John Trapp on Revelation 17:10

Verſe 10. And there are ſeven Kings] That is, kindes of government.

Five are fallen] Kings, Conſuls, Dictatours, Decemvirs, Tribunes.

One[illegible: 2 letters] ] i.e. The Heathen Emperours.

And the other is not yet come] ſcil. The Chriſtian Emperours.

A ſhort ſpace] ſcil. At Rome: for Constantine ſoon tranſlated the ſeat of the Empire to Bizantium, calling it Conſtantinople; and left Rome to be the Popes neſt.Zonaras Cedrenus. Joh de co'um [illegible: 2 letters] in mari hiſt. The Emperour Conſtans, nephew to Heraclius, and after him, Otho had ſome thoughts to ſet up again at Rome, but could not: that ſo the kingdome of the Church fore-told by Daniel, might there be ſeated, ſaith G[illegible: 1 letter]nebrard, Geneb. Chron. if he had ſaid the kingdome of Antichriſt fore-told here by John the Divine, he had hit it.