John Trapp on Revelation 13:7

Verſe 7. To make warre with the Saints] As he did with the Albigenſes, publiſhing his Croyſades againſt them, as if they had been Saracens, and deſtroying ten hundred thouſand of them in France only, if Perionius may be believed. Not to ſpeak of the many thouſands ſince ſlain in battle by the Popes Champions in Germany, France, Ireland, and now alſo in England: beſides thoſe many more that have died for Religion by the bloudy inquiſition, by the hands of the hang man, 3600 in the Low-countreys by the command of the Duke of Alva, 800 here in Qu. Maries daies, &c. The Beaſt hath even made himſelf drunk with the bloud of the Saints.

And to overcome them] So it ſeemed, but ſo it was not. See Revel. 12.11. The Saints never more prevail and triumph, then when it ſeems otherwiſe. Of them the enemies may ſay, as the Perſians did once of the Athenians at the field of Marathon.

[non-Latin text not transcribed] Sto[illegible: 1 letter]aeus. We fell them, yet they fall not, thrust them through; They feel no miſchief, but are well enough.

Over all kindreds and tongues] Here the holy Ghoſt points to the Popiſh Catholiciſme. The Jeſuites will ſtill needly have the Roman Church to be the Catholike Church, though ſo many kindreds, tongues and Nations have utterly diſclaimed it. Herein they are like that mad fellow Thraſilaus in Horace, who laid claim to all the ſhips that came into the harbour at Athens, though he had no right to the leaſt boat there.