ber 666 in the Hebrew name Εὐίνας, * which he interprets one that points out serpents." ↑ Benedict, a name assumed by several of the popes, also contains this number, if we write it Βενέδικτος, ‡ an orthography allowed by the Greeks. § But it is evident, if the popes be intended by the Beast, that the name of any one bishop, or set of bishops, should not be selected for the purpose of determining what is meant by the number; but a name which comprises the whole of them. Valent. Ernest. Læscher, finds the number 666 in Pope Boniface III. by writing it in the following manner: Βονίβαζιος Γ, Πάπα Ξη, ε. ε. α. || which, without contractions, is Βονίβαζιος Γ, Πάπα Ξή, ἐπίσκοπος ἐπισκοπῶν, πρῶτος, that is to say, "Boniface the third, the sixty-eighth Pope, and first bishop of bishops." I Grotius fancied that he found this num

* Ε, 5, 8, 400, 1, 10, 1, 50, α, 1, 5, 200,=666.

† Εὐίνας ἐρμενεύεται, ὁ δείξας ὀφεῖς, ὅυ ὁ ἀριθμὸς χξς ́. In Libro de Nominibus Hebraicis, Tom. II. page 158. Edit. Paris.

1699.

B, 2, 8, 5, 7, 50, ε, 5, δ, 4, 1, 10, κ, 20, τ, 300, 0, 70, 5, 200,

=666.

§ See Bengelii Gnomon, in Apoc. xiii. 18. and Dosith. Patres Hierosol. Lib. viii. c. 10.

|| Β, 2, 0, 70, 1, 50, 1, 10, 6, 2, α, 1, 5, 7, 4, 10, 0, 70, 5, 200, Γ, 3, Π, 80, α, 1, π, 80, α, 1, 3, 60, 7, 8, ε, 5, 8, 5, 4, 1, 666. See Wolfii, Tom. Cur. p. 548.

1 I am not aware that Βονίταζιος, with respect to its orthography, is supported by a single authority from any Greek writer. I have only met with the Greek name for Boniface in two forms, viz. Βονηφάτιος and Βονιφάτιος, the former in the Biblio

ber in Ούλπιος, a name of Trajan, the Roman em peror. * But in this he is certainly mistaken, as the final sigma which he makes to stand for only six in the arithmetical computation of this word, was never so valued by the Greeks; as proofs of which we need only refer to the ancient examples γραῦς, Ἰησοῦς, and Λατεῖνος, which contain the respective numbers 704, 888, and 666, the sigma being taken in each of the words for 200. † Martin Luther being thought by several to be the Beast, his name has been twisted different ways to make the number, the only instance of which that I have met with in the Greek computation is Λεθέρανα, a word made evidently for the purpose. The num ber 666 is also found in Σαξόνειος, § Saxon, Martin Luther being a Saxon by birth. Le Clerc, in his Additions to Hammond, finds the number in Διὸς εἰμὶ ἢ Ἥρας, || " I belong to Jupiter or Juno " It

theca of Photius, col. 196. Edit. Rothog. 1653, fol. and the latter in Procop. Cæsar. de Bello Vandalico, and also in Const. Porphyrog. de Them. Imp. Orient. seu Antiq. C. P. Part. u. G. 24. p. 63.

* 0, 70, 0, 400, λ, 30, π, 80, 1, 10, 0, 70, 5, 6,=666. + See Poli Synopsis Criticorum, in Apoc. xiii. 18...

, 30, 0, 70, 8, 400, 9, 9, 8, 5, ρ, 100, α, 1, 1, 50, α, 1, 666. See Selden's Works, Vol. II. Part. 11. col. 1402. Luther's name in Greek is Λετέρος, and not Λεθέρανα. See Dosith. Patres Hierosol. Lib. xi. c. 2, § 2, 3, 4.

