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4 Proposition. The kinges of the East, or four Angels, specified in…
Quote byJohn Napier · 1550–1617
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The First and Introductory Treatise.
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4 Proposition. The kinges of the East, or four Angels, specified in the sixt trumpet, or sixt vial. Cap. 9. & 16. are the four nations, Mahometanes beyond and about Euphrates, who began their empire by Ottoman, in the yeare of Christ, 1296. or thereabout.
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