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From this, disturbances of no small weight took their beginning among the Germans, which we see persevering even to this day.

We are compelled to say that the Ox is fitting for Sixtus V, since it is an animal of greatest strength and labor, and was used by the Jewish people for sacrifices. This prediction regards this Father, for he had a firm body, valid strength, and vigor of soul. He labored greatly in his magistracy, since he wished to know everything so precisely that he would overlook none of them. Sixtus is described by the Ox fit for the offering of the ancients, in which matter, when I understand the life of men under religious rule, I persuade myself that I judge rightly; since they themselves, laboring bodily in the cloisters, have offered themselves to God in sacrifice upon the altar of service. This Sixtus performed well in the fellowship of the Minors Franciscans. The Vaticanum Prophecy adds that this Ox would be seen anew, where it suggests Pius V of the institute of Saint Dominic my father, who adorned Sixtus with the Cardinalate dignity. He gave great bellows in the world, since he performed illustrious deeds, of which a long narrative could be compiled.

Here the declaration twenty-six of Clement VIII is to be read, as it lies above at the end of the declarations of the Wheel of the Blessed Jodocus, where it is sixteen.

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EXPLANATIONS

OF THE WHEEL.

Martin V was of the Colonna blood, and by his election in the Council of Constance, the schism division of three Popes failed.

Eugenius IV was Venetian, and he waged great wars, contending with many, and remaining in the end the victor over all, as he desired.

Nicholas V was born of lowly parents in Sarzana, and was very generous toward everyone, and a man of good.

From Catalonia came Callixtus III, bearing a "Red Bull" in his coat of arms; and at eighty years old, he handled the war against the Turk.

This alludes to the name of Pius II, who, wishing to wage war with the Turk, died in Ancona while returning from Mantua toward Rome.

The House of Barbo produced Paul II in Venice.

From the Della Rovere family was Sixtus IV, who performed many deeds for the Church.

From Genoa comes Innocent VIII, and he was esteemed as an innocent man.

Alexander VI was the nephew of Callixtus, and for that reason, bearing a "Bull" in his arms, he is called the "Red Beast," and one who comes from the west, being Spanish. Certainly with his horns he scattered the sheep, while with his power he mishandled many and various things.