Explication of Thomas Rymer's prophecies (2)

by Allan Boyd

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THE

EXPLICATION

OF

THOMAS RYMER's

PROPHECIES.

Wherein is contained

Certain REMARKS of what is already come to
paſs: With ſome curious Obſervations on
what is yet to come, Carefully collected and
compared with ancient Old Prophecies and
the book of ARMS:

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By that famous Student.

Mr ALLAN BOYD, MA.

Late Profeſſor of Predictions in London.

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Edinburgh Printed in the YEAR, 1793

Thomas Rymer's Prophecies,

SCOTLAND be ſad now and lament,
thy children now is loſt,
Bereav'd of thy kings, ſalſly undone,
by thine unkindly hoſt
Alas, the free is bound become,
and deceit is thy fall,
The falſehood of the Britiſh race,
has brought thee into thrall
The grave of the moſt noble price,
To all is great regrete,
The ſubject to law who doth leave,
the kingdom and eſtate.
O anguiſh great where every kind,
and ages doth lament,
Whom bitter death has taken away,
ſhall Scotland ſore repent
Lately a land of rich increaſe,
a nation ſtout and true
Has loſt their former dear eſtate,
which they did hold of due.
By hard conflict and by the chance,
of noble fortune's force,
Thy hap and thy poſterity,
is turned into worſe
Thou went to win now is ſubdu'd,
and come in under yoke:
A ſtranger reigns and doth deſtroy,
what likes him by ſwords ſtroke,
The Engliſh race who ne'er forſe,
no manners do approve,
Woe is to thee, by guile and ſlight.
is only win above.
This mighty nation was to-fore,
invincible and ſtout,
Has yielded ſlow to deſtiny,
great pity is but doubt.
In former age the Scots renown,
did flouriſh goodly gay,
But now alas is over clad,
with a great dark decay.
Then mark and ſee what is the cauſe,
of this ſo wond'rous fall,
Contempt of faith, falſehood, deceit,
the wrath of God withall.
Unſatiable greed of worldly gain,
oppreſſion cries of poor,
А perpet and a ſlanderous face,
no justice put in ure.
The haughty pride of mighty men,
of former vice chief chuſe,
The nutriture of wickedneſs,
an unjuſt match of laws.
Therefore this cauſe the Prophets told
of long time did preſage,
As now happen'd every point,
into your preſent age.
Since fate is ſo, now Scotland learn,
in patience to abide,
Slanders, great fears, and ſudden plagues,
and great dolours more beſide;
For out of thee ſhall people riſe,
with divers happ'neſs,
And not a pen can ſcarcely write,
thy hurt, ſkaith and diſtreſs;
And yet beware thou not diſtruſt,
although o'erwhelm'd with grief,
Thy ſtroke is not perpetual,
for thou ſhalt find relief,
I do ſuppoſe altho' too late,
old prophecies ſhall hold,
Hope thou in God's goodneſs ever,
and mercies manifold.
For thou that now a patient art,
and ſeemeth to be bonnd,
At liberty ſhall free be ſet,
with Empire be renown'd.
From high above ſhall grace come down
and thy ſtate Scotland be,
In latter end more proſperous,
nor former age did ſee
Old prophecies foretold by thee,
a warlike heir he's born,
Who ſhall recover new his right;
advance his kingdom's horn.
Then ſhall the Scots ſweet with blood,
and ſlaughter that they make,
The King himſelf revenger ſhall,
the guilty troops down wreck,
The Engliſh nation ſhall invade,
but not eſcape a plague.
With ſword with thirſt, with tear and peſt,
with fears and ſuch like ague.
And after enemies thrown down,
and maſtered by war,
Then Scotland in peace quietly,
paſs joyful days for ever.

When HEMPE Is come and alſo gone,
Scotland and England ſhall be one:

K	K	Q	K	Q
Henry	Edward	Mary	Philip	Eliz-
VIII.	VI.		of Spain;
			Q: Mary's Huſb:

Praiſed be God alone, for Hempe's come & gone,
And left us old Albion to join in one.

