The ruin of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation wherein is plainly…The ruine of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation wherein is plainly…

My last argument is this: Babylon is that city which is situate upon seven hills: but only Rome of all cities in the world is situated upon seven hills, therefore Rome is Babylon.

My last argument is this: Babylon is that city which is situate upon seven hils: but onely Rome of all cities in the world is situated upon seven hils, therefore Rome is Babylon.

The proposition is avouched by the Angel, which saith in the seventeenth chapter, that the seven heads of the scarlet coloured beast are seven mountains whereon the woman sitteth, that is, seven hills whereon the city of Rome is situated, whose names are these: Capitolinus, Palatinus, Aventinus, Exquilinus, Celius, Viminalis, and Quirinalis, as all Poets and Historiographers do testify. One saith thus of Rome.

The proposition is avouched by the Angel, which saith in the seventeenth chapter, that the seven heads of the scarlet coloured beast are seven mountains whereon the woman sitteth, that is, seven hils whereon the city of Rome is situated, whose names are these: Capitolinus, Palatinus, Aventinus, Exquilinus, Celius, Viminalis, and Quirinalis, as all Poets and Historiographers do testifie. One saith thus of Rome.

¹Septem quae una sibi muro circumdedit arces.

1. 1Virg. Geor.