Adso Dervensis: DE ORTU ET TEMPORE ANTICHRISTI

Excellentissime regine ac regali dignitate pollenti, Deo dilecte omnibus que sanctis amabili, monachorum matri et sanctarum uirginum duci, domine regine Gerberge, frater Adso, suorum omnium seruorum ultimus, gloriam et pacem sempiternam. Ex quo, domina mater, misericordie uestre gratiam promerui, semper uobis in omnibus fidelis fui, tanquam proprius seruus. Vnde, quamuis indigne sint apud Dominum preces orationis mee, tamen pro uobis et pro seniore uestro, domino rege, necnon et pro filiorum uestrorum incolumitate Dei nostri misericordiam exoro, ut uobis et culmen imperii in hac uita dignetur conseruare et uos faciat in celis post hanc uitam se cum feliciter regnare.

Most excellent queen and abounding in royal dignity, beloved of God and lovable to all the saints, mother of monks and leader of holy virgins, Lady Queen Gerberga, brother Adso, the last of all your servants, everlasting glory and peace. Since the time, lady mother, that I merited the favor of your mercy, I have always been faithful to you in all things, as your own servant. Wherefore, although the prayers of my supplication are unworthy before the Lord, nevertheless on behalf of you and of your lord, the king, and also for the safety of your sons, I implore the mercy of our God, that he may deign to conserve for you the summit of rule in this life and make you, after this life, to reign happily with himself in heaven.

Quoniam si Dominus uobis prosperitatem dederit et filiis uitam longiorem, scimus indubitanter et credimus ecclesiam Dei exaltandam et nostre religionis ordinem magis ac magis multiplicandum. Hoc ego, fidelis uester, opto et ualde desidero, qui, si potuissem uobis totum regnum adquirere, libentissime fecissem. Sed, quia illud facere non ualeo, pro salute uestra filiorum que uestrorum Dominum exorabo, ut gratia Eius in operibus uestris semper uos preueniat et gloria Illius pie et misericorditer subsequatur, ut, diuinis intenta mandatis, possitis adimplere bona, que desideratis, unde corona uobis detur regni celestis.

Since, if the Lord shall have given prosperity to you and longer life to your sons, we know without a doubt and we believe that the Church of God is to be exalted and the order of our religion to be more and more multiplied. This I, your faithful servant, wish and greatly desire—who, if I had been able to acquire for you the whole kingdom, would most gladly have done so. But, because I am not able to do that, I will beseech the Lord for your safety and that of your sons, that His grace may always go before you in your works and His glory may piously and mercifully follow after, so that, being intent upon the divine mandates, you may be able to fulfill the good things that you desire, whence the crown of the celestial kingdom may be given to you.

Igitur quia pium studium habetis scripturas audire et frequenter loqui de nostro Redemptore, siue etiam scire de Antichristi impietate et persecutione, necnon et potestate eius et generatione, sicut mihi, seruo nostro, dignata estis precipere, uolui aliqua uobis scribere et de Antichristo ex parte certam reddere, quamuis non indigeatis a me hoc audire, quia apud uos habetis prudentissimum pastorem, dominum Roriconem, clarissimum speculum totius sapientie atque eloquentie ac ualde necessarium nostra etate. Ergo, de Antichristo scire uolentes, primo notabitis, quare sic uocatus sit. Ideo scilicet, quia Christo in cunctis contrarius erit et Christo contraria faciet.

Therefore, because you have a pious zeal to hear the Scriptures and frequently to speak about our Redeemer, and also to know about the impiety and persecution of Antichrist, and likewise his power and generation, just as you have deigned to enjoin upon me, your servant, I wished to write some things to you and to render you certain in part concerning Antichrist, although you do not need to hear this from me, since you have with you the most prudent pastor, lord Rorico, a most illustrious mirror of all wisdom and eloquence and very necessary in our age. Therefore, wishing to know about Antichrist, you will first note why he is so called: namely, for this reason, because he will be contrary to Christ in all things and will do things contrary to Christ.

Christus uenit humilis, ille uenturus est superbus. Christus uenit humiles erigere, peccatores iustificare, ille e contra humiles eiciet, peccatores magnificabit, impios exaltabit semper que uicia, que sunt contraria uirtutibus, docebit, legem euangelicam dissipabit, demonum culturam in mundo reuocabit, gloriam propriam queret et omnipotentem Deum se nominabit. Hic itaque Antichristus multos habet sue malignitatis ministros, ex quibus iam multi in mundo precesserunt, qualis fuit Antiochus, Nero, Domicianus.

