of

After him three shall rule and two of them

Of the third letter; and one here, one there,

Then shall a mighty ruler of men come,

Destroyer of the pious, strong-minded man,

Of Solyma even to the utmost bend

Of the Tiberian sea. Alas, alas,

And every means of life and wealth shall perish;

Of cities shall be. But the reverend king

Of mighty soul shall at the end of life

Of mighty soul shall at the end of life

The memory of their father, great king, rule,

And (one) of these shall be a noble man

Of the letter four shall rule the mighty realm,

And of themselves be subject. For to him

A great wound, and seized at the end of life

Of the great royal hall shall he fall down

And the walls of the Assyrians shall fall

And then shall threatenings of the mighty God,

Shall for the toil of Ares not escape

After the strife of battle, but worn out

But dust that of Nemea's flower has name.

A silver-headed man, and of the sea

Shall be his name, and of four syllables,

Ares himself first of the alphabet

And he shall be a minstrel of rich voice

And a just minister of what is right;

Of the first unit shall another king

Shall be commander, of tens numbering seven;

Of these shall perish, fearful Ares then,

Training his hands--excuse itself of death.

Himself the name of the first mighty king

Of the first unit; and he shall be good

In memory of his father; and forthwith

Shall he adorn the walls of Rome with gold

And he shall sack the whole land of the Germans,

When a great sign of God shall be displayed

Of which I spoke, then with the rolling years

Of the great pious king; and at the end

Of his life, having then proclaimed his son

From the race of his father, shall receive

Of mind shall grasp all things; and he shall rival

Then in the plain of Rome, so that a man

Know then the fatal lot of Rome is near

Because of zeal for power; and by the hands

Of Ares many in Palladian halls

And the Word of the great immortal God

A widow of thee in a little time,

And miseries of conquests there shall be,

Shall, cleft by force of hands, fall in the plain.

The sign of his name in the number ten;

Into the land of the Bithynians

A man skilled in fraud, full of various wiles,

The number of two hundred. And again

Impulse of baleful Ares; serpent dire,

Having the name of a puissant lord

Of Macedon, by the first letter known;

The hard deception of the coming king

In the bosom of the army; but the one

And then the kings of Persia shall rise up;

Of Rome . . . immense Aus . . .

In the hands of Ares; and the lot of men

In the hands of Ares; and the lot of men

For seasons are of all sorts; each holds back

For all things shall not be (the lot) of all,

And now, Lord of the world, of every realm

And now, Lord of the world, of every realm

Both that of life and that of baneful death.

Both that of life and that of baneful death.

Of the Assyrians over all the world,

And pillaging and robbery of temples.

Of the industrious Persians, and with them

Because of . . .

And straightway coming out of Syria

Terror of Ares, and also his son,

And the one name is unto both of them:

But when a wolf shall to a flock of sheep

Of haughty kings in wars, and Syrians

A German Ares ruinous of life

Of many years for haughty Persian men,

Of a high many-ridged and windy rock

Of the Italians, in the plain of Nile

Of the Italians, in the plain of Nile

Now these things are; and while the name of Rome

Shall hold in numbers of revolving time,

Of Macedon's lord, willing, deal out corn.

By reason of the strife of shameful men.

By reason of the strife of shameful men.

By reason of the wickedness of chiefs.

By reason of the wickedness of chiefs.

And there shall come wrath of the mighty God

Of Mopsus; then shall the AEgaeans fall

Because of strife of very mighty men.

Because of strife of very mighty men.

Is pressing, for a chief of men shall dwell

Having obtained of Romans royal power.

Now, cities of Arabians, deck yourselves

And thou who art of all most fond of learning,

And thou who art of all most fond of learning,

Of the zodiacal vault, Aries,

And fighting for the sake of hateful strife,