John Trapp on Revelation 6:8

Verſe 8. A pale horſe] Fit for peſtilence, and pale death to ride on.

And hell followed] ſc. To them that were killed with death, Revel. 2.23. (See the Note there) that died in their ſins, which is far worſe then to die in a ditch.

Over the fourth part of the earth] That is, of the Roman Empire. This fell out in the daies of Decius: Oroſius bearing witneſſe, that the peſtilence which then raged did extend no further, Quam ad profligandas eccleſias edicta D[illegible: 2 letters]ij cucurrerunt, that is, then the proclamations of Decius came for the overthrow of the Churches.