Expositio vera harum imaginum olim Nurenbergae repertarum ex fundatissimo verae magiae Vaticinio deducta

EXPOSITION OF MAGI-
cal arts: by speaking, soon by praying with bent knees and joined hands, and many other things, if not by obtaining [grace], then at least by accomplishing his own ends: and by carrying a banner into temporal dominion and commanding, not by the mandate of God, but by the nature and condition of the fox and its property. Indeed, magic judges, from Theology, that every fox is a clever Devil: not only in the Pope, but also in all others who carry the hidden fox with them, while fasting and praying before the world.

IMAGE FOUR.

THE POPE SUFFOCATING THE EAGLE,
the geese and the Frenchmen original: "Gallos," which can mean both "Frenchmen" or "roosters/cocks." Given the animal imagery, it likely refers to the bird, but the pun on national identity is a common feature of these political prophecies. with his hand, and he has a monk around him, and he holds a trident spear in his left hand.

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