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 that five of these heads or mountains were already fallen; and these five that had passed away were the five first great monarchies:—1. The Egyptian; 2. The Ninivite, or Assyrian; 3. The Babylonian, or the Chaldean; 4. The Medo-Persian; 5. The Grecian; and "one," said the angel, "now is;" and this was the Roman empire that ruled mankind when St. John wrote the Apocalypse; and then the angel added, "and the other," viz., the seventh mountain or head, "is not yet come." And this seventh was to be the kingdom of Antichrist, viz., that of Mahomet, which was to arise, as we have already shown, when the Roman empire was removed. Of this kingdom, said the angel, "when he is come he must remain a short time," that is, a short time in comparison with eternity, or with the whole duration of the seven empires of the mystic Babylon, But besides these seven empires ten kings are also mentioned, and these correspond to the ten toes of the feet of Daniel's metallic statue, and they represent the ten kingdoms into which the Roman empire (which is Daniel's fourth empire, and St. John's sixth empire) was to be subdivided; while we know from Daniel that three of these kingdoms were to be incorporated into the empire of Mahomet, that is,