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6
PROPHECIES
OF
THOMAS RHYMER.
As to his prophetical sayings, they are hard to be understood, because they are pointed out by the coats of arms which appertain to so many different kingdoms and persons. Yet we may observe how he has pointed out plainly many things which have come to pass in our days; such as the extirpation of the noble race of the Stuarts, the Revolution, Sheriff-muir, where he says, that,
Three ships and a shield,
That day'shall keep the field,
And be the antelope's build.
These three ships and a shield, are in the Duke of Argyll's arms.
The rebellion, in 1745, was foretold. When pointing at it, he says,
A Chieftain unchosen,
Shall choose forth himself,
And rule the realm as his own.
