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.and there shall be fears and tremblings in theworld).These are the signs of the second day.And on the third day, about the second hour, shall be a voice in heaven, and the abysses of theearth shall utter their voice from the four corners of the world.The first heaven shall be rolled uplike a book and shall straightway vanish.And because of the smoke and stench of the brimstone270 271of the abyss the days shall be darkened unto the tenth hour.Then shall all men say: I think thatthe end draweth near, that we shall perish.These are the signs of the third day.And on the fourth day at the first hour, the earth of the east shall speak, the abyss shall roar: thenshall all the earth be moved by the strength of an earthquake.In that day shall all the idols of theheathen fall, and all the buildings of the earth.These are the signs of the fourth day.And on the fifth day, at the sixth hour, there shall be great thunderings suddenly in the heaven,and the powers of light and the wheel of the sun shall be caught away, and there shall be greatdarkness over the world until evening, and the stars shall be turned away from their ministry.Inthat day all nations shall hate the world and despise the life of this world.These are the signs ofthe fifth day.And on the sixth day there shall be signs in heaven.At the fourth hour the firmament of heavenshall be cloven from the east unto the west.And the angels of the heavens shall be looking forthupon the earth the opening of the heavens.And all men shall see above the earth the host of theangels looking forth out of heaven.Then shall all men flee.(Here Wilhelm's text ends abruptly.)B.Bihlmeyer's text, from Munich Clm.4563 (eleventh to twelfth century, from Benedictbeuren):and the Vienna fragment.Hear thou, O Thomas, for I am the Son of God the Father and I am the father of all spirits.Hearthou of me the signs which shall come to pass at the end of this world, when the end of the worldshall be fulfilled (Vienna: that it pass away) before mine elect depart out of the world.I will tellthee that which shall come to pass openly unto men (or, will tell thee openly, &c.): but whenthese things shall be the princes of the angels know not, seeing it is now hidden from beforethem (Vienna adds: at what day the end shall be fulfilled, and some defective clauses).Then shall there be in the world sharings (participations) between king and king, and in all theearth shall be great famine great pestilences, and many distresses, and the sons of men shall beled captive among all nations and shall fall by the edge of the sword (and there shall be greatcommotion in the world: Vienna omits).Then after that when the hour of the end draweth nighthere shall be for seven days great signs in heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall bemoved.Then shall there be on the first day the beginning: at the third hour of the day a great and mightyvoice in the firmament of heaven and a bloody cloud coming up (down, Vienna) out of the north,and great thunderings and mighty lightnings shall follow it, and it shall cover the whole heaven,and there shall be a rain of blood upon all the earth.These are the signs of the first day.And on the second day there shall be a great voice in the firmament of heaven, and the earth shallbe moved out of its place, and the gates of heaven shall be opened in the firmament of heaventoward the east, and the (smoke of a great fire shall break forth through the gates of heaven andshall cover all the heaven until evening.In that day there shall be fears and great terrors in theworld.These are the signs of the second day.Vienna is defective here).But on the third day about the third hour shall be a great voice in heaven, and the abysses of theearth (Vienna ends) shall roar from the four corners of the world; the pinnacles (so) of thefirmament of heaven shall be opened, and all the air shall be filled with pillars of smoke.Thereshall be a stench of brimstone, very evil, until the tenth hour, and men shall say: We think thetime draweth nigh that we perish.These are the signs of the third day.271 272And on the fourth day at the first hour, from the land of the east the abyss shall melt (so) androar.Then shall all the earth be shaken by the might of an earthquake.In that day shall theornaments of the heathen fall, and all the buildings of the earth, before the might of theearthquake.These are the signs of the fourth day
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