The  object  then  was  to  shew  that  the  disciple  of  Reynhardus
LoUardus,  who  is  represented  in  the  first  picture  as  a  monk  and
a  prophet,  along  with  St.  Bridget,  the  Sibyll,  &c.,  is  set  forth
in  the  second  as  a  mendicant  fi:iar  with  verses,  confirming
the  opinion  which  derives  the  name  fi-om  the  practice  of
singing.  It  is,  however,  here  more  to  the  purpose  to  mention,
that  although  this  edition  appears  to  be  very  rare,  yet  more
recent  ones  are  abundant.  In  the  article  alluded  to  I  men-
tioned four  editions  (two  Latin,  one  German,  one  Italian)
of  the  year  1492,  a  German  of  1497,  Latin  of  1499,  Italian
1506,  three  editions  of  1526,  and  what  is  one  of  the  most
remarkable  facts  in  the  history  of  this  work,  two  German
editions — at  Wittemberg  and  Strasburg — of  the  year  1526,
with  a  preface  by  Martin  Luther.  Then  a  Latin  and  a
German  edition  of  Cologne,  1528,  three  editions  of  1530,
and  one  of  1639.  After  having  spoken  of  these  editions
I  added — "  as  shewing  the  strong  hold  which  it  had,  and
maintained  on  the  public  mind,  that  though  (if  I  understand
it)  the  predictions  which  it  contained  were  only  framed  pro-
fessedly with  a  view  to  a  period  extended  to  the  year  1567,  yet
after  that  time  fresh  editions  continued  to  be  published,  and
the  Bibliotheca  Bunaviana  alone,  furnishes  German  editions,
published  in  1620,  1633,  1651,  and  1689.  It  seems,  indeed,
to  have  been  a  stock  book  for  times  of  alarm  or  excitement ;
and,  probably,  many  editions  intervened  between  these  and
that  which  was  occasioned  by  the  battle  of  Jena,  and  printed
at  Amsterdam,  as  recently  as  the  year  1810."  The  book  is
principally  made  up  of  prognostications  of  war,  famine,
tumults,  seditions,  the  oppression  of  the  people,  the  humilia-
tion and  sufferings  of  the  clergy  and  nobility ;  and,  of  course,
fitted  for  all  times  of  revolution.