THE explication of the above prophecy concerning Hempe being come and alſo gone, and leaving Scotland and England join'd in one, is fulfilled in the late K William, who came out of Holland, which in o'd times was vulgarly call'd the land of Hempe, and the joining the two nations together, ſignifies, the union. Theſe things were foretold by the two Scots prophets in the reign of King Arthur iſt by the marvellous Merling, who is ſaid to be got by the devil, who raviſhed a young woman, his mother, in a wood near Coldſtream, in the ſouth of Scotland; afterwards to the ſame purpoſe theſe and many more ſtrange things which were foretold by Thos. Lermon, vulgarly call'd Thos. Rymer, becauſe he ſpoke his prophetical ſayings in rhyme, and ſo dark that they could not be underſtood till they came to paſs.

This Thos. Lermon or Rymer, was born at Erſlington, now called Heſlingtown ou Tweedſide about Kelſo. He is reported by hiſtorians to be a quite ſober man, given to no manner of vice but prone to piety and devotion a famous monthly prognoſticator concerning the ſtate of the weather, and government of the world by ſtudying the planets, He being one day aſked by a nobleman what ſort of a day it would be to-morrow? He anſwered, that before high noon, a blaſt ſhould blaw, that Scotland ſhould not overcome the evil Seeds thereof for twenty years therafter. The nobleman, and many more being greatly amazed, and giving greatly attention, looking for the blaſt all the morning till towards evening, he ſent for Thos. to rebuke him for the falſehood of the prophecy; and juſt as he began to upbraid him, he heard the ſound of the poſt horn who came with the woefull news that the king had been hunting, and broke his neck over a craig on the weſt ſide of the town of Kinghorn, from which accident the town derived it's name Now ſays Thos. the blaſt is blawn. For 20 years after there was no peace, but bloody wars in Scotland, on account of who ſhould be king.

As to the account of the reſt of his prophetical ſayings, they are hard to be ſo underſtood becauſe they pointed out the coats of arms, which appertain to ſo many different kingdoms and perſons.

Yet we obſerve how he has pointed out plainly, many things which has come to paſs in our days, ſuch as the extirpation of the noble race of Stuarts the revolution, Sheriffmoor, concerning which, he ſays, that.

Three ſhips and a ſhield,
That day ſhall keep the field;
And be the Autelp's beild.

theſe three ſhips and a ſhield are in the Duke of Argyl's; and even every particular of the rebellion in 1745, 46 when pointing at which he ſays.

A Chieftan unchoſten ſhall chuſe forth himſelf, and rule the realm as his own.

As to King Charles II; he calls him a ſly fox bird, who would turn to Chriſt with tods, and foxes wyles, meaning his ſwearing the covenants. When ſpeaking of the battle of Preſton pans in the year 1745, he names the very two neighbouring villages to be the ſpot where it was fought, viz, Goſeyfoord Green and on ſaying, between that and the ſea, ſorrow ſhall be brought by the light of the moon, which action realy came to paſs that morning the battle of Preſton was fought. but how the lyon was hurt that time and not perceived is yet a myſtery, ſome are of opinion, that it was by taking away the ſuperiority from the chiefs of the highland clans, that they cannot raiſe men in ſuch a ſhort time as formerly. theſe are a few obſervations we make on things already come to paſs; and what is yet to come there will ſome remarks yet happen when the time draws nigh, ſuch as, when taabet's craigs is tumbled into the ſea

When Forth and Clyde ſhall join their ſtreams,
And ſhips between theſe rivers ſweems,
Great kings and queens will ſtand agaſt,
Each trembling at the cruel blaſt.

the next ſeaſon, or ſummer thereafter, great ſorrow and bloodſhed ſhall happen to this realm, the chief thereof ſuch as, drawing on ſleds, and chopping off heads, there is alſo mention made of a lord with a lucken band who will breed great confuſion in Britain, ſeveral of theſe things are already come to paſs, the reſt it is thought will ſoon follow..

FINIS.