Christ came humble; that one will come proud. Christ came to raise the humble, to justify sinners; he, on the contrary, will cast out the humble, will magnify sinners, will exalt the impious, and will always teach the vices that are contrary to virtues; he will dissipate the evangelical law, will recall the cult of demons in the world, will seek his own glory, and will name himself the omnipotent God. This Antichrist therefore has many ministers of his malignity, of whom already many have gone before in the world, such as Antiochus, Nero, Domitian.

Nunc quoque, nostro tempore, Antichristos multos nouimus esse. Quicumque enim, siue laicus, siue canonicus, siue etiam monachus, contra iusticiam uiuit et ordinis sui regulam impugnat et quod bonum est blasphemat, Antichristus est, minister satane est. Sed iam de exordio Antichristi uideamus.

Now also, in our time, we know that there are many Antichrists. For whoever, whether layman, or canon, or even monk, lives contrary to justice and impugns the rule of his own order and blasphemes what is good, is an Antichrist, a minister of Satan. But now let us see about the beginning of the Antichrist.

Non autem quod dico ex proprio sensu excogito uel fingo, [at] in libris diligenter relegendo hec omnia scripta inuenio. Sicut ergo auctores nostri dicunt, Antichristus ex populo Iudeorum nascetur, de tribu scilicet Dan, secundum prophetiam dicentem: "Fiat Dan coluber in uia, cerastes in semita". Sicut enim serpens in uia sedebit et in semita erit, ut eos, qui per semitas iusticiae ambulant, feriat et ueneno sue malicie occidat. Nascetur autem ex patris et matris copulatione, sicut et alii homines, non, ut quidam dicunt, de sola uirgine.

Not, however, do I devise or fashion what I say from my own sense, [at] by diligently re-reading in books I find all these things written. Therefore, as our authors say, Antichrist will be born from the people of the Jews, namely from the tribe of Dan, according to the prophecy saying: "Let Dan be a serpent in the way, a cerastes in the footpath." For just as the serpent will sit in the road and be in the path, so that he may strike those who walk by the paths of justice and kill with the venom of his malice. Moreover, he will be born from the copulation of father and mother, just as other men, not, as some say, from a virgin alone.

Sed tamen totus in peccato concipietur, in peccato generabitur et in peccato nascetur. In ipso uero conceptionis sue initio diabolus simul introibit in uterum matris eius et ex uirtute diaboli confouebitur et contutabitur in uentre matris et uirtus diaboli semper cum illo erit. Et sicut in matrem Domini nostri Iesu Christi Spiritus sanctus uenit et eam sua uirtute obumbrauit et diuinitate repleuit, ut de Spiritu sancto conciperet et quod nasceretur diuinum esset ac sanctum, ita quoque diabolus in matrem Antichristi descendet et totam eam replebit, totam circumdabit, totam tenebit, totam interius et exterius possidebit, ut, diabolo cooperante, per hominem concipiet et quod natum fuerit totum sit iniquum, totum malum, totum perditum.

But nevertheless he will be conceived wholly in sin, will be generated in sin, and will be born in sin. At the very beginning of his conception the devil will at once enter into his mother’s womb, and by the devil’s power he will be warmed and fostered in his mother’s belly, and the power of the devil will always be with him. And just as into the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit came and by his power overshadowed her and filled her with divinity, so that she might conceive of the Holy Spirit and what would be born might be divine and holy, so likewise the devil will descend into the mother of Antichrist and will fill her entirely, will encompass her entirely, will hold her entirely, will possess her entirely within and without, so that, with the devil cooperating, she will conceive through a man, and what shall be born will be wholly iniquitous, wholly evil, wholly ruined.

Vnde et ille homo filius perditionis appellatur, quia in quantum poterit genus humanum perdet et ipse in nouissimo perdetur. Ecce audistis, qualiter nascatur. Audite etiam locum, ubi nasci debeat.

Whence also that man is called the son of perdition, because, insofar as he shall be able, he will destroy the human race, and he himself in the end will be destroyed. Behold, you have heard how he is to be born. Hear also the place where he ought to be born.

