to raiſe to us, the People of the Union, another Dead Man, contrary to all our Thoughts, our Apprehenſions, or Expectations, [6] and who this Dead Man is, the next Paragraph of the Propheſie ſhows.

And the Dead Man is the Lyon's Whelp, which the Eagle had drove away from the Old Lyon before.

This part of the Propheſie is explain'd by that which foretold the Revolution by the coming of an Eagle out of the Eaſt, which was the then Prince of Orange, afterwards our Glorious Reſtorer King Wil⯑liam, who came to catch the Old Lyon's Whelp, which may be plainly underſtood of the then Pretended Prince of Wales, who is afterwards all along call'd the Dead Man, which very emphatically ſhows us, He is a Perſon Dead and loſt to all Reaſonable Ex⯑pectation. But this is the Dead Man which the Eagle had drove away from the Old Lyon, as this Pretender was driven from K. James, before he Ab⯑dicated the Crown of England, and therefore he is a Dead Man indeed that is excluded all hopes of Reigning, by the Crown of Great Britain's being Settled on the Houſe of Hannover, and in a Prote⯑ſtant Succeſſion for ever, ſo that he is actually Dead to the Law. Therefore we ſhall proceed to exa⯑mine in the next place.

The Buſineſs that the Dead Man is ſent about by the White King. And the White King having War with all the Nations round about him, ſetting up one King, and pulling down another, at laſt raiſes up the Dead Man, which was the Old Lyon's Whelp, and furniſhes him with Wooden Horſes to carry him to his Native Country, there to aſſault it, and deſtroy the Peo⯑ple for the hardneſs of their Hearts, and their Infide⯑lity in not beliening that the Dead Man ſhou'd come again, whom they ſpued out from amongſt them long be⯑fore. [7] This is the deſign the Dead Man is ſent about [...]y the White King; but his Governour has diſappoin⯑ [...]d all his Projects.

This Paragraph needs but little explaining at his time of Day, when we find the White King▪ is [...]etting up the Dead Man againſt us, and ſending [...]im to execute his own Deſigns. The Wooden Hor⯑ [...]s he is preparing for him to Viſit the Land of his Nativity are the White King's Shipping, wherewith he threatens to Invade us, and Force the Subjects of a Free State, and who Live under the happieſt Go⯑vernment in the World, to bow their Necks down to a Foreign Yoke of Slavery, under Pretence of a Perſon and Title that is abſolutely Dead to us, and all the World beſide this White King, this Scourge of the Nations, which, as the Propheſie ſays, Is for ſetting up one King, and pulling down another. But [...]n the laſt place this Dead Man ſhall bring a Go⯑vernour along with him; now who this Governour is will be worth while to enquire, becauſe this Go⯑vernour ſhall break the Neck of all his Deſigns in a manner that ſhall be acceptable to all the World, as the Propheſie further illuſtrates when it comes to the Deſtruction of the White King and the Dead Man. And this Governour ſeems to be directly le⯑vel'd at the Duke of Berwick, who ſhall diſcover all the Underhand Projects of the White King, to make a Property of the Dead Man, and ſo ſhall deliver up the Dead Man, that he may be no more a Diſturber of the People, or a Handle for the White King to work all his dark Deſigns withal.

And the Dead Man's Governour ſhall bring over his Charge, and then the White King ſhall leave the [8] Dead Man to the Charge of his Governour, and there ſha [...] Conſternation, and Confuſion, and Amazement; but the B [...] of the People ſhall not be ſpilt, nor ſhall Deſolation or Deſ▪ction come near their Houſes; for the Governour of the D Man ſhall deliver up his Charge to the Hands of them that quire it of him, and he ſhall be Crown'd with Honour for Wonderfulneſs of that Work; and the ſigns of it coming to p [...] ſhall be when the falſe Prophe [...]s that pretended to raiſe up th [...] Dead Man ſhall be confounded and diſperſed Abroad, ſo t [...] their Names ſhall be no more heard of in our Str [...]ets: And th [...] the White King ſhall be deſtroy'd from off the face of the Eart [...] the Dead Man ſhall never Riſe again, bu [...] Peace ſhall be Eſt [...] ▪bliſh'd for evermore.

The Reader may obſerve that this Paragraph brings the Pro⯑pheſie down to a general Peace, if not to the laſt Day, whic [...] none knows how near its approach may be: However we fin [...] by this plain [...]y that the Dead Man and his Project ſhall com [...] to nothing, but he be made a Prey and Sacrifice to the Ambi⯑tion and Tyranny of the White King, who ſhall be diſappointe [...] in the Truſt of this Great Governour whoever he ſhall be; fo [...] he ſeems reſolved by the Propheſie to prevent the Effuſion o [...] Blood, by readily delivering up his Charge, which muſt imme⯑diately put an End to all the White King's Deſigns, nay the Propheſie ſeems to Point plainly at his own Deſtruction at Home, while he is ſo buſied in forming Foreign Projects, and that the Time is very ſhortly at hand, for it ſays the ſign of its coming to p [...]ſs ſhall be ſoon after this A [...]tempt in May next of pretending to rai [...]e Emes, the falſe Prophets Dead Man; and when we find them diſappointed in their Deſigns, as we have no reaſon to doubt but they will, then may we expect the fulfil⯑ling of theſe things; That all Foreign Attempts againſt us will be en [...]irely baffled; the White King, our Great Enemy, utterly deſtroy'd; the Dead Man in the Propheſie ſhall never riſe again, that is, we ſhall be freed from all Fears or Diſtur⯑bances from him, and then there ſhall be Peace to the End of the World.