another, (Galba, Otho, and Vitellius) and af ter them fhall arife a great Deftroyer of holy Men, who will be known by the first Letter of his Name, fignifying 70 (Vefpar fian); his Son fhall deftroy the Kingdom of the Jews, and the first Letter of his Name fignifies 300 (Titus), and after him there fhall be a fatal Prince, who fhall kill many, whofe first Letter fignifies 4, (Domitian); and after an honourable Man will reign, having the number 50, (Nerva); and after him, one whofe firft Letter stands for 300, who is of the Celtic Nation, out of the Mountains, who will haften to the Eastern Wars, but he fhall not evade Death, but fall, and be buried in a strange Country, which bears the Name of the Flower Anee mone.

Note, That Trajan was born in Spain, which the Celte formerly inhabited; he died at Seleucia in Ifauria, but his Afhes were carried to Rome, and buried under a Pillar. He made Wars in Gallia, from whence fome call him a Celtic.

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After him another fhall reign, a Man with a white Helmet; he fhall have the Name of the Sea: he will be the best of Men, and will know all things, under thee, O very good Man, and moft excellent Prince, with Hair of a blue colour!

Note, 'Tis a Garment of that colour; then xar must be chang'd for air, or blue Armour to his white Helmer, or white Head. Neither

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would excellent be put to any thing but his Royal Robes, or Armour.

Under thy Branches all fhall live: Three fhall reign, and the third at laft fhall conquer a all.

Note, Adrian is moft particularly defcrib'd in the eighth Book, and the Eastern Roman Empire fhall be under the three Heads of the Eagle defcrib'd by Efdras. 1. The Saracen; 2. The Ea ftern Emperors 3. The Turk, who at laft will poffefs all the Eaft; and under these three Branches, or Empires, the Days of all Men (that is, the duration of the World) fhall be comprehended.

Note, That this Sibyl promis'd in the beginning, to give an Account of the first Latin Emperors, the ends with Adrian, the 15th Emperor, who dy'd about 140. And because there are bur three intimated after him, fome Authors fancy that fome Perfon living in his time compos'd thefe Oracles; but this is notoriously abfurd to any, who confider the following Prophecies in future Ages after Adrian.

I am tormented, who am the Sifter of Ifis, when an unhappy Prophecy comes into my Mind, tho' it be a divine Song of Oracles.

Note, That this Sibyl calls her felf the Sifter of Ifis, because the utter'd Oracles; not that the really was fo, but the prophecies very much of Egypt, what it is like to fuffer by the Saracens, Mammalukes, and Turks, and at laft by the Ethiopians.

of Nile.

First the mad Women thall encreafe The Inundation about the Foundation of thy Temple, in which there will be much mourning, with their wicked Hands; and at that time Nile fhall overflow all the Land of Egypt fixteen Cubits, which fhall wash away the whole Soil; and Men fhall fuffer, by being continually wet; and the Beauty of that Land, and the Glory of its Face, fhall perish. Memphis, you fhall weep most on the Account of Egypt, for you govern'd the World formerly after a glorious manner: Thou shalt become fad, when the Author of Thunder cries with a loud Voice to thee, Oftrong Memphis, who formerly boastedst thy Might amongst Cowards ! thou shalt weep, being forrowful, and unfortunate, till you do acknowledge the everlasting God, and Immortal in the Clouds. Where is thy great fwelling Title among Men, for which thou didst rage against my Children, who were baptiz'd, and dealteft unjustly with good Men? Thou fhalt receive for fuch things fuch Fare and Punishment, and thou shalt no longer claim a place amongst the Bleffed to appear in. Thou haft faln froni the Stars, thou fhalt not afcend into Heaven. Such things God commanded me to speak to Egypt, in the later Days, when Men fhall be very wicked, but wicked Men become miferable, continuing in Sin, notwithstanding the Wrath of the Immortal Heavenly God, the great Thunderer. In

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ftead of God, you worship Stones, and adore Brutes, fearing many other things in different Places which have no Reafon, nor Understanding, nor Hearing. 'Tis not fit for me to fpeak of each Idol nade by Mens Hands; from their own Labour, and foolish Invention they have vainly receiv'd Gods of Wood, Stone, Brafs, Gold, and Silver; without Life, deaf, and melted in the Fire; thefe they have made, vainly trusting in them.

Thmuis and Youis fhall be opprefs'd, and the Counsel of Hercules, Jupiter, and Mer fhall be taken away, and War fhall not leave thee, O Alexandria! a famous Town for Trade, and Multitudes of Men:

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Note, That this Inundation of Nile was an Omen of its Invafion by the Saracens, which are here call'd the worst of Men, in the laft Times. This muft happen after Adrian, and after the Perfecutions of the Chriftians there, as appears by the Perfecution of the eggio All these Suffer ings are occafion'd by Idolatry, which was de pos'd in Egypt, in Conftantine's and Theodofius's Reign: Then the Images were broke in the Temple of Serapis. Therefore this must be the Punishment of the Egyptian Chriftians for their Idol-worship in the laft Days. The Jews made á great Slaughter of the Chriftians in Cyrene, Ægypt; and Cyprus, in the time of Trajan; by Diocletian, Anno 303, that Perfecution began.

Menes, the first King of Egypt, built Memphis, not far from Grand Cairo, the Pharoahs liv'd there, and there was a Temple of Apis and Se rapis. Thmuis is a Town in Egypt, of which

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there was a Bishop. Tamus King of Thebes was Jupiter Ammon, whofe Counsel here mention'd is his Oracles; Xouis is an Ifle or Town in Lower Egypt. The next Verses are deficient, and the following relate to the Saracens in Egypt.

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A barbarous, ftrong, terrible Madman fhall This is Omar, destroy all thy Land, and the Men of evil liph, who conArts, pouring out their Blood, and killing quer'd Alexan them near thy horrible Altars, and filling thy fandy Country as he purfues thy Destruction; then thou, once the most happy and rich City, fhalt be very calamitous; and then all Afia fhall lament the acceptable Merchandizes fhe receiv'd from thee, falling to the Ground, and covering her wretched Head: But he who poffeffes Perfia fhall War against Agypt, by killing all Men, and destroying their Provisions;

Note, That Omar, the Saracen Caliph, is this barbarous Man, who deftroy'd Alexandria. The City of Alexandria had the great Trade of Spices from India, and fold them to Afia and Europe. The next Revolution in Ægypt was from the Zelzuccian Turks, who came from Perfia, and feiz'd Damafcus, Anno 1075, and afterwards Ægype; for Noradin the Sultan at Damafcus fent Saracon to affift the Sultan in Ægypt against the Chriftians, and he flew the Sultan; and Saladin the Turk fucceeded him, and flew the Caliph, and all his Family, and diftributed the Riches of Ægypt amongst the Turks. Egypt had been in the Hands of the Saracens till this time, Anno 1170. This Story agrees with the Prophecy. This Sultan at Damascus was fubject to that in Persia, and PLIA

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