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Domestic Peace And Happiness,
that he never is thwarted in such innocent recreations . There may be , perhaps , dishes to which he is partial ; let them be often dressed with your every attention , ' and above all , dress your countenance m smiles , and let no ' trivial and accidental cause of disquiet make that face lour with discontent , which he expects , nay , has a ngnt to expect , to behold adorned with cheerfulness on his return . -Remember the stronghusbandmust rise from unaffected
est tie you can ever have upon your , and artless gaiety , which he is certain takes its rise from your sincere affection for him . It is not enough to gain your conquest unless you make use of these measures ' to secure it . A small part alone is done when you have obtained a husband . The task remains to _ keep possession ; nor is it difficult , if you prove your regard by conjugal fidelity , Let not love of admiration
and a delicate , and tender attachment . , or inherent vanity , or wayward wishes of any kind , ever lead you to display a disposition , whicli may cross your husband ' s views , or sour his temper . Remember also , this remark is mutual , that the only way to be happy yourselves , is to make each other happy : that ,, linked in indissoluble chain will hereafter ive an account at that
tribuan , you g nal where subterfuge and hypocrisy will not avail , whether you have reciprocally promoted the satisfaction , ease , comfort , and happmess ot each other ; or , by the reverse , have become your own . tormentors-, and what is worse , have by example , entailed misery on your posterity .
Singular Prophecy.
SINGULAR PROPHECY .
HPHE following remarkable Prophecy is fulfilling at or near tnese j ! times , as delivered long ago by Johannes Amatus , in his Prophetical Pleiades , which runs thus : " 1 foresee ( says he ) great wars and combats , with extraordinary shedding of blood , occasioned by the civil discords of the preat men of the king doms ; I do see wars , the fury whereof shall last timeprovinces divested of their people , and many
seme ; strong holds and noble houses shall be ruinated , and the cities shall be forsaken of their inhabitants , and in divers p laces the ground shall lie unfilled . There shall be a great slaughter of the people , and many chief persons shall be brought to ruin ; there shall be nothing bat deceit and fraud among them , whereupon shall ensue the aroresaid great commotions among the kingdoms and peop le of the world There shall of and rulersthe right
be likewise great mutations and changes kings ; , hand of the world shall fear the left , and the Nortn shall prevail against the South . Yes ; thou Versailles , which thou ( meaning Louis XIV . ) hast made for the glory of thy names , I will throw to the ground , and all your insolent inscriptions ' , figures , and abominable pictures :: and _ ans , Paris that imperial cityI will afiiift it dreadfully ; Yea , I will affiidt the
, Royal Family : Yes , I will avenge the iniquity of the King upon his grand-children . " , „ . . r , Lucy ' s Prophetic Warnings , Lond . 1707 . H 2
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Domestic Peace And Happiness,
that he never is thwarted in such innocent recreations . There may be , perhaps , dishes to which he is partial ; let them be often dressed with your every attention , ' and above all , dress your countenance m smiles , and let no ' trivial and accidental cause of disquiet make that face lour with discontent , which he expects , nay , has a ngnt to expect , to behold adorned with cheerfulness on his return . -Remember the stronghusbandmust rise from unaffected
est tie you can ever have upon your , and artless gaiety , which he is certain takes its rise from your sincere affection for him . It is not enough to gain your conquest unless you make use of these measures ' to secure it . A small part alone is done when you have obtained a husband . The task remains to _ keep possession ; nor is it difficult , if you prove your regard by conjugal fidelity , Let not love of admiration
and a delicate , and tender attachment . , or inherent vanity , or wayward wishes of any kind , ever lead you to display a disposition , whicli may cross your husband ' s views , or sour his temper . Remember also , this remark is mutual , that the only way to be happy yourselves , is to make each other happy : that ,, linked in indissoluble chain will hereafter ive an account at that
tribuan , you g nal where subterfuge and hypocrisy will not avail , whether you have reciprocally promoted the satisfaction , ease , comfort , and happmess ot each other ; or , by the reverse , have become your own . tormentors-, and what is worse , have by example , entailed misery on your posterity .
Singular Prophecy.
SINGULAR PROPHECY .
HPHE following remarkable Prophecy is fulfilling at or near tnese j ! times , as delivered long ago by Johannes Amatus , in his Prophetical Pleiades , which runs thus : " 1 foresee ( says he ) great wars and combats , with extraordinary shedding of blood , occasioned by the civil discords of the preat men of the king doms ; I do see wars , the fury whereof shall last timeprovinces divested of their people , and many
seme ; strong holds and noble houses shall be ruinated , and the cities shall be forsaken of their inhabitants , and in divers p laces the ground shall lie unfilled . There shall be a great slaughter of the people , and many chief persons shall be brought to ruin ; there shall be nothing bat deceit and fraud among them , whereupon shall ensue the aroresaid great commotions among the kingdoms and peop le of the world There shall of and rulersthe right
be likewise great mutations and changes kings ; , hand of the world shall fear the left , and the Nortn shall prevail against the South . Yes ; thou Versailles , which thou ( meaning Louis XIV . ) hast made for the glory of thy names , I will throw to the ground , and all your insolent inscriptions ' , figures , and abominable pictures :: and _ ans , Paris that imperial cityI will afiiift it dreadfully ; Yea , I will affiidt the
, Royal Family : Yes , I will avenge the iniquity of the King upon his grand-children . " , „ . . r , Lucy ' s Prophetic Warnings , Lond . 1707 . H 2