" This argument was clinched by a reference to
Exodus. The right hand of the monster, said to be like an
elephant's foot, they made to signify the spiritual rule of the
Pope, since "with it he tramples upon all the weak": this they
proved from the book of Daniel and the Second Epistle to Timothy.
The monster's left hand, which was like the hand of a man, they
declared to mean the Pope's secular rule, and they found passages
to support this view in Daniel and St. Luke. The right foot, which
was like the foot of an ox, they declared to typify the servants of
the spiritual power; and proved this by a citation from St.
Matthew. The left foot, like a griffin's claw, they made to typify
the servants of the temporal power of the Pope, and the highly
developed breasts and various other members, cardinals, bishops,
priests, and monks, "whose life is eating, drinking, and
unchastity": to prove this they cited passages from Second Timothy
and Philippians. The alleged fish-scales on the arms, legs, and neck
of the monster they made to typify secular princes and lords;
"since," as they said, "in St.
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