Nam, sicut Dominus ac Redemptor noster Bethleem sibi preuidit, ut ibi pro nobis humanitatem assumere et nasci dignaretur, sic diabolus illi homini perdito, qui Antichristus dicitur, locum nouit aptum, unde radix omnium malorum oriri debeat, scilicet ciuitatem Babilonie. In hac enim ciuitate, que quondam fuit inclita et gloriosa urbs gentilium et caput regni Persarum, Antichristus nascetur. Et in ciuitatibus Bethsaida et Corozaim nutriri et conseruari dicitur, quibus ciuitatibus Dominus in euangelio improperat, dicens: Ve tibi, Bethsaida, ue tibi, Corozaim.

For, just as our Lord and Redeemer foreordained for himself Bethlehem, that there he might deign to assume humanity for us and to be born, so the devil knows for that lost man who is called Antichrist a place apt, whence the root of all evils ought to arise—namely, the city of Babylon. For in this city, which once was a renowned and glorious city of the Gentiles and the head of the kingdom of the Persians, Antichrist will be born. And in the cities Bethsaida and Chorazin he is said to be nourished and preserved, cities against which the Lord in the Gospel reproaches, saying: Woe to you, Bethsaida; woe to you, Chorazin.

Habebit autem Antichristus magos, maleficos, diuinos et incantatores, qui eum, diabolo inspirante, nutrient et docebunt in omni iniquitate, falsitate et nefaria arte et maligni spiritus erunt duces eius, socii semper et comites indiuisi. Deinde Hierosolimam ueniens, omnes christianos, quos ad se conuertere non poterit, per uaria tormenta iugulabit et suam sedem in templo sancto parabit.

But the Antichrist will have magi, malefics, diviners, and enchanters, who, with the devil inspiring, will nourish him and will teach him in all iniquity, falsehood, and nefarious art; and malignant spirits will be his leaders, always allies and inseparable companions. Then, coming to Jerusalem, he will slaughter by various torments all the Christians whom he will not be able to convert to himself, and he will prepare his seat in the holy temple.

Templum etiam destructum, quod Salomon Deo edificauit, in statum suum restaurabit et circumcidet se et filium Dei omnipotentis se esse mentietur. Reges autem et principes primum ad se conuertet, deinde per illos ceteros populos. Loca uero, per que Christus Dominus ambulauit, ibit et prius destruet quod Dominus illustrauit.

He will also restore the destroyed temple which Solomon built for God to its own state, and he will circumcise himself and will lie that he is the Son of Almighty God. But he will first convert kings and princes to himself, then through them the other peoples. Moreover, he will go to the places through which Christ the Lord walked, and he will first destroy what the Lord illumined.

Deinde per uniuersum orbem nuncios mittet et praedicatores suos. Predicatio autem eius et potestas tenebit a mari usque ad mare, ab oriente usque ad occidentem, ab aquilone usque ad septentrionem. Faciet quoque signa multa, miracula magna et inaudita.

Then through the universal orb he will send envoys and his own preachers. But his preaching and power will hold from sea unto sea, from the Orient unto the Occident, from Aquilon unto Septentrion. He will also make many signs, great and unheard-of miracles.

Faciet ignem de celo terribiliter uenire, arbores subito florere et arescere, mare turbari et subito tranquillari, naturas in diuersis figuris mutari, aquarum cursus et ordinem conuerti, area uentis et commotionibus multimodis agitari et cetera innumerabilia et stupenda, mortuos etiam in conspectu hominum suscitari, ita ut in errorem inducantur, si fieri potest, etiam electi. Nam quando tanta ac talia signa uiderint etiam illi, qui perfecti et electi Dei sunt, dubitabunt, utrum sit ipse Christus, qui in fine mundi secundum Scripturas uenturus est, annon. Excitabit autem persecutionem sub omni celo supra christianos et omnes electos.

He will cause fire to come down from heaven in terrifying fashion, trees to blossom suddenly and to wither, the sea to be thrown into turmoil and suddenly to be made tranquil, natures to be changed into diverse figures, the courses and order of waters to be converted, the air to be agitated by winds and manifold commotions, and other things innumerable and stupendous, even the dead to be raised up in the sight of men, so that into error may be led, if it can be done, even the elect. For when they shall have seen such great and such signs, even those who are perfect and elect of God will doubt whether he is Christ himself, who according to the Scriptures is to come at the end of the world, or not. Moreover, he will rouse persecution under all heaven against the Christians and all the elect.

Eriget itaque se contra fideles tribus modis, id est, terrore, muneribus et miraculis. Dabit in se credentibus auri atque argenti copias.

He will therefore set himself up against the faithful in three ways, that is, by terror, by gifts, and by miracles. He will give to those believing in him copious supplies of gold and silver.

