John Trapp on Revelation 9:5

Verſe 5. And to them is was given] This is oft repeated in this book: to ſhew that though Antichriſt and his actuaries bandy and bend all their forces to deſtroy ſouls, yet they are bounded by God, and can do no more then is given them from above.

Five moneths] Locuſts uſe to live no longer. See Pliny l. 11. cap. 29. There are that interpret theſe five moneths of thoſe 500.De pap. Rom 1. 3. c. [illegible: 1 letter]2. years, wherein the Pope ſtood in his full pride and power For, ab eo tempore quo per v[illegible: 1 letter]s Papa Antichriſtus eſſe coepit (ſaith Bellarmine) non modò non crevit ejus imperium, ſed ſemper magis ac magis decrevit. Since you firſt began to call the Pope Antichriſt, he hath loſt a great part of his command and commodity.