John Harington Nugae Antiquae; Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers, in Prose and Verse; Written During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward Vi, Queen Mary, Elizabeth, and King James

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. His first prognostication (as I call it) was of the great civill warrs that would rise by the un certainty Of succession immediatlie after Q. Elizabeth's death, for which cause I have heard he conveyd. His land so, as no state of inheri tance should remayne in any of his heyrs till 5 yeares after the Quecne's death, which was his time lymitted for ending this great warr, which war lasted not five minutes, for neither man nor mouse once peeped against her indubitat heyre, and therefore, now his heyre may possess his more doubtfull inheritance.