[371] The spelling of these names is occasionally changed to meet the condition that the numerical value of the letters shall be 666, "the number of the beast" of Revelations. The names include Julius Cæsar; Valerius Jovius Diocletianus (249-313), emperor from 287 to 305, persecutor of the Christians; Louis, presumably Louis XIV; Gerbert (940-1003), who reigned as Pope Sylvester II from 999 to 1003, known to mathematicians for his abacus and his interest in geometry, and accused by his opponents as being in league with the devil; Linus, the second Bishop of Rome, the successor of Peter; Camillo Borghese (1552-1621), who reigned as Pope Paul V from 1605 to 1621, and who excommunicated all Venice in 1606 for its claim to try ecclesiastics before lay tribunals, thus taking a position which he was forced to abandon; Luther, Calvin; Laud (see Vol. I, page 145, note 7 {307}); Genseric (c. 406-477), king of the Vandals, who sacked Rome in 455 and persecuted the orthodox Christians in Africa; Boniface III, who was pope for nine months in 606; Beza (see Vol. I, page 66, note 6 {83}); Mohammed; βρασκι, who was Giovanni Angelo Braschi (1717-1799), and who reigned as Pope Pius VI from 1775 to 1799, dying in captivity because he declined to resign his temporal power to Napoleon; Bonaparte; and, under Ιον Παυνε, possibly Pope John XIV, who reigned in 983 and 984 during the absence of Boniface VII in Constantinople.
[372] The Greek words and names are also occasionally misspelled so as to fit them to the number 666. They are Λατεινος (Latin), ἡ λατινη βασιλεια (the Latin kingdom), ἐκκλησια ἰταλικα (the Italian Church), εὐανθας (blooming), τειταν (Titan), ἀρνουμε (renounce), λαμπετις (the lustrous), ὁ νικητης (conqueror), κακος ὁδηγος (bad guide), ἀληθης βλαβερος (truthful harmful one), παλαι βασκανος (a slanderer of old), ἀμνος ἀδικος (unmanageable lamb), ἀντεμος (Antemos), γενσηρικος (Genseric), εὐινας (with stout fibers), Βενεδικτος (Benedict), Βονιβαζιος γ. παπα ξ. η. ε. ε. α. (Boniface III, pope 68, bishop of bishops I), οὐλπιος (baneful), διος εἰμι ἡ ἡρας (I, a god, am the), ἡ μισσα ἡ παπικη (the papal brief), λουθερανα (Lutheran), σαξονειος (Saxon), Βεζζα αντιθεος (Beza antigod), ἡ αλαζονεια βιου (the illusion of life), Μαομετις (Mahomet); Μαομετης β. (Mahomet II), θεος εἰμι ἐπι γαιης (I am lord over the earth), ἰαπετος (Iapetos, father of Atlas), παπεισκος (Papeiskos), διοκλασιανος (Diocletian), χεινα (Cheina = Cain? China?), βρασκι (Braschi, as explained in note 10), Ιον Παυνε (Paunian violet, but see note 10), κουποκς (cowpox), Βοννεπαρτη (Bonneparte), Ν. Βονηπαρτε (N. Boneparte), εὐπορια (facility), παραδοσις (surrender), το μεγαθηριον (the megathereum, the beast).
[373] James Wapshare, whose Harmony of the Word of God in Spirit and in Truth appeared in 1849.
[374] The literature relating to the Swastika is too extended to permit of any adequate summary in these notes.
[375] Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892), at first an Anglican clergyman, he became a Roman Catholic priest in 1851, and became Cardinal in 1875. He succeeded Cardinal Wiseman as Archbishop of Westminster in 1865. He wrote a number of religious works.
[376] John Bright (1811-1889), Quaker, cotton manufacturer, and statesman. He worked with Cobden for free trade, peace, and reform of the electorate.
[377] "The fallacy of many questions."
[378] William Wilberforce (1759-1833), best known for his long fight for the abolition of the slave trade.
[379] Richard Martin (1754-1834), high sheriff of County Galway and owner of a large estate in Connemara. Curiously enough, he was known both for his readiness in duelling and for his love for animals. He was known as "Humanity Martin," and in 1822 secured the passage of an act "to prevent the cruel and improper treatment of cattle." He was one of the founders (1824) of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He is usually considered the original of Godfrey O'Malley in Lever's novel, Charles O'Malley.
[380] See Vol. I, page 149, note 1 {323}, also text on same page.