OXford and Cambridge , Wittenberge and Padua , you glorious Vniuersities of Christendome , take truce for a season with your deepe inspiring sciences , and vouchsafe to fixe your inienious iudgements vppon this rare and wonderfull Prophesie , calculated by the famous and excellent Doctor in Astrologie , Master Iohn Cypriano Astronomer vnder the Emperour of Christendome , agreeable to the iudgments of Iames Marcheselsus , and Sinnior Guiuardo , two learned Clarkes in Germany , the like was neuer published in anie age , for the angry heauens by fearefull visions , foredooming Commets , and strange coniunction of Planets dooth prognosticate to this synfull world , the alteration of kingdomes , fall of Princes , ouerthrow of comman wealths , desolation of countries , the ruine of Citties , Townes , and Villages , earthquakes , flouds , and mighty tempests , wherby the whole world wil be greatly anoyde , also by the variable course of the ellements , all nations vnder the cercute of the sunne , wil be grieuously vexed with bloudie warres famine , death , scarsitie , with many other strange and fearefull accidents , as well in Europe as in Affrica and Asia , al which is for our wickednesse and synnes , wherein the whole earth is drowned as in a gulfe , past all recouerie , except the maiesty of God be mercifull : to auoide the manifolde miseries that is likely to fall vpon the face of the earth : and our learned Astrologisions hath published this fearefull and wonderfull Prophesie to mooue vs to a penitent life , that God may withhold his grieuous scorge from vs Mystically set downe , for a Glasse or example to them that vnderstand and are wise to looke into and for a disdaine and reproofe to them that are foolish , as hereafter followeth .

In the Northen borders of the earth , is scituated a Forrest trianglewise , inuironed with a wall of Brasse from which forrest shall flie a fortunate foule that shall swim euen to the borders of Affrica , and there light vpon a golden Tree , from whence shee shall pull three branches of gold , and so triumphantly returne backe to the Forrest againe : at which there shall an Eagle that builds her nest vpon a golden steeple so much repine , and send foorth many secret fiers to burne and waste the said Forrest , but euery one shal be quenched and quite extinguished before the blaze be kindled . Many Princes of the earth shall seeke by pollicy to hunt therein , but at the gates thereof shall take a great repulse : so fortunate and frutefull shall this Forrest be , and so inuincible her towers of brasse , that all the kingdomes of the earth shall admire her fortitude , and grace her with the title of that blessed Pardice , which God gaue Adam at the worlds creation . After this the Sea shall be mightier then the land , for there the corners of the world shall meete and fight a tirrible battell , wherein a mightie man shall be ouer throwne .

In the Weast shall lurke a bloudie Serpent in a Denne , which hath not seene the light these many yeares , but yet this bloudie Serpent shall haue many stings , which shall stretche into all the corners of Europe , & be annoyance to the whole state of Christendome : Then from the Northe shall corne a Dragon , that shall breake out the Serpents teeth , and pluck foorth his stings that he shall neither bite nor sting , yet shall the Serpent keepe his Den , and receiue succour from the Eagle in the golden steeple .

In the South shall liue a Wolfe vpon the commons bloud , and quaffe downe town● into his thirstie throate but in the middest of this bloudie danquet shall he choake himselfe and die .