and

An evil strife. And then of mortal men

And the whole earth was among foreign men

And various languages distributed,

Whose numbers I will tell and in acrostics

And first shall Egypt royal power receive

Preeminent and just; and then in her

Preeminent and just; and then in her

Close-fighter very strong; and he shall have

And while this one is ruler there shall be

The East and offspring of Assyrian men

Shall nourish; and his name know thou . . .

And o'er the Hebrews then a mighty king

Magnanimous shall rule, and have a name

Of doubtful native land; and Memphis he,

And he will watch o'er many things in wars.

Seven besides and even unto the tenth hundred,

And then an evil shall befall the Jews,

Famine and pestilence intolerable

But when a Persian shall rule, and a son

While years roll round to five fours, and to these

A hundred more, and thou a hundred nines

Shalt finish and all things shalt thou repay;

And then unto the Persians and the Medes

And then unto the Persians and the Medes

Straightway to Persians and Assyrians

And to all Egypt shall an evil come,

And to Libya and the Ethiopians,

And to Libya and the Ethiopians,

And to the Carians and Pamphylians

And to the Carians and Pamphylians

And to all other mortals. And he then

And to all other mortals. And he then

And Egypt water many a land with tears.

And then to thee, O Median land, a man

Of wealth abundant and of Indian birth

Shalt from the first seven and a hundred years

Complete, and put thy neck beneath the yoke.

And then an Indian of dark countenance

And gray hair and great soul shall afterwards

And gray hair and great soul shall afterwards

And he shall treat thee more despitefully

And shall destroy all thy men. But when he

The twentieth and the tenth year shall be king,

Among them, also seven and the tenth,

Shall be mad and declare their liberty,

And during three years leave their servile blood.

But he shall come again and every nation

And of its own free will again obey.

And then o'er the Assyrians there shall rule

And shall persuade all to speak pleasing things,

Timid and speechless shall before him quail,

And him shall very powerful rulers serve

By reason, and all things will he subject,

And he the temple of the mighty God

And lovely altar will himself erect

In his might, and will hurl the idols down;

And gathering tribes together, both the race

Of fathers and the helpless little ones,

And of the eighteenth letter show the sign.

But when for rolling decades two and five

As there are cities, and as isles and coasts,

As there are cities, and as isles and coasts,

And fields and lands that bring forth goodly fruit.

And fields and lands that bring forth goodly fruit.

A leader among men; and many kings

And to his sons and grandsons opulent

And to his sons and grandsons opulent

Of years shall they rule, and at last shall end.

Having a hundred, and their names shall show

And they shall build upon the seven hills

Strong walls and wage around them grievous war.

And then again shall there be growing up

I'll cry these things. And yet then shalt receive

A great stroke in thy houses; and again

And war and plague by reason of hard fights.

And war and plague by reason of hard fights.

Mixed with a deadly sting; and most of all

Shall she bring thee toils, troubles, groans, and wails,

Who are to Ares dear. And one of these

And they shall overthrow the famous walls

Shall sudden cover men, and on thy knees

And what spoils of the old man weeping much

Shall be undying fame. And the great king,

Homewards shall he in order go. And then

And there shall rule a child sprung from the race

And the blood of Assaracus, renowned

Of heroes, both a strong and valiant man.

And he shall come out of the mighty fire

And also holding his son by the hand

And hurrying through the multitude in dread

He shall pass over land and fearful sea.

And he shall have a trisyllabic name,

And then a city for the powerful Latins

He will raise up. And in his fifteenth year,

And river Tigris, throughout the mid land

And there shall be an old man, minstrel wise,

And wisely will he write most marvelous things,

Measures and verses; for he shall the first

My books unfold and after these things bide them

And unto men bring them to light no more