and

That digs the earth with his hoofs and stirs up

Which draws a trail with his scales; and besides,

Himself shall perish. And yet after him

Then shall a dread and fearful lion come,

Sent from the sun, and breathing forth much flame.

And then too by his shameless recklessness

And the most mighty venom-shedding beast

And the he-goat that sideways moves along,

And after him fame follows; he himself

The Romans, and the Persians shall be weak.

The song of our words, and give charming song.

And ye are ruling but a little time,

And over mortals all desire to reign,

The lust of rule, and most of all things hates

And over them he stirs up what is dark;

Wherefore, instead of good works and just thoughts,

Desiring wretched fights and homicides

And overthrow one here, another there.

Trusting in his own might, thick-haired and grim,

And shall destroy all, he shall also tear

Shepherds in pieces, and no victory

And then there shall be a lord confident

In his might, and named with four syllables,

And shown forth clearly from the number one;

Both of the number forty; and with them

Shall great peace be in the world and to all

The people law and right; but them in turn

And silver, impiously put to death

And then again a dreadful lord shall rule,

Because of wrath of kings, and he shall hurl

Down every city and hut of the Latins.

And Rome is no more to be seen or heard,

Lightnings and thunderbolts upon mankind;

And some he will destroy by lightnings burned,

And others with his mighty thunderbolts.

And Rome's strong children and the famous Latins

And Rome's strong children and the famous Latins

But he shall be a sport for dogs and birds

And wolves, for he a martial people spoiled.

And the Euphrates press continuous on.

And then shall Rome again be as before.

And o'er the very mighty Romans then

Of the first letter, and he shall himself

And by his armies at once power display

And lay down laws; but him shall brazen Ares

And the other with three hundred shall partake,

Cruel, who gold and silver in much fire

And to the armies they, equipped for war,

Dividing many costly things and goods;

And in like manner, striving eagerly

And swift Euphrates, and the hostile Medes,

And swift Euphrates, and the hostile Medes,

And the soft-haired warlike Massagetae

And Persians also, quiver-bearing men.

The royal scepter and entreating right,

And having their hands all prepared for war,

And then another lord, of the third number,

Shall rule alone, and smitten by a sword

Of the number four, and manage all things well.

And then upon Phœnicia shall come war

And conflict, when there shall come nations near

Sidon and Tripolis and Berytus

Sidon and Tripolis and Berytus

Amid the blood and bodies of the dead.

Thou shalt a great and unsuccessful war

And his disk not appear, and drops of blood

And his disk not appear, and drops of blood

Thick and abundant shall flow down from heaven

Upon the earth. And then the king shall die,

The wicked strife and one another kill.

And then shall there a reverend ruler be,

And having the good name he shall thereto

'Twixt Taurus and snow-clad Amanus be

A city new and beautiful and strong

A city new and beautiful and strong

And in Propontis and in Phrygia

And in Propontis and in Phrygia

Shall there be many earthquakes. And the king

And after him shall rule two lordly kings,

One numbering three hundred, and one three;

And many shall he utterly destroy

And for the sake of powerful sovereignty.

And then shall evil to the senate come,

While he holds wrath against it. And a sign

And fuller shall the rains be, snow and hail

And fuller shall the rains be, snow and hail

And then again another king shall rule,

And for the sake of war distributing

For two years the dark soil and fruitful land

And war and robbers, murders, homicides.

And war and robbers, murders, homicides.

And many cities shall by warlike men

And he, betrayed, shall fall by gleaming iron.

Against the Armenians and the Parthians,

The Assyrians and the Persians firm in war.

And then anew shall a creation be

Of splendidly built Rome with gold and amber

And silver and ivory in order raised;

And silver and ivory in order raised;

And in her many people shall abide