Mr. William Lilly's True history of King James the First, and King Charles the First. With sundry observations, remarkable passages, and many secret transactions not 'till now divulged / Faithfully published from his own copy.

Lilly, William, 1602-1681.

Date:: 1715

Credit: Mr. William Lilly's True history of King James the First, and King Charles the First. With sundry observations, remarkable passages, and many secret transactions not 'till now divulged / Faithfully published from his own copy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$A Prophecy of the White King, wrote by Ambrofe Merlin, Nine Hundred Years fince, con- cerning CHARLES the late K J N G. : . “ort WVoHE N the Lyon of Rightfulneffe is dead, then fhall arife a White King in Brit- taine firft flying, and after riding, after ligging downe, and inthis ligg down, he {hall be lymed, and after that he {hall be led, (Te mabe. We_have feen with our own. Eyes, and Thoufands befides, firft King Sames, who reigned peaceably, and was therefore called Facobus Pacificus, is dead, viz. That flyling himfelf King of Great-Britain, and reigning Two and Twenty Years, died 1625, the 27th.of March.. Many affirmed he.had the Pidure of a Lyon on his Breaft, or Side ; but it’s probable he had fome Eminent natu- ral Mole there, which might caufe that Er- or; becaufe in his Nativicy he had both Saturn and Mars in Leone. In regard of the great ‘Tranquillity and Peace we enjoyed in King ames’s Time, and the little or no Blood fhed in his Reign ; and in Confidera- ain eiaMiaaatinemeaie Js ph lgp 2$