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The Prophecy Of Sibilla Tiburtina.
THE PROPHECY OF SIBILLA TIBURTINA .
FOUND ANNO 1520 , IN SWITZERLAND , ENGRAVEN ON A MARBLE STONE .
A STAR shall arise in Europe over the Iberians , towards the great house of the North , whose beams shall unexpectedly enlighten the whole world . — -This shall be when mortal men , being weary of arms , shall with joint consent embrace the agreeable proposals of . —Certainlit will be long disputed with strong
peace y , hand , to whom the rule of government shall be committed , during the occasion of a long vacancy , or interregnum . —At length a Family of Antient Descent prevails , and will proceed in a course of War , till contrary fates resist his fortune . —Soon after the setting of this Star , a lig ht as antient as the former , burning with far more eager flames of Warshall setup his government as far as the
Anti-, podes . France shall first be yoak'd by this Power—Britain shall , humbly in ships , crave his assistance—Italy , pausing with great deliberation on high enterprizes , will stretch out to him her feeble right hand : But this very lig ht shall hide itself in the clouds with the gods , to the wonder of mortal men—which light being extinguished , Bioody Comets will appearand the Heavens all on Fireand then
, , there will be no safety any where . —The jostling Planets in their retrogade courses shall slide away , and be destroyed— -Each Orb shall contend with another ; the fix'd Stars shall outrun the wandering Planets—The seas shall equal the mountains . —These things shall certainly come to pass ; then Nig ht , Destruction , Calamity and Eternal Darkness !
THE PARAPHRASE . SIBILLA TIBURTINA , was the last of those Sibils , which the Antients held in such esteem , and of whom Lactantius and St . Augustine makes mention . —Some late authors have taken notice of two others , viz . Sibilla Europea , and Agi'ippina , but I have as yet seen none of their Prophecies . —At what time our Sibil lived does
not appear , but it must have been a considerable time before the birth of Christ , as her Prophecy of the Messiah testifies . — -This Prophecy was discovered by the force of a violent flood washing away the earth , where the stone lay buried in Switzerland , about the year 1520—A copy thereof was immediately transmitted to Rome , Ff
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Prophecy Of Sibilla Tiburtina.
THE PROPHECY OF SIBILLA TIBURTINA .
FOUND ANNO 1520 , IN SWITZERLAND , ENGRAVEN ON A MARBLE STONE .
A STAR shall arise in Europe over the Iberians , towards the great house of the North , whose beams shall unexpectedly enlighten the whole world . — -This shall be when mortal men , being weary of arms , shall with joint consent embrace the agreeable proposals of . —Certainlit will be long disputed with strong
peace y , hand , to whom the rule of government shall be committed , during the occasion of a long vacancy , or interregnum . —At length a Family of Antient Descent prevails , and will proceed in a course of War , till contrary fates resist his fortune . —Soon after the setting of this Star , a lig ht as antient as the former , burning with far more eager flames of Warshall setup his government as far as the
Anti-, podes . France shall first be yoak'd by this Power—Britain shall , humbly in ships , crave his assistance—Italy , pausing with great deliberation on high enterprizes , will stretch out to him her feeble right hand : But this very lig ht shall hide itself in the clouds with the gods , to the wonder of mortal men—which light being extinguished , Bioody Comets will appearand the Heavens all on Fireand then
, , there will be no safety any where . —The jostling Planets in their retrogade courses shall slide away , and be destroyed— -Each Orb shall contend with another ; the fix'd Stars shall outrun the wandering Planets—The seas shall equal the mountains . —These things shall certainly come to pass ; then Nig ht , Destruction , Calamity and Eternal Darkness !
THE PARAPHRASE . SIBILLA TIBURTINA , was the last of those Sibils , which the Antients held in such esteem , and of whom Lactantius and St . Augustine makes mention . —Some late authors have taken notice of two others , viz . Sibilla Europea , and Agi'ippina , but I have as yet seen none of their Prophecies . —At what time our Sibil lived does
not appear , but it must have been a considerable time before the birth of Christ , as her Prophecy of the Messiah testifies . — -This Prophecy was discovered by the force of a violent flood washing away the earth , where the stone lay buried in Switzerland , about the year 1520—A copy thereof was immediately transmitted to Rome , Ff