Quos uero non poterit muneribus corrumpere, superabit terrore. Quos autem terrore non poterit, signis et miraculis seducere temptabit. Quos nec signis poterit, in conspectu omnium miserabili morte cruciatos crudeliter necabit.

Those whom indeed he will not be able to corrupt with gifts, he will overcome by terror. Those whom, however, he will not be able by terror, he will attempt to seduce by signs and miracles. Those whom he will not be able even by signs, he will cruelly kill, tortured with a miserable death, in the sight of all.

Tunc erit talis tribulatio, qualis non fuit super terram ex tempore, quo gentes esse ceperunt usque ad tempus illud. Tunc qui in agro sunt, fugient ad montes et qui supra tectum, non descendet in domum suam, ut tollat aliquid de ea. Tunc omnis fidelis christianus, qui inuentus fuerit, aut Deum negabit, aut, siue per ferrum, siue per ignem fornacis, siue per serpentes, siue per bestias, siue per aliud quodlibet genus tormenti, interibit, si in fide permanserit. Haec autem tam terribilis et timenda tribulatio tribus annis manebit in toto mundo et dimidio.

Then there will be such tribulation as has not been upon the earth from the time when the nations began to be up to that time. Then those who are in the field will flee to the mountains, and whoever is upon the roof will not go down into his house to take anything from it. Then every faithful Christian who shall be found will either deny God, or else—whether by iron, or by the fire of a furnace, or by serpents, or by beasts, or by any other whatsoever kind of torment—will perish, if he remains in the faith. But this so terrible and fearsome tribulation will abide in the whole world for three years and a half.

Tunc breuiabuntur dies propter electos. Nisi enim Dominus abbreuiasset dies, non fuisset salua omnis caro. Tempus siquidem, quando idem Antichristus ueniat, uel quando dies iudicii apparere incipiat, Paulus apostolus, in epistola ad Thessalonicenses: Rogamus uos per aduentum Domini nostri Iesu Christi, manifestat, eo loco, ubi ait: Quoniam, nisi uenerit discessio primum et reuelatus fuerit homo peccati et filius perditionis.

Then the days will be shortened on account of the elect. For unless the Lord had shortened the days, all flesh would not have been saved. As for the time when that same Antichrist may come, or when the day of judgment may begin to appear, the Apostle Paul, in the Epistle to the Thessalonians: “We beseech you by the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ,” makes this clear, in the place where he says: “For, unless the defection comes first and the man of sin and the son of perdition has been revealed.”

Scimus enim quoniam post regnum Grecorum, siue etiam post regnum Persarum, ex quibus unumquodque suo tempore magna gloria uiguit et maxima potentia floruit, ad ultimum quoque, post cetera regna, regnum Romanorum cepit, quod fortissimum omnium superiorum regnorum fuit et omnia regna terrarum sub dominacione sua habuit, omnes que populorum nationes Romanis subiacebant et seruiebant eius sub tributo. Inde ergo dicit Paulus apostolus, Antichristum non antea in mundum esse uenturum, nisi uenerit discessio primum, id est, nisi prius discesserint omnia regna a Romano imperio, que pridem subdita erant. Hoc autem tempus nondum uenit, quia, licet uideamus Romanum imperium ex maxima parte destructum, tamen, quandiu reges Francorum durauerint, qui Romanum imperium tenere debent, Romani regni dignitas ex toto non peribit, quia in regibus suis stabit.

For we know that after the kingdom of the Greeks, or even after the kingdom of the Persians—each of which in its own time thrived with great glory and flourished with the greatest potency—at last also, after the other kingdoms, the kingdom of the Romans began, which was the strongest of all the preceding kingdoms and held all the kingdoms of the lands under its domination; and all the nations of the peoples were subject to the Romans and served it under tribute. From this, therefore, the apostle Paul says that Antichrist is not going to come into the world before the secession has first come—that is, unless first all the kingdoms which had formerly been subjected have seceded from the Roman Empire. But this time has not yet come, because, although we see the Roman Empire for the most part destroyed, nevertheless, so long as the kings of the Franks shall endure, who ought to hold the Roman Empire, the dignity of the Roman realm will not entirely perish, because it will stand in its kings.

Quidam uero doctores nostri dicunt, quod unus ex regibus Francorum Romanum imperium ex integro tenebit, qui in nouissimo tempore erit et ipse erit maximus et omnium regum ultimus. Qui, postquam regnum suum feliciter gubernauerit, ad ultimum Hierosolimam ueniet et in monte Oliueti sceptrum et coronam suam deponet. Hic erit finis et consummatio Romanorum christianorum que imperii.

