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Shall Roman Ares flash from many a spear;

But then a chief of Italy shall flee

Upon the land a lance inscribed with gold,

A tomb, not marriage, then shall brides weep sore,

For a great fearful fire hangs over thee.

For, made a widow by the feebleness

Thee, the Word, Father, I sent forth a bird,

A stranger unto thee in need to curb

A suppliant I once publicly received

A suppliant; Father, thou provider, hear."

With a hot wind, and rave with many woes.

In pain; a second time to thee, O Rome,

Again a second time I am to speak.

Then a pure mind shall God beget in men,

To all a savage oath. I turned away

For I shall not live always, but a time

Construct a tomb, and shall slay me with stones;

For lying with my father a dear son

Are covetousness and a lack of sense.

A fount, and of disorder forward guide,

They may enslave them by a false pretense.

A heavenly stroke deserved, O haughty Rome.

Crete the ill-starred shall hold a cause of pride,

Unto the west, there shall be then a lord

The world inspecting with a nimble foot,

Shall three rule, filling out a name of God

When a dragon charged with fire in both his eyes

Implacable, and there, come a time

From Hades a great mournful bellowing

Upon the altars; there sounds not a drum

Nor perforated flute that has a power

That bean the likeness of a crooked snake,

Shalt be a triumph and reproach of all.

Of the Phenix shall come round, there shall a race

Having a fiery soul. But when he shall

And a dog chased the lion which destroys

And Rome shall be a room, and Delos dull,

And then a holy Lord of all the earth

And over all the earth a multitude

A brilliant cornet, sign of much distress

A hurricane shall desolate the earth;

And there shall be a rising of the dead;

Shall be a desert and a place of thorns.

Shall be a desert and a place of thorns.

From heaven a very lamentable sound,

And there shall out of heaven a stream of fire

Shall there a sign be, a distinguished seal,

Shall there a sign be, a distinguished seal,

A shepherding iron rod. This one who now

To the creation, to a holy virgin

And a fish of the sea live thousand men

A holy virgin shall himself commit.]

And he shall also wear a crown of thorns;

With a reed that they may fulfill their law;

Mounted upon a foal is hastening on;

Being disordered; but a mighty sound

By the hands of a virgin undefiled.

The giver of light, and as to a god

For him a table pure and without blood

The living One a living sacrifice

Vieing with them that lead a holy life

Nor sunrise; for a long day I will make.

In a form altogether like our own,

A new light rose, and going forth from heaven

Put on a mortal form. First then did Gabriel show

And her cheek reddened with a sense of joy,

Was made a human form and came to be

A boy distinguished by his virgin birth;

For this was a great wonder to mankind,

Born was shown in a manger unto them

A tower; and tongues of all were loosed again;

Moreover then a fearful man shall rule,

A fearful sign in the Egyptian land,

The law-giver, himself a prisoner,

Will also give a law unto mankind.

And o'er the Hebrews then a mighty king

Magnanimous shall rule, and have a name

But when a Persian shall rule, and a son

But when a Persian shall rule, and a son

A hundred more, and thou a hundred nines

A hundred more, and thou a hundred nines

Shalt thou be given over as a slave,

And Egypt water many a land with tears.

And then to thee, O Median land, a man

Shalt from the first seven and a hundred years

Then every nation of a royal power

A mighty king, a man preeminent,

A mighty king, a man preeminent,

But one of these shall be a mighty king,

A leader among men; and many kings

A powerful wild beast, even then for thee,

Moans of young children by a fountain pure,

Having a hundred, and their names shall show

A great sign to them that are yet to be;

A great stroke in thy houses; and again

Shall there be a revolt of thine own men.

Mixed with a deadly sting; and most of all

Shall be a strong brave king; of foulest deeds

Of savage war, a wooden artifice

A hero sprung from Zeus, shall have his name