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EXPLANATION
This relates to our lamentable civil war.
VIII PROPHECY.
But tell what's next? O cruel fate,
A king made martyr at his gate.
EXPLANATION,
Meaning the execrable murder of that moſt excellent prince, king Charles I.
IX PROPHECY.
The juſt king dead, the wolf ſhall then,
With blood uſurp the lion's den,
But death ſhall hurry him away,
Confufion ſhall a while bear ſway,
Till fate to England ſhall reſtore,
A king to reign, as heretofore,
Who mercy and juſtice likewiſe
Shall in his empire exerciſe.
EXPLANATION.
This prophecy we have ſeen fulfilled by Cromwell's uſurpations, the committee of Safety's confuſion, and our gracious Sovereign's miraculous reſtoration.
X PROPHECY
Triumphant death rides London thro',
And men on tops of houſes go.