However, certain of our doctors say that one of the kings of the Franks will hold the Roman imperium in its entirety, who will be in the last time, and he himself will be the greatest and the last of all kings. He, after he has felicitously governed his kingdom, at the last will come to Jerusalem and on the Mount of Olives will lay down his scepter and his crown. This will be the end and consummation of the Romans and of the Christian imperium.

Statim que, secundum predictam Pauli apostoli sententiam, Antichristum dicunt affuturum. Et tunc reuelabitur quidem homo peccati, Antichristus uidelicet, qui, licet homo sit, fons tamen erit omnium peccatorum et filius perditionis, id est, filius diaboli, non per naturam, sed per imitationem, quia per omnia adimplebit diaboli uoluntatem, quia plenitudo diabolice potestatis et totius mali ingenii corporaliter habitabit in illo, in quo erunt omnes thesauri malicie et iniquitatis absconditi. Qui aduersatur, id est, contrarius est Christo omnibus que membris eius, et extollitur, id est, in superbiam erigitur, supra omne quod dicitur Deus, id est, supra omnes deos gentium, Herculem uidelicet, Apollinem, Iouem, Mercurium, quos pagani deos esse estimant.

And immediately, according to the aforesaid sentence of the Apostle Paul, they say that the Antichrist will be at hand. And then the man of sin will indeed be revealed, namely the Antichrist, who, although he is a man, will nevertheless be the fount of all sins and the son of perdition, that is, the son of the devil—not by nature, but by imitation—because in all things he will fulfill the devil’s will, for the plenitude of diabolic power and of all evil cunning will dwell bodily in him, in whom all the treasures of malice and iniquity will be hidden. He who opposes, that is, is contrary to Christ and to all his members, and is exalted, that is, is lifted up in pride, above everything that is called “god,” that is, above all the gods of the nations—namely Hercules, Apollo, Jove, Mercury—whom the pagans reckon to be gods.

Supra omnes istos deos extolletur Antichristus, quia maiorem et fortiorem se his omnibus faciet, et non solum supra hos, sed etiam supra omne quod colitur, id est, supra sanctam Trinitatem, que solummodo colenda et adoranda est ab omni creatura. Ita se extollet, ut in templo Dei sedeat, ostendens se tamquam sit Deus. Nam, sicut supra diximus, in ciuitate Babilonie natus, Hierosolimam ueniens, circumcidet se, dicens Iudeis: Ego sum Christus uobis repromissus, qui ad salutem uestram ueni, ut uos, qui dispersi estis, congregem et defendam.

Above all these gods Antichrist will be exalted, because he will make himself greater and stronger than all of them; and not only above these, but also above everything that is worshiped—that is, above the holy Trinity, which alone is to be venerated and adored by every creature. So will he exalt himself that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself as though he were God. For, as we said above, born in the city of Babylon, coming to Jerusalem, he will circumcise himself, saying to the Jews: ‘I am the Christ promised to you; I have come for your salvation, that I may gather and defend you who are dispersed.’

Tunc confluent ad eum omnes Iudei, estimantes Deum suscipere, sed suscipient diabolum. Siue etiam in templo Dei sedebit Antichristus, id est, in sancta ecclesia, omnes christianos faciens martyres et eleuabitur et magnificabitur, quia in ipso erit caput omnium malorum diabolus, qui est rex super omnes filios superbie. Sed ne subito et improuise Antichristus ueniat et totum humanum genus suo errore decipiat et perdat, ante eius exordium duo magni prophete mittentur in mundum, Enoch scilicet et Helias, qui contra impetum Antichristi fideles Dei diuinis armis premunient et instruent eos et confortabunt et preparabunt electos ad bellum, docentes et predicantes tribus annis et dimidio.

Then all the Jews will flock together to him, supposing that they receive God, but they will receive the devil. Or also the Antichrist will sit in the temple of God, that is, in the holy Church, making all Christians martyrs, and he will be exalted and magnified, because in him the head of all evils, the devil, will be, who is king over all the sons of pride. But lest the Antichrist come suddenly and without forewarning and deceive and destroy the whole human race by his error, before his beginning two great prophets will be sent into the world, namely Enoch and Elijah, who, against the onrush of the Antichrist, will pre-arm the faithful of God with divine arms, and will instruct them and strengthen them and prepare the elect for war, teaching and preaching for three years and a half.

