C A P.9. tt Kervelat±on ofthe Apocalypri. (laidby force of the fame prohibition, whereby the waves ofthe ra- ging Sea is flayed by the[lender Sands. For what bar is.there againfl. it in the weft, while Chriftran Princes bend their forces one to de tlroy another. And yet there may be fome excurfion made out of tourte beyond thefe bounds for a little time, to puniEh fome men withall,as we obferved in theChurch ofSardis, Chap.3.3 16. Andthe number of Horfc-men ofWar. In the Greek the fingu- lar number horfe-man,is put for the plurall horf-men,unleffe,perhaps, it be put dividedly ; as if he fhould fay, and the number ofhis armies of that that beloi Beth to the horf-men, two thoufand times an hun- dred thoufand. I heard alto the number of the armies of the foot- men, but which I need not to relate, feeing any man may eafily con- je&ure by fo great a number of the horfinen,that the foot-men are al- mofl innumerable.Complutenl'es and the Kings Bible read,ofthehorfe; A certain old copy readeth, of the hórfes; and millions of millions,and the word two isput out : The which yet Aretas hath,and the vulgar: the Interpreter ofAretas and the vulgar, explain this number by the pa rts,tWcnty thoufandtimes ten thoufand which Theo. Beza tranila- teth in the whole fitm,tWe thoufand times an hundred thoufand : In the member following, the Complutenfes and the Kings Bible leave out the copulative er, whichAretas and the vulgar reade : Theo. Reza turneth it by the rationall particle, for I heard, as if the number that was exprefled belonged to the whole army, which yet is exprefly re- ferred to the band ofhorf -men, and fo the indefinite number of the refl ofthe bands, Should refpedl thefoot-band, as we faid before; Un. lefle, perhaps, all his forces be ofhorf -men, becaufe of that fivift in- creafe, wherewith the Turks fhouldprevail; as it is alto intimated by the Verle following. Thëfe things, though they be of Iefle mo- ment, yet are they not tobe neglefted. We underfland by this, that the forces of the Turlw fhall be huge and mighty ; and indeed it bath been fo found true inexperience in many barrels, that theTurhalone Both bring forth more fouldiers into thebattei, then all the ChriJtian Princes joy ned together. 17. AndIfaw the Herres in a vifzon. So much for the number of their forces : Thenatueof them is opened in this verfe,which ofwhat kinde it is,is (hewed by the Horfes,thearmor oftheRiders,by the Ly- onifb heads of the Homes, and by that that comethout of their mouth; They are Horfes inalacrity and readineffe to fight, as above,ver.7.The habergions ofthe RidersWerefiery,ofpurple ofbrimffoncolour,of the Lime nature altogether with that which cometh out of the mouthof V u 2 the
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