Catastrophe mundi, or, Merlin reviv'd in a discourse of prophecies and predictions and their remarkable accomplishment : with Mr. Lilly's hieroglyphicks exactly cut, and notes and observations thereon as also a collection of all the antient (reputed) prophecies that are extant touching the grand revolutiuons like to happen in these latter ages / by a learned pen.

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Catastrophe mundi, or, Merlin reviv'd in a discourse of prophecies and predictions and their remarkable accomplishment : with Mr. Lilly's hieroglyphicks exactly cut, and notes and observations thereon as also a collection of all the antient (reputed) prophecies that are extant touching the grand revolutiuons like to happen in these latter ages / by a learned pen.

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Learned pen.

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London :: Printed and are to be sold by John How ... and Thomas Malthus ...,

1683.

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Prophecies.

Great Britain -- History -- Prophecies.

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Contents

• title page
• The PREFACE.
• Of Prophecies, Predicti∣ons, and Divinations in General.
• Mr. Lillies Account of his Hieroglyphicks.
  • Notes or Observations on the foregoing Figures, and the Nature of Hiero∣glyphicks in General.
• part
  • The Prophecy of Rabbi Elias, touch∣ing the End of the World.
  • prophecy
  • The Learned ALSTEDIUS, his SPECULUM MUNDI, and CHRONOLIGY of the Prophe∣tick Numbers.
  • Annus Mundi Mirabilis; Or, A Pre∣diction of the last Ages of the World: Aenigmatically delivered in 12 Months, representing so many notable Periods, or Catastrophe's, which shall certainly hap∣pen in those times. Publisht many Years ago, by LILLY.
  • An Antient Prophecy of Sybella Tibur∣tina, found in the Year 1520. in the Bowels of the Mountain Tau∣rus in Switzerland, after a great In∣undation of waters which broke down part of that Mountain, and left discovered in the Ruins, the following words, fairly Engraven upon a large Marble Stone, in very Old Latin Characters and Stile, as follows:
  • The Prophesie of Paul Grebnar of Sne∣bergh in Misnia, delivered by him with other things in Manuscript, to Queen Elizabeth, in the Year 1582. Obtained from her by Dr. Nevil, Clerk of the Closet, and presented to Trinity College Library, where to this day it remains. This being an Attested Copy out of that Ori∣ginal.
  • Another Prophesie of the same Author, Vexillum. 238.
  • A Prophecy recited by Mr. LILLY, in the Year 1651. relating to the French Nation.
  • A Prophecy of the Downfall of the Tur∣kish Empire, delivered by some of their own Diviners, in the Persian Language, as followeth:
  • Truswell's Prophecy.
  • The Prophecy of Malachy (a Popish Saint) declaring the Number, and some marks of all the Popes that shall be hereafter, together with the final destruction both of Popery, and the City of Rome.
  • A very ancient Prophecy of Gildas the Scot, recited by Archbishop Ʋsher, in his Book, Intituled, De Britanicarum Ecclesiarum Primoraiis, Page 680.
  • The words of Mr. Lilly (Printed with Li∣cence) in his Almanack, 1677.
  • A Prophecy found in the Library of Saliza∣rius of Heidelburg in Germany, almost 200 years since.
  • conclusion