STRANGE PREDICTIONS:
OR,
A Prophesy foretelling what Alteration shall be,
In the year One thousand six hundred fifty three.
The Tune is, Packingtons Pound.
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WIll. Lilly being taken as Prisoner of late,
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Most strange alterations doth Prognosticate,
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How things shall be carried in Fifty and three,
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And how they shall happen in every degree:
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So you need not doubt, this Year will bring out,
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All things in an excellent manner about;
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One thousand Six hundred fifty and three,
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Will produce what we hoped this long time to see.
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The Land shall be freed from all kind of Taxations,
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And men in their minds shall be eased of vexations;
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Sorrow and care shall torment us no more,
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Some men shall grow rich, whilst others grow poore;
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You need not to fear, you shall see the next year,
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All things in an excellent shape to appear.
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One thousand Six hundred, etc.
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The Countrey-man may his Commodities bring
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Up to London to sell 'tis an excellent thing;
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His Customers flock both before and behind him,
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He needs not to fear there is no man shall minde him:
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And there he may stand with his Cap in his hand,
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And may carry his ware home again his mand:
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One thousand Six hundred, etc.
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Brabbles and Quarrels shall all be quite ended,
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All things in a very good time shall be mended;
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There shall be such love betwtxt brother and brother,
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They will do all they can to cheat one another:
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But yet all this while I cannot but smile,
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To think how the times mens fancies beguile.
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One thousand Six hundred, etc.
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If you go but next Terme unto Westminster-Hall,
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You may see the brave Judges and Gentlemen all;
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The Lawer so neatly trickt up in his Gown,
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Will not be asham'd to wait on a Clown;
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The Lawyers shall be so frank and so free,
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They'l be ready to plead a mans cause for a Fee.
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Poverty now shall be banisht the Land,
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And he that hath got an Estate in his hand,
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Shall unto the Poor be librall grown,
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He will strive for to save all he can that's his own:
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Thus in my minde, a poor man shall finde,
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The rich to themselves evermore shall be kinde.
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One thousand Siz hundred, etc.
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Men shall the next year be so kind to their wives,
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That women shall live most excellent lives;
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In bed and at board they still shall agree,
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This would be an excellent thing for to see,
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That a man and his wife should live such a life,
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An excellent thing to prevent future strife.
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One thousand Six hundred, etc.
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If a Traveller chance to be weary, he may
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Call at the first Ale-house he findes in his way,
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And there for his money he welcome may be,
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All this the next year you are certain to see:
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Then tell me kind friend, are not Times like to mend,
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When a man shall be welcome his money to spend.
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One thousand Six hundred, etc.
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Bakers shall now be so free to the poor,
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They will give them whole six-penny loavs at their door
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And all men in generall shall be so kinde,
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If a poor man wants money no comfort hee'l finde:
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Is not this a brave thing such tidings to bring,
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It would make a whole Kingdome with joy for to ring.
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One thousand Six hundred, etc.
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Thus we that have lived in sorrow and care,
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Shall now be released we need not to fear;
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And men such a strange alteration shall finde,
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'Tis enough for to comfort a dying mans mind:
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And thus you shall see how all things shall be,
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In one thousand six hundred fifty and three.
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For all that is spoken is certaine and true,
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Come buy my new Almanacks, new, new, new.
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