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john_n viz._n 1._o briton_n 2._o saxon_n 3._o frank_n 4._o burgundian_n 5._o wisigoth_n 6._o sueve_n and_o alan_n 7._o vandal_n 8._o alemuners_n 9_o ostrogoth_n 10._o grecian_n 10._o trump_n 3._o vers_fw-la 10._o the_o three_o trumpet_n vision_n be_v the_o great_a star_n fall_v into_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o river_n burn_v like_o a_o lamp_n the_o comet_n lampadius_n suppose_v proper_o so_o call_v this_o be_v fulfil_v upon_o the_o roman_a empire_n in_o the_o extinction_n of_o the_o western_a aesariate_a which_o be_v grow_v very_o low_a and_o obscure_a in_o those_o inconsiderable_a emperor_n avitus_n majoranus_n severn_n authemius_n olybrius_n glycirius_n nepos_n the_o immediate_a predecessor_n of_o augustulus_n but_o fall_v quite_o and_o be_v extinct_a in_o this_o prince_n of_o sorrow_n bitterness_n and_o sad_a misfortune_n who_o odoacer_n king_n of_o heruli_n pull_v out_o of_o his_o throne_n 476._o the_o four_o trumpet_n vision_n 12._o trump_n 4._o vers_fw-la 12._o be_v a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n which_o proceed_v further_o concern_v rome_n for_o this_o trumpet_n exceed_v the_o former_a and_o signify_v that_o that_o light_n she_o shine_v with_o under_o the_o ostrogoth_n king_n shall_v be_v extinct_a and_o she_o shall_v be_v despoil_v of_o royal_a majesty_n yea_o of_o consulship_n and_o authority_n of_o senate_n which_o ill_a fate_n be_v very_o proper_o prefigure_v by_o the_o obscuration_n of_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n for_o by_o these_o luminary_n the_o scripture_n set_v out_o the_o power_n and_o government_n of_o city_n or_o kingdom_n esaia_n 13.10_o 60.20_o jer._n 15.9_o ezek._n 32.7_o the_o five_o trumpet_n vision_n be_v 3._o trump_n 4._o cap._n 9.1_o 2_o 3._o the_o key-bearer_n of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n and_o the_o locust_n this_o be_v fulfil_v upon_o the_o roman_a empire_n by_o mahomâ—t_n and_o the_o saracen_n in_o the_o application_n of_o which_o vision_n learned_a mede_n be_v admirable_o 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