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 —(Apocalypse i. 20.) Now it might well be said that the dragon's tail cast a third part of these stars unto the earth, for full one-third of the primitive bishops were levelled in the grave by the sword of martyrdom, urged on by the devil, and unsheathed by the Roman emperors. The vision continues: "And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered; that when she should be delivered, he might devour her son. And she brought forth a man-child, who was to rule all nations with an iron red: and her Son was taken up to God and to His throne."