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Testament 2

The Book of Predictions, Testament 2 (Grand English Translation 1701 based on the 1597 Latin publication)

The two rebels, whose names are lost, and cannot be put into human word, heard of the alliance between the two Heavenly Brothers, and so one entered into the sixth heavenly realm, and one into the eleventh heavenly realm, and each asked the king of each heavenly kingdom for to convert to their cause. Both kings, offended at the disgrace, deigned not convert. The king of the third realm released a flood of gold and lead into the sixth heavenly realm, and from the gold arose creatures each with four wings and twelve eyes, and from the lead arose chains of fishes rushing past them. And the king of the sixth realm and his subjects were all overwhelmed, and perished. The king of the fifth realm drew his blade, a blade of fire brighter than any sun, and whiter than any snow, and yet more solid than any stone. And the king of the eleventh realm drew his blade, redder than any blood, and sharper than any glass, and taller than any tower. The kings of the fifth realm and the king of the eleventh realm fought, their spiritual blades gashing into the foundation of the world. Then the king of the eleventh realm was struck once, and perished. And yet the gash wrought up from the lower realms, spirits which were not intended by God to be put into heaven, and with the gash, the eleventh realm yielded together with the king of the fifth realm. Having conquered the sixth realm, the one rebel left to meet his ally. Yet the ally was not to be seen, and the rebel cursed God. The destruction of an heavenly realm was met with great weeping, and with great sorrow, from all beings.

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