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‘As mapped by myself; in which the long warp threads are the history of the whole world; and the wefts which run from selvedge to selvedge are distortions of that history, deflected by a Weaver unknown; be he human, divine or
satanic ...’

FRIAR GEOFFREY COTESFORD OF YORK

4BC
(Free translation from Latin, with acrostic preserved.)

Ah child! Bound in time’s tapestry, and yet you are born free
Come, let me sing to you of what there is and what will be,
Of all men and all gods, and of the mighty emperors three.
Named with a German name, a man will come with eyes of glass
Straddling horses large as houses bearing teeth like scimitars.
The trembling skies declare that Rome’s great son has come to earth
A little Greek his name will be. Whilst God-as-babe has birth
Roman force will ram the island’s neck into a noose of stone.
Emerging first in Brigantia, exalted later then in Rome!
Prostrate before a slavish god, at last he is revealed divine,
Embrace imperial will make dead marble of the Church’s shrine.
Remember this: We hold these truths self-evident to be -
I say to you that all men are created equal, free
Rights inalienable assured by the Maker’s attribute
Endowed with Life and Liberty and Happiness’ pursuit.
O child! thou tapestried in time, strike home! Strike at the root!

(Free translation from Old English, with acrostic preserved.)

Prologue
These the Great Years
Whose awe and beauty
Light step by step
An Aryan realm

I
The Comet comes
Each man of gold
In life a great king
Nine-hundred and fifty-one

II
The Comet comes
Number months thirty-five
See the Bear laid low
Nine-hundred and eighteen

III
The Comet comes
The blood of the holy one
Empire dreams pour
Nine-hundred and thirty-one

IV
The Comet comes
In homage a king bows
Not an island, an island
Nine-hundred and seven
of the Comet of God
in the roof of the world
the road to empire
THE GLORY OF CHRIST.

in the month of June.
spurns loyalty of silver.
in death a small man.
the months of the first Year.

in the month of September.
of this Year of war.
by the Wolf of the north.
the months of the second Year.

in the month of March.
thins and dries.
into golden heads.
the months of the third Year.

In the month of October.
at hermit’s feet.
not a shield but a shield.
the months of the fourth Year.

V
The Comet comes
Great Year’s midsummer
Old claw of dragon
Nine-hundred and twenty-one

VI
The Comet comes
Deny five hundred months five
Even the dragon must lie
Nine-hundred and five

VII
The Comet comes
Less thirty-six months
Know a Great Year dies
Nine-hundred and twenty-six

VIII
The Comet comes
A half-hundred months more.
Match fastness of rock
Nine-hundred and eighteen

IX
The Comet comes
End brother’s life at brother’s hand.
Noble elf-wise crown.
The north comes from south

Epilogue
Across ocean to east
Men of new Rome sail
Empire of Aryans
New world of the strong

in the month of May.
less nine of seven.
pierces silence, steals words.
the months of the fifth Year.

in the month of February.
Blood spilled, blood mixed.
at the foot of the Cross.
the months of the sixth Year.

in the month of July.
the dragon flies west.
Know a new world born.
the months of the seventh Year.

in the month of September.
At the hub of the world
against tides of fire.
the months of the eighth Year.

in the month of March.
A fighting man takes
Brother embraces brother.
to spill blood on the wall.

and ocean to west
from the womb of the boar.
blood pure from the north.
a ten-thousand year rule.

In the last days
To the tail of the peacock
He will come:
The spider’s spawn, the Christ-bearer
The Dove.
And the Dove will fly east,
Wings strong, heart stout, mind clear.
God’s Engines will burn our ocean
And flame across the lands of spices.
All this I have witnessed
I and my mothers.
Send the Dove west! O, send him west!

The Dragon stirs from his eastern throne,
Walks west.
The Feathered Serpent, plague-hardened,
Flies over ocean sea,
Flies east.
Serpent and Dragon, the mortal duel
And Serpent feasts on holy flesh.
All this I have witnessed
I and my mothers.
Send the Dove west! 0, send him west!