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afterwards, and thou fhalt have a more excellent Command in the Sea than any others, but at length thou shalt become a Prey to Men that are thy Lovers for thy Beauty or Riches, and fubmit thy Neck to a Yoke that is grievous:

Note, That Rhodes flourish'd in a Command at Sea under the Romans; and then gave the Maritime Laws. It continu'd under the Conftantinopolitan Empire till taken by Muhavias, in the beginning of the Saracen Empire; it was recover'd by the Grecians, and taken by the Knights of St. John of Jerufalem, 1308, and at laft conquer'd by Solyman, 1522.

But the Lydian Commotions shall spoil the Affairs of Perfia and all Afia, and Europe fhall horribly fuffer by them.

Note, The Zelzuccian Kings vigorously oppos'd the Rife of the Ottoman Family, and Perfia was Confederate with them. They warred with Amurath, Anno 1387, and with Badjazet afterwards; and the Princes in Greece were in League with them; and when the Turks were in War with the Europeans, the Caramanians rebell'd. By the help of the Perfians, Mahomet the Great drove Pyramet out of Caramania, who fled to Ufu Caf fanes for help in Perfia, Anno 1473, and the Zel zuccian Turks call'd the Tartars into leffer Afia, to defend them against the Ottomans.

But the Sidonian pernicious King, and the War of his other Confederates, fhall bring a miferable Deftruction on the Sami

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ans, by their Ships; and the Sea with a great noife, and the Wives, with the Damfels in fplendid Garments, fhall complain of their indecent abufes: Thefe fhall lament their Dead, and the other their Children flain.

Note, This Deftruction must happen by the Tarks.

This fhall be the Prodigy in Cyprus, the Earthquake fhall deftroy the Armies, and many fhall perish together.

Note, That Cyprus was fubject to Earthquakes, and both Town and Idolatrous Temple are faid to perish at the Prayers of St. Barnabas, but this Earthquake muft be in the Time of the Ottoman Empire's beginning. It was conquer'd by theSaracens, 656, by King Richard 1191; and the Venetians held it from 1472, to 1561, when Selimus took it. 1291, Hugo, the laft King, with many Chriftians flying into Cyprus, were drown'd near it, and fometimes by Earthquakes Invafions are defcrib'd.

Trallis, that is near Ephefus (a City in Lydia) fhall lofe its well-built Walls by an Earthquake; these were built by pernicious Men, of a great Spirit. Then the Earth fhall produce boiling Waters, and by its weight falling in, fhall drink up the fame; but there fhall remain a smell of Sulphur. And Samos at a certain time fhall build Royal Houses.

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Note, That Samos is now desolate; it was subs ject to the Greeks, Venetians, and now to the Turks.

O Italy! thou shalt have no foreign Wars, but the effufion of Blood amongst thy own. Nations fhall afflict thee, being very impudent, but not easily wafted, very famous and celebrated: That part of Italy which. is extended near the hot Baths, fhall deftroy it felf, upon the account of thofe things which it faw would come to pass. Thou shalt not be a Mother of the Good, but a Nurse of wild Beafts; and other pernicious Men fhall come from Italy.

Note, That from 1300 to 1400 there were Cis vil Wars in Italy, betwixt the Emperors and the Popes Factions, the Guelfs and Gibellines, which prevail'd in Italy alfo at the fame time the Turk took Conftantinople, Ann. 1455. The Wars betwixt the Emperors and Popes continued 200 Years, from Gregory the Seventh, 1073, to 1273. That part of Italy near the Baie is Naples, whofe Kingdom was transfer'd from the Normans to the Germans, then to the French, after to the Hungarians, and at laft to the Spaniards by the Popes; and they divided the Italian Cities amongst the Scaligers, Eftenfes, Gonzaga's. The Duke of Milan attempted the whole Government of Italy, and had continual Wars with the Florentines: And Ladislaus, the King of Apulia, attempted the taking of Rome thrice. These things happen'd from 1200 to 1400. And the wild Beasts are the Princes mention'd, the other Pernicious Men may be fome of them, or the Emperors.

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Then Laodicea (a fplendid City on the Banks of the divine River Lycus) fhall be thrown down by an Earthquake: Thou fhalt become filent, and no more lament thy magnanimous Parent.

Note, That Laodicea was built by Antiochus, and had its Name from his Wife Laodice. Laodicea, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Magnesia, which are neighbouring Cities, were oft fubject to Earthquakes and this must happen in the time of the Turks Conquests.

The Thracians who live at Byzantium shall be driven from their Houfes to another place. [This was when the Turks took Conftantinople, many fled from thence.]

The Arabians fhall be in Campania, because of the extraordinary Famine; but, after many Years, they fhall lament their Pa

rents.

Note, The Arabians did invade Campania, (that is, the Saracens) but, after fome Years, were drove out again.

Cyrnus (Corfica) and Sardo (Sardinia) shall fink into the bottom of the Sea, by the Storms of Winter, and by the Strokes of the holy God, in their Maritime Houses (or Ships.) Alas! how many Damfels shall die! and the Deep fhall cover the young Maids living on the Shore. Alas for the Children fwimming on the Shore, and the abundance of the Riches!

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Note, This is the fame Inundation on Corfica and Sardinia, of which the History may be loft.

The happy Land of the Myfians fhall fuddenly raise a Princely Stock, but Carthage fhall not continue long. And the Galatians fhall have much Mourning, and Tenedos fhall have the laft, but greatest Mischief. .

Note, The Caraffan and Aidinian Kingdoms were fet up in Myfia, a Region in Afia minor, by the Zelzuccian Turks, but they lafted a small time, being conquer'd by the Ottomans. The European Myfia's are Servia, conquer'd by the Turks under Mahomet, 1460; and Bulgaria, in 1396. I am of opinion, that Carchedon is mistaken for Chalcedon, because the reft of the Places are Afiatic. But the City of Carthage was taken by the French 1270, and Tunis by Charles V. 1535.

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And thou, Sicyon, fhalt boast in the howlTarks, 1657. ing of thy brazen Inftruments; and fo fhall Corinth; yet over all, the Pipe fhall equally found: (that is, they fhall both be conquer'd, and invaded by the Turks. Thefe are both Cities in Peloponnefus, conquer'd by Mahomet.)

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But when my Mind had ceafed from my infpir'd Verfe, the Word of the great God came again into my Breast, and commanded me to prophecy concerning every Land.

Alas for Phoenicia, both Men and Women, and for all the Cities on the Sea-Coasts! for not one of you fhall remain in being

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