An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…

Sybilla wrote two thousand years sithence, ¹That the greatest terror and fury of his empire, and the greatest woe that he shall work, shall be by the banks of Tiber. And who is there that hath heard any thing of the situation of Rome, that doth not know it is built on the banks of Tiber? Irenaeus, who ²lived wellnigh fifteen hundred years ago, saith, the name of Antichrist, expressed by that number shall be Latinus, that is, he shall sit in a city called Latium, that is, Rome. Joa. chimus Abbas saith, Antichristus jam pridem natus est Romae. & altius extolletur in seed Apostolica. ⟨p. 325⟩Antichrist is long since borne in Rome, and yet shall be advanced higher in the Apostolic see. Bernard saith, Bestia illa de Apocalipsi, cui ³datum est os loquens blasphemias, & bellum gerere cum sanctis, Petri cathedram occupat, tanquam leo paratus ad praedam. The beast that is spoken of in the book of Revelations, unto which beast is given a mouth to speak blasphemies, and to keep war against the Saints of God is now gotten into Peters chair, as a Lion prepared to his pray. These words are clear as the sun beams.

Sybilla wrote two thousand yeares sithence, ¹That the greatest terrour and furie of his empire, and the greatest woe that hee shall worke, shall be by the bankes of Tyber. And who is there that hath heard anie thing of the situation of Rome, that doth not knowe it is built on the bankes of Tyber? Irenaeus, who ²liued welneare fiftéene hundred yeares agoe, saith, the name of Antichrist, expressed by that number shall be Latinus, that is, he shall sit in a citie called Latium, that is, Rome. Ioa. chimus Abbas saith, Antichristus iam pridem natus est Romae. & altius extolletur in sede Apostolica. ⟨p. 325⟩Antichrist is long since borne in Rome, and yet shal be aduanced higher in the Apostolike see. Bernard saith, Bestia illa de Apocalipsi, cui