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Lettered inside image: "And the Thirty-two Counties of the Four Provinces of Ireland | Are thus divided; The Four Counties are in the Four Camps, | Munster South in Reuben's Gate, Connaut West in Joseph's Gate, | Ulster North in Dan's Gate, Leinster East in Judah's Gate, | For Albion in Eternity has Sixteen Gates among his Pillars, | But the Four towards the West were Walled up, & the Twelve | That front the Four other Points were turned Four Square | By Los for Jerusalem's sake & called the Gates of Jerusalem: | Because Twelve Sons of Jerusalem fled successive thro the Gates. | But the Four Sons of Jerusalem who fled not but remain'd | Are Rintrah & Palamabron & Theotormon & Bromion, | The Four that remain with Los to guard the Western Wall: | And these Four remain to guard the Four Walls of Jerusalem, | Whose foundations remain in the Thirty-two Counties of Ireland, | And in Twelve Counties of Wales, & in the Forty Counties | Of England, & in the Thirty-six Counties of Scotland. | And the names of the Thirty-two Counties of Ireland are these: | Under Judah & Issachar & Zebulun are Lowth, Longford, | Eastmeath, Westmeath, Dublin, Kildare, King's County, | Queen's County, Wicklow, Catherloh, Wexford, Kilkenny: | And those under Reuben & Simeon & Levi are these, | Waterford, Tipperary, Cork, Limerick, Kerry, Clare: | And those under Ephraim, Manasseh & Benjamin are these, | Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim: | And those under Dan, Asher & Napthali are these, | Donnegal, Antrim, Tyrone, Fermangall, Armagh, Londonderry, | Down, Monaghan, Cavan. These are the Land of Erin. | All these Center in London & in Golgonooza, from whence | They are Created continually, East & West & North & South: | And from them are Created all the Nations of the Earth, | Europe & Asia & Africa & America, in fury Fourfold! | And Thirty-two the Nations, to dwell in Jerusalem's Gates. | O Come ye Nations, Come ye People, Come up to Jerusalem. | Return, Jerusalem, & dwell together as of old: Return, | Return: O Albion, let Jerusalem overspread all Nations | As in the times of old; O Albion awake! Reuben wanders, | The Nations wait for Jerusalem, they look up for the Bride. | France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, | Arabia, Palestine, Persia, Hindostan, China, Tartary, Siberia, | Egypt, Lybia, Ethiopia, Guinea, Caffraria, Negroland, Morocco, | Congo, Zaara, Canada, Greenland, Carolina, Mexico, | Peru, Patagonia, Amazonia, Brazil. Thirty-two Nations, | And under these Thirty-two Classes of Islands in the Ocean, | All the Nations Peoples & Tongues throughout all the Earth. | And the Four Gates of Los surround the Universe Within and | Without; & whatever is visible in the Vegetable Earth, the same | Is visible in the Mundane Shell : revers'd in mountain & vale. | And a Son of Eden was set over each Daughter of Beulah, to guard | In Albion's Tomb the wondrous Creation: & the Four-fold Gate | Towards Beulah is to the South: Fenelon, Guion, Teresa, | Whitefield & Hervey guard that Gate, with all the gentle Souls | Who guide the great Wine-press of Love: Four precious Stones that Gate:"; center: "Continually Building. Continually Decaying because of Love & Jealousy" at bottom, reversed: "Women the comforters of Men become the Tormenters & Punishers"