CENTURIA X · QUATRAIN LVI
The Stump in Tunis
Prelat royal son baissant trop tire,
Grand fleux de sang sortira de sa bouche,
Le reign Anglique par regne respire,
Long temps mort vif en Tunis comme souche.
A royal prelate bowing himself too low,
a great flow of blood will come out of his mouth,
the reign of Anglique through the realm breathes,
long dead, alive in Tunis like a stump.
THE MASTER SAYS…
He says that this verse relates to the end of the Catholic Church and its interaction with the Antichrist. At first the Catholic Church will try to adapt to him by peaceful means, not understanding that he is the Antichrist. This is “priests bowing too low.” “Blood pouring from his mouth” is the Antichrist, who will nevertheless strike the church and take advantage of its weakness. He says that most of the fall will happen behind the scenes, through whispers and secrets. And then the last part makes sense. “Long dead, like a stump.”