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"PROPHECIES by Merlyn are tolerably prevalent in Cornwall. The character of these may be known by one or two examples --
"Aga syth tyer, war and meyne Merlyn
Ara neb syth Leskey Paul, Penzance hag Newlyn."
Ara neb syth Leskey Paul, Penzance hag Newlyn."
This has been translated--
"There shall land on the stone of Merlyn,
Those who shall burn Paul, Penzance, and Newlyn."
Those who shall burn Paul, Penzance, and Newlyn."
This prophecy is supposed to have been accomplished when the Spaniards, in the reign of Elizabeth, landed at Mousehole, a fishing village in the Mount's Bay. Near the pier at Mousehole is still a rock called "Merlyn Car," or "Merlyn's Rock," and not far from it another, called "the Spaniard.""
Hunt 1903
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