§ Σ, 200, α, 1, 4, 60, 0, 70, v, 50, 8, 5, 1, 10, 0, 70, 5, 200,

|| Δ, 4, 6, 10, 0, 70, 5, 200, 5, 5, 1, 10, (, 40, 1, 10, η, 8, Η, 8, ρ, 100, ας 1, 5, 200,=666.

is also discovered in the Latin words Ecclesia Italica written in Greek characters. * It is also said: to be contained in ἢ ἀλαζόνεια βιοῦ, “the evil vaunting of life;"† but I can only find in it 665. Mohammed's name has also been made to contain the number 666, by writing it Μαόμετις, οι Μοάμετις. § Dr. Walmsley, the late titular bishop of Bath and Wells, copying from Massuet, approves of this word, and says that its orthography is acknowledged by Euthymius, and the Greek historians Cedrenus and Zonaras. || But there is nothing more false than this assertion; for, of the seven different ways in which Mohammed's name is written in Euthymius and the Byzantine historians, not one is the orthography in question. The seven different modes of writing this name are, Μωάμετ, Μωάμεδ, Μωάμεθ, Μεάμεδ, Μεάμεθ, Μεχούμετ, and Μαχούμετ. These words, with the number

* Ecclesia Italica, "The Italian church," written in Greek characters is Εκκλησια Ιταλικα, which is numbered as follows: ε, 5, κ, 20, κ, 20, λ, 30, ης 8, σ, 200, 4, 10, α, 1, 1, 10, τ, 300, α, 1, λ, 30, 1, 10, κ, 20, α, 1,=666. See Fulke's Rhemish Testament, in loc. and Piscator's notes, ib.

+ See Selden's Works, Tom. II. Part. 11. col. 1402.

†η, 8, α, 1, λ, 30, α, 1, ζ, 7, 6, 70, 9, 50, €, 5, 4, 10, α, 1, β, 2, 1, 10, 0, 70, 0, 400,-665.

Μεάμεδ = 560 Theophanes. §

Μεάμεθ = 565 Cons. Porphyrogenitus. ||

* Μεχεμέτ εἴτεν Μωάμετ, Muchumet, or Moamet. Bibliotheca Patrum, Tom. IX. p. 308. Edit. Paris. 1624.

+ ̓Αναθεματίζω τὴν τοῦ Μωάμεδ βλασφημίαν, I anathematize the blasphemy of Mohammed. Ibid. p. 286. Nicetæ Sara

cenica.

Μωάμεδ, ὁ τῶν Σαρακηνῶν ἀρχηγός, ψευδοπροφήτης, Mohammed, the prince and false-prophet of the Saracens. Georgii Cedreni Historiarum Compendium.

Οὗτος ὁ Μωάμεδ, ὁ καὶ Μεχούμετ, this Mohammed, also named Muchumet. Ibid.

† Τὰς βίβλες τοῦ Μωάμεθ, the books of Mohamet. Joannis Canani De Bello Constantinopolitano.

Μεχούμετ = 1925 Cons. Porphyrogenitus, Euthymius, Cananus, Cedrenus, Ni

cetas. *

Μαχούμετ = 1456 Cantacuzenus. t

Hioam finds the number 666 in the surname of the present French emperor, by absurdly writing it Βοννεπαρτη; ‡ and Wrangham has fancied it to be contained in the Greek word ̓Αποστατὴς, § “an apostate." But in this he is certainly mistaken; for the Greeks, in their ἰσοψηφία, never counted the 5 six, but 500, as is evident in the word περιςερά, a dove," which Irenæus informs us contains the number 801; || but if the had been taken for six, this word could only be said to contain the number 397.1 The editor of a late

* Περὶ τὴς γενεαλογίας τοῦ Μεχούμετ, of the genealogy of Muchumet. Const. Porphyrog. De Adminis. Imp. Orient. Pars п. сар. 14.

† Τῷ ἑπτακοσιοςῷ πεντηκοςῷ ἔτει τοῦ Μαχούμετ, In the seven hundred and fiftieth year of Machumet. Joannis Cantacuzeni Historiæ, Lib. iv. cap. 14.

‡ Β, 2, 0, 70, 1, 50, 1, 50, ε, 5, π, 80, α, 1, ρ, 100, τ, 300, 7, 8,=666.

§ He numbers this word as follows: A, 1, π, 80, 0, 70, 5, 6, α, 1, τ, 300, η, 8, 5, 200,=666.