<County: Lancashire>
<Code: L0466>
<MS reference: London, BL Harley 1717>
<Text: First Scottish Prophecy>


<fol. 249vb>Quen ye kokke in ye north bygges his nest
And buskes his bryddes & bownes thaym to flye
Then fortune his frend will hur 3ates vpe kest
And let ryght haf hes fre entre
Then ye mone shall ryse in ye North west
Jn a clowde as blac as ye bill of a crowe
Then owr~ lyoun shall be noyset ye boldist & best
yt euer was in bretann syn Arthur~ dayes
Then a dredfull dragonn shall dresse owt of hes denn
For to helpe ye lyon wt all hes myght
A bull & a bastarde speres shall spende
A-bydyng~ wt ye bore to do rethir~ for ye ryght
An Egull & an Antilope full boldly shall byde
A bridelt hors & a bere wt brunes full bryght
At sondyforth for sothe opon ye south side
A prowde prynce in yt preyse full lordly shall ly3<ill><not on copy></ill>
<fol. 250ra>Then ye dredfull day of destyny shall dryf to ye nyght
And make mony wyf & mayden in mornyng~ be broght
For thay shall mete in ye mornyng~ wt mony full bryght
Bytwyx setonn & ye sey sorow shall be wroght
wt bolde burnys in bushment yt batell shall mete
ye pruddest prince in all yt prese wt balle<?> ˆ [it] has boght
Shall gar~ wyfes & maydynnes yt in bower dwell
Be cast in grete car~ & in mournyng~ be broght
Then ye Fox & ye filmart in hande shall be tanne
And layd full low to owr~ lyonn yer till abyde
Both ye pycart & ye pye shall be seruet of ye same
And all ye fox frendes shall fall of thayr~ pride
Then troy vntrew shall trembull onn yt day
For ferde of yt dede monn quenn yay her~ hymme speke
All ye townes of kent shall caste hymme ye key
ye bushement of Brykkeley hillis away shall yay breke
Then owr~ saxons shall chose thayme a lord
ye quyche shall halde all oyer parties vnder~
And he yt is dede shall ryse & make home acorde
And yt will be senn & full grete wondyr~
That mone yt is dede & byriet in syght
Shall ryse agaynne & lyfe in lond
Jn comforhyng~ of yt monne & ye knyght
yt fortune has chosen to hir~ husbond
Quenn all vermyns & wedes away is wasted
And euery sede in hes seson is sette in hes kynde
Then trewth shall ryse & falshed shall be chasted
yenn ihesuc owr~ gentill justise all wronges will amend
Then grase & godnes chall dwell vs among~
Jn euery place plenty by londe & by sey
The spowshode of Crist wt jocand song~
Shall kept~ in hes kynde thurgh helpe of ye trinite
Then ye sonne & ye mowne shall shyne full bryght
yt mony longe day full derke has benn
And kepe hes cours by kynde bouth day & nyght
wt myrthes mow yenn any monn can meyne
Then owr~ lyonn & owr~ lyonese shall reyn in peyse
Thus Brydlyntonn & body & ban aftr~ bokes tell
The trier~ of wysdame wt-owte any leyse
Merlynn & mony mow yt wt mervell meuis
<fol. 250rb>The quell shall turne wt hymme full rygh
yt fortune has chosen till hir~ fere
jn Babylone shall be senne a syght
yt in surry shall bryng~ mony monne to ber~
Fyften day jornay by3onde jehrusalem
The holy crosse wonene chall be
The same lorde shall gete ye beeme
yt at sondyforth wan ye gree
Fortune has graunte hymm ye victory
All ye quyle yt he hes armes may bere
yer is nouther~ tresonn ne fals trechery
Ne curst destyny shall hymm neuer dere
Byfore ye kynde of Age oponn hym draw
As euery manne is wormes fee
Then he shall ende in cristes lawe
And in jesephath buryet shall be