_Remarkable Prophecy._--The following prediction of St. Caesario, Bishop
of Arles, in the year 542, may not be considered void of interest at the
present moment. It is taken from a book, entitled _Liber Mirabilis_,
printed in Gothic characters, and deposited in the Royal Library,
Paris:--
"The administration of the kingdom, France, will be so blended,
that they shall leave it without defenders. The hand of God shall
extend itself over them, and over all rich; all the nobles shall
be deprived of their estates and dignity; a division shall spring
up in the church of God, and there shall be two husbands, the one
true, and the other adulterous. The legitimate husband shall be
put to flight; there shall be great carnage, and as great a
profusion of blood as in the day of the Gentiles. The universal
church and the whole world shall deplore the ruin and destruction
of a most celebrated city, the capital and mistress of France. The
altars of the temple shall be destroyed, the holy virgins outraged
shall fly from their seats, and the whole church shall be stripped
of her temporal gods; but at length the black eagle and the lion
shall appear hovering from far countries. Misery to thee, O city
of philosophy! thou shalt be subjected! A captive humbled even to
confusion, shall at last receive his crown, and destroy the
children of Brutus."