When the black fleet of Norway is come and gone,
England, build houses of lime and stone;
For after, wars you shall have none.
This likewise seems to have a prophetic meaning, if one could but find it out. Fuller supposes it alludes to the Spanish armada, and quotes Sir Francis Bacon to prove that the sur-name of the King of Spain was Norway; but, supposing it was, nothing is explained by it; the number of wars in which England has been since engaged, as well civil as foreign, shew that this prophecy was dictated by a lying spirit.
