He had completed Isaias, and was engaged upon Ezechiel, when the most awful calamity of those times came upon the world: “Rome is fallen; the light of the earth is extinguished; in that one City the whole universe has perished. What can we do, but hold our peace and think upon the dead?”
Alikuwa kukamilika Isaias, na alikuwa wanaohusika juu Ezechiel, wakati msiba kubwa zaidi ya mara hizo alikuja juu ya ulimwengu: “”Rome ameanguka; mwanga wa dunia kuzimwa; katika kwamba City mmoja ulimwengu wote ina wamepotea kabisa. Tufanye nini, lakini kushikilia amani yetu na kufikiri juu ya wafu? “”