He thought himself more specially a seer, and in his prayer after the failure of his friends, the murderers of Riccio, he congratulates himself on being favoured above the common sort of his brethren, and privileged to "Forespeak" things, in an unique degree.
"John Knox and the Reformation"
Andrew Lang
Why do you Forespeak misfortune, Liot?
"Prisoners of Conscience"
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr