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Article THE PROPHECY OF SIBILLA TIBURTINA. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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The Prophecy Of Sibilla Tiburtina.
nti ?/ pT , ^ iti 0 nSframed ~ S 0 , 11 e ' " magming Charles the 5 th . others Philip of Spain , some the King of France , to be the Star mentioned by the Sibil ; but she does Tiot point at any of these-He shall , be of a more obscure and distant Famil y—I am liable to Tl , ° p ; ih , r ' ' r- Sf- my . conJectureS will fall near the mark . I he illustrious Ficho takes notice of this
Prophecy , and said it was worthy of observation , but makes no comment . At first I found some difficulty m the Latin word Sidus ,. which naturally signifies a si < - „ ln ^? r ' \ r T , S 1 St ? 5 ° PsTirdl StarS or a constelbtion of many ™(> e !; « ot P-operly one single Star ; which is usually ex-K " ' ~ Ifh f be f , e meanin S of tIle word Siduslthe
^ 1 lophetess tells us that , „ the latter days there should arise a people or state inhabiting near the farthest part of Norther ,, Europe r I icho thought it was the Russians , whom this Sibil intended by this Nothern people . ! That thev . 7 sav . n „ H n , „ . v ., " L
ould bn the sudden , when least expected , give cause of wonder nil tic world oyer : or let us suppose , that the Prophetess meant , that there should come a King , born i „ Northern Cottntiy , who by ins own personal valour and achievement , should brino- the world Wtnl ^ r V HS f " ^ SUCCeSS ' " tl , at this 1 > ri ° " should be foretold , Jong before his appearance , by some vertical Comet , especiallto that country—But this
y . King or Prince ' s coming shall not all nS J r 3 tlme ° , ° 'i Peace ' - "'t shall be when almos all atio . is of Europe weaned , with either Forei gn or domestic War shall unanimousl y be desirous of Peace—The truth is , it will be ' when most nations having weakened themselves b y an unprofitable W ar , they can resist no longer—The certain time when
this shall happen cannot be known , but yet there is a li ght given , whereby it may the more , easily be discerned ; this flaminf Star shall be seS soon after the decease of some Principal King , Jnd before the access of another to the Crown ; that is in the vacancy of a governor or monarch—at which time , there will be some h „ . rH „ ff wi , ° ,,,.,, ¦ ..,
I he government at ast , shesaith , shall be possessed b y the offspring of the most antient lineage , which will not be contented with ™ y " oneCiown , but will proceed to greater conquests , until they find themselves cut off by a stronger hand—When ever this happen " then starts up a famil y as antient as the former , and he makes work to some purpose , waging more cruel and fierce wars , than his predecessorand enlargeshis confines to the
, . borders of the Antipodeswhereby is meant , he conquers many nations—But we are inven to understand that before he makes such victorious excursion ' s , he shall subdue France , and that Britain shall crave his assistance as also Ital y mistrusting and envying this Star ' s greatness , will lend , him bu small assistance , for the jealous Italian had rather himself .
2 S f , * - pe W 1 , ° " der and adn > iration , ends his < days before his natural time , leaving such a fame behind him as none . hall ever attain to-After the extinguishing of this , f ' ™ there will be seen many prodigies in the ai * and thaAhe PlaS
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Prophecy Of Sibilla Tiburtina.
nti ?/ pT , ^ iti 0 nSframed ~ S 0 , 11 e ' " magming Charles the 5 th . others Philip of Spain , some the King of France , to be the Star mentioned by the Sibil ; but she does Tiot point at any of these-He shall , be of a more obscure and distant Famil y—I am liable to Tl , ° p ; ih , r ' ' r- Sf- my . conJectureS will fall near the mark . I he illustrious Ficho takes notice of this
Prophecy , and said it was worthy of observation , but makes no comment . At first I found some difficulty m the Latin word Sidus ,. which naturally signifies a si < - „ ln ^? r ' \ r T , S 1 St ? 5 ° PsTirdl StarS or a constelbtion of many ™(> e !; « ot P-operly one single Star ; which is usually ex-K " ' ~ Ifh f be f , e meanin S of tIle word Siduslthe
^ 1 lophetess tells us that , „ the latter days there should arise a people or state inhabiting near the farthest part of Norther ,, Europe r I icho thought it was the Russians , whom this Sibil intended by this Nothern people . ! That thev . 7 sav . n „ H n , „ . v ., " L
ould bn the sudden , when least expected , give cause of wonder nil tic world oyer : or let us suppose , that the Prophetess meant , that there should come a King , born i „ Northern Cottntiy , who by ins own personal valour and achievement , should brino- the world Wtnl ^ r V HS f " ^ SUCCeSS ' " tl , at this 1 > ri ° " should be foretold , Jong before his appearance , by some vertical Comet , especiallto that country—But this
y . King or Prince ' s coming shall not all nS J r 3 tlme ° , ° 'i Peace ' - "'t shall be when almos all atio . is of Europe weaned , with either Forei gn or domestic War shall unanimousl y be desirous of Peace—The truth is , it will be ' when most nations having weakened themselves b y an unprofitable W ar , they can resist no longer—The certain time when
this shall happen cannot be known , but yet there is a li ght given , whereby it may the more , easily be discerned ; this flaminf Star shall be seS soon after the decease of some Principal King , Jnd before the access of another to the Crown ; that is in the vacancy of a governor or monarch—at which time , there will be some h „ . rH „ ff wi , ° ,,,.,, ¦ ..,
I he government at ast , shesaith , shall be possessed b y the offspring of the most antient lineage , which will not be contented with ™ y " oneCiown , but will proceed to greater conquests , until they find themselves cut off by a stronger hand—When ever this happen " then starts up a famil y as antient as the former , and he makes work to some purpose , waging more cruel and fierce wars , than his predecessorand enlargeshis confines to the
, . borders of the Antipodeswhereby is meant , he conquers many nations—But we are inven to understand that before he makes such victorious excursion ' s , he shall subdue France , and that Britain shall crave his assistance as also Ital y mistrusting and envying this Star ' s greatness , will lend , him bu small assistance , for the jealous Italian had rather himself .
2 S f , * - pe W 1 , ° " der and adn > iration , ends his < days before his natural time , leaving such a fame behind him as none . hall ever attain to-After the extinguishing of this , f ' ™ there will be seen many prodigies in the ai * and thaAhe PlaS