Englands Great Prognosticator, Foretelling when England shall enjoy a settled peace and happinesse again,
Not by Planets, Signes, nor by Stars,
But truly tells when ends these bloody wars.
To the Tune of, When the King injoyes his own again.
WHat Booker can Prognosticate
Concerning of our Kingdomes fate?
I think my self to be as wise
As most that gazes in the Skyes
my skill goes beyond
the depth of Pond,
Or Rivers in the greatest rain,
by which I can tell
all things will be well,
Now the King injoyes his own again.
There's neither Swallow, Dove, nor Dade,
Can soare more high, nor déeper wade,
To give you a reason from the Stars,
What causeth Peace, or Civill wars,
the man in the Moon,
may wear out his shoon,
In running after Charls his wane,
and all to no end,
for the times they will mend,
Now the King enjoyes his own again.
Though for a time you saw White-hall,
With cobwebs hanging on the wall,
Instead of Silk and silver brave,
As formerly it us'd to have,
in every room,
the swéet perfume
Delightfull for a Princely train,
the which you may sée,
now the time it shall be,
That the King is come home in peace again.
Full forty years the Royall Crown,
Hath béen his Fathers, and his own,
And is there any more than he,
Hath right unto that Soveraignty?
then who better may
the Scepter sway,
Than he that hath such right to reign
the hopes of our peace
for the wars will cease,
Now the King is come home in peace again.
Till when, Ararat upon thy Hill,
My hopes did east her Anchour still,
Vntill I saw some peacefull Dove,
Bring home that branch which dear I love,
till then I did wait,
the waters abate,
Which most disturb'd my troubled brain,
and never did rejoyce,
till I did hear the voyce,
That the King enjoyes his own again.
Oxford and Cambridge still agrée,
Crown'd with honour and dignity.
Learned men shall now take place,
Tub-men be silenc'd with disgrace,
for they shall know
'twas but an outward show
That they so long disturb'd their brain,
so I can tell
that all things will be well
Now the King is come home in peace again.
CHurch Government shall settled be,
And then I hope we shall agrée,
Without their helps whose hair-brain'd zeal,
Hath long disturb'd the Common-weal,
Green's out of date,
and the Cobler doth prate,
Of whimsies that disturbs his brain,
the which you shall sée,
when the time it shall be,
Now the King enjoyes his own again.
Though many men are much in debt,
And divers shops are to be let,
A golden time is drawing néer,
Men shall want shops for their ware,
all Trades shall increase
by the means of a Peace
The which ere long we shall obtain,
for which I can tell
all things will be well,
Now the King enjoys his own again.
Maydens shall injoy their Mates,
And honest men their lost estates,
Women shall have what they do lack,
Their husbands are a comming back
when the wars have an end,
then I and my friend,
A Subjects fréedome shall obtain,
for this I can tell,
all things will be well
Now the King enjoys his own again.
People shall walk without any fear,
About the Country every where.
Théeves shall tremble at the Law,
And Iustice kéep them all in awe,
Papists shall flye,
with their trumpery
And then a fig for Rome and Spain,
the which you shall sée,
when the time it shall be,
Now the King is come home in peace ag [...]
The Parliament most willing be,
That all the world may plainly sée,
How they do labour still for Peace,
That all these bloody wars may cease,
for they will spend
their lives to defend
The King in all his rights to reign,
so I can tell,
all things will be well,
Now the King enjoys his own again.
When all these things to passe shall come,
Then farewell Musket, Pike, and Drum,
The Lamb shall with the Lion féed,
That were a happy time indéed,
O let all pray,
that we may sée the day,
That Peace may govern Charles his Wane,
for then I can tell,
all things will be well
Now the King enjoyes his own again.
FINIS.
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