"The father, by whom it was purchased, is Jehovah, who represents
himself as sustaining this relation to the Hebrew people.

"The two pieces of money signify Moses and Aaron, through whose
mediation the Hebrews were brought out of Egypt.

"2.--The cat denotes the Assyrians, by whom the ten tribes were carried
into captivity.

"3.--The dog is symbolical of the Babylonians.

"4.--The staff signifies the Persians.

"5.--The fire indicates the Grecian empire under Alexander the Great.

"6.--The water betokens the Roman, or the fourth of the great monarchies
to whose dominion the Jews were subjected.

"7--- The ox is a symbol of the Saracens, who subdued Palestine, and
brought it under the caliphate.

"8.--The butcher that killed the ox denotes the Crusaders, by whom the
Holy Land was wrested out of the hands of the Saracens.

"9.--The angel of death signifies the Turkish power, by which the land
of Palestine was taken from the Franks, and to which it is still
subject.

"10.--The commencement of the tenth stanza is designed to show that God
will take signal vengeance on the Turks, immediately after whose