John Trapp on Revelation 8:10

Verſe 10. There fell a great ſtarre] Falling ſtars were never but meteors. That grand apoſtate of Rome may well be meant by this blazing, burning comet. He was in falling by degrees from the time of Constantine till Phocas, who ſet him upon the chair of peſtilence.

The third part of the rivers] i. e. Corrupted true doctrine, and perverted the Scriptures with his falſe gloſſ[illegible: 1 letter]s.