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40 THE PROPHECIES OF BtUTANE.
And then shall the owl, the bear with the eagle, be all
deftroyed, beenul'e they were untrue to the moon, and
changed into blood; for by their counfel, the old lion,
gentle of nature, was degenerate, and mad aga’mft them
that was his trufty friends: for he fhall be the caufe of
great and much trouble, and the (bedding of much innocent
Hood, and the beginning of much difcord among them
that should be his friends : and as for his fucceflion, they
shall never inherit their lands. And then shall the Bruce
beware, and take good heed that he shed not blood in
thefe lands, but draw him to his ibength ; for the wolf
shall await him at an advantage and be his death, and then
shall all the birds of the wood fmg for joy, that the wolf
is made watchman, and an enemy to the fox: for all shall
be one in truth and peace, treafon shall be no more
known, and the fun shall flune clear, but the moou shall
fee under covert, and dark till God be pleafed to redrefs;
the white lion ramping, shall have his den at large, for
bis lledfafl truth that he kept to the Kyth.
And he shall keep the birds in their bounds with all
glory ; but the unicorn shall couch full low for falfehood
that he v rought with the raven yalpmg, and that W’as
far !r.s greedinefs and treafon that they shall do by the
fea,and under a great hill: for the cock that should have
been true was fall' , and drew with him the papa go ; by
which the role gave no fmell that was ever'ple-afant to the
Kyth; and fo in their train they shall draw the bed fowls
in the wood: wherefore, alas! but then let them take
herd ; for then comes their d^llrefs ; the horn shall blow
furh a dolorous f und, that all tl e euflles of Tyne shall
quake ; '.ud the hart shall run, and make little debate:
woe shall be but It shall not long laft, for the wolf with :
the dragon, and the linn, sh ll they releafe, that lay long
in their den, and juitice hail be had for that which was
Hayed to rife ; then shall tremble and quake the P.alwart •
and the ftarke ; and the right shall be had, that juflice
shall draw', and woe shall be to them that no pity would
have for the chieftain of the Kyth, that God would guide,
and flrike treafon down on entry tide.
Atut happy is that man that may it fee,
But happier that chieftain, whoever he hr,