Letter to King Henry II

• decadence and calamity threatening both Church and laity
• the advent of French rulers who will cause Europe to tremble
• the amalgamating of kingdoms and propagation of new laws
• the confrontation of England and a bloody invasion of Italy
• new alliances between Rome, Eastern Europe and Spain
• the liberation of Sicily from the Germans
• the persecution of the Arabs by the Latin nations
• the advent of the Antichrist like Xerxes and his hosts
• attacks by the Muslims on the Pope and his Church
• an eclipse of unprecedented darkness
• a great October upheaval lasting 73 years and seven months
• renewal of the Church by one from the 50th degree of latitude
• an attempt by peoples to free themselves which will result in even greater imprisonment
• the advent of the Great Dog and an even Greater Mastiff
• the rebuilding of the churches and restoration of the priesthood
• a new disaster, with crooked leaders and generals who will be disarmed by a sceptical populace
• a new military and regal saviour ruling from another 'little Mesopotamia'
• the putting down of a former tyranny by a conspiracy
• a powerful resurgence of Islam, with Western Christendom in decay and decline
• an unprecedented persecution of the Church, with two thirds of the population wiped out by pestilence
• desolation of the country and clergy, while the invading Arab military take over Malta, Mediterranean France and the offshore islands
• a Western counterinvasion that will rescue Spain from the invaders and pursue the Arabs back to the Middle East
• the depopulation of Israel, with the Holy Sepulchre turned into farm buildings
• terrible retribution inflicted on the Orientals by the Northerners, whose tongues will have acquired an Arabic admixture
• defeat of the Eastern leaders and seven-year triumph of the Northern Christians
• the persecution of Christians until 1792, when a totally new era will begin
• an extremely powerful Venice
• vast naval battles in the Adriatic, destruction of many cities and persecution of the Church and Pope
• a brief reign for the Antichrist, with a huge liberating army led into Italy by a 'Gallic Hercules'
• vast floods wiping out the very knowledge of letters
• universal peace toward the beginning of the seventh millennium after the Creation, and restoration of the Holy Sepulchre
• some great conflagration
• restoration of the papacy
• sacking of the Holy of Holies by pagans and destruction of the scriptures
• the reign of the Prince of Hell for 25 years after the Antichrist
• premonitory birds
• a new Golden Age of Saturn, the binding of Satan for a thousand years, and universal peace and harmony, with the Church finally triumphant