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! O, send him west!
The 'Indendium Dei' cryptogram:
(Source: the 'Engines of God' Codex of Aethelmaer of Malmesbury,
c. AD 1000)