Prophecies: Blood, Plague, Floods and Storms
Riddle-prophecies of self-tearing men, seas over mountains, uprooted trees
A second page of upside-down 'prophecies' (capovolto), each pairing a terrifying image with its plain everyday meaning. Blood will run from torn flesh across the surface of men's bodies; a cruel malady will make men tear their own flesh with their nails — 'it will be the scabies (rogna)'. Plants will stand leafless and rivers halt their course; the sea will rise above the high mountain peaks and fall back on men's dwellings — 'that is, through clouds'; the greatest forest trees will be carried by the fury of the winds from east to west — 'that is, by sea'; and men will throw away their own food — 'that is, sowing'.
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Bleeding skin and the self-tearing malady
Blood will be seen running from torn flesh across the surface of men; and so cruel a malady will come upon men that with their own nails they will tear their flesh — the scabies (rogna).
Sea over the mountains, trees on the wind, thrown-away food
Plants will stand leafless and rivers halt; the sea will rise above the high mountain peaks and fall on men's dwellings ('through clouds'); the greatest forest trees will be carried east to west by the winds ('by sea'); and men will cast away their own victuals ('by sowing').
