THough at the first View this Prophecy may seem to be an Invention of a late date, and not Written till time did Interpret it; yet upon strict search and Inquiry into the reality thereof, we have found convincing Evidence that it was certainly written many years before it came to pass; which for your satisfaction we shall briefly give an account of. The Widdow of an eminent Doctor of Physick, now living at Guilford in Surrey, hath affirmed to several Persons of good Credit and Repute, that her Father when he was a Student in Oxford, had a Copy of this Prophecy in his Study; which by an exact Computation of Time, appears to be full Threescore years since: Likewise upon occasion of a Discourse concerning the late Comet at a Coffee-house in Guilford, a Gentleman now dwelling there, said, he had a Paper in his house ten years past, which he Judged of some concernment, and at the request of some present, went and fetched this Prophecy, and read it to them, Further, there are several persons at Reading in Berk-shire, who justifie, that they had the Copy thereof above seven years past: Some others also at Newberry affirm the same; and a Gentleman at Battersea says he had this very Prophecy seven years ago: A Minister in London likewise gives an Account that he hath seen a Copy of it several years since: Lastly a Person of Quality, one Sir R. B. Kt. of known Reputation in and about this City assures us, that as near as he can remember he hath seen a Prophecy exactly like this Copy above twenty years ago; So that we would desire the Reader to believe that there is no design of imposing on his Judgment; but since this was certainly given out so many years since, we may judge the Person was influenced by some extraordinary Power, and that what is yet unfulfill'd ought not to be disregarded.