Filios autem Israel, quicumque eo tempore fuerint inuenti, hi duo maximi prophete et doctores ad fidei gratiam conuertent et a pressura tanti turbinis in parte electorum insuperabilem reddent. Tunc implebitur, quod Scriptura dicit: Si fuerit numerus filiorum Israel sicut arena maris, reliquie salue fient. Postquam ergo per tres annos et dimidium predicationem suam compleuerint, mox incipiet excandescere Antichristi persecutio et contra eos primum Antichristus sua arma corripiet eos que interficiet, sicut in Apocalypsi dicitur: Et cum finierint, inquit, testimonium suum, bestia, que ascendet de abysso, faciet aduersus eos bellum et uincet eos et occidet illos.

But the sons of Israel, whoever at that time shall have been found, these two greatest prophets and doctors will convert to the grace of the faith, and from the pressure of so great a whirlwind they will render them, in the part of the elect, unconquerable. Then will be fulfilled what Scripture says: If the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved. After, therefore, they shall have completed their preaching for three years and a half, soon the persecution of Antichrist will begin to blaze forth, and Antichrist will first seize his weapons against them and will slay them, as is said in the Apocalypse: “And when they shall have finished,” he says, “their testimony, the Beast that will ascend from the abyss will wage war against them and will conquer them and will kill them.”

Postquam ergo isti duo interfecti fuerint, inde ceteros fideles persequens, aut martyres gloriosos faciet, aut apostatas reddet. Et quicumque in eum crediderint, signum caracteris eius in fronte accipient.

After therefore these two shall have been slain, then, persecuting the rest of the faithful, he will either make glorious martyrs, or render them apostates. And whoever will have believed in him will receive the sign of his character on the forehead.

Sed quia de principio eius diximus, quem finem habeat dicamus. Hic itaque Antichristus diaboli filius et totius malicie artifex pessimus, cum per tres annos et dimidium, sicut predictum est, magna persecutione totum mundum uexabit et omnem populum Dei uariis poenis cruciabit. Postquam Heliam et Enoch interfecerit et ceteros in fide permanentes martyrio coronauerit, ad ultimum ueniet iudicium Dei super eum, sicut beatus Paulus scribit, dicens: Quem Dominus Iesus interficiet spiritu oris sui.

But since we have spoken about his beginning, let us say what end he has. This Antichrist, therefore, the son of the Devil and the most wicked architect of all malice, when for three years and a half, as has been foretold, he will vex the whole world with a great persecution and will torment all the people of God with various punishments, after he will have slain Elijah and Enoch and will have crowned with martyrdom the others remaining in the faith, at the last the judgment of God will come upon him, as blessed Paul writes, saying: Whom the Lord Jesus will slay by the spirit of his mouth.

Siue Dominus Iesus interfecerit illum potentia uirtutis sue, siue archangelus Michael interfecerit illum, per uirtutem Domini nostri Iesu Christi occidetur, non per uirtutem cuiuslibet angeli uel archangeli. Tradunt autem doctores, quod in monte Oliueti Antichristus occidetur in papilione et in solio suo, in illo loco, contra quem ascendit Dominus ad celum. Debetis autem scire, quia, postquam fuerit Antichristus occisus, non statim ueniet dies iudicii, nec statim ueniet Dominus ad iudicium, sed, sicut ex libro Danielis intelligimus, quadraginta dies Dominus concedet electis, ut agant poenitentiam, propterea quia seducti sunt ab Antichristo.

Whether the Lord Jesus will slay him by the power of His might, or whether the archangel Michael will slay him, he will be killed by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, not by the power of any angel or archangel. Moreover, the doctors hand down that on the Mount of Olives Antichrist will be slain in his pavilion and on his throne, in that place over against which the Lord ascended to heaven. You ought to know, however, that after Antichrist has been slain, the day of judgment will not come at once, nor will the Lord come straightway to the judgment; rather, as we understand from the book of Daniel, the Lord will grant forty days to the elect, that they may do penance, because they have been seduced by Antichrist.

Postea uero quam hanc poenitentiam expleuerint, quantum temporis spatium fiat, quousque Dominus ad iudicium ueniat, nullus est qui sciat, sed in dispositione Dei manet, qui ea hora seculum iudicabit, qua ante secula iudicandum esse prefixit.

After, however, they shall have completed this penitence, what span of time there will be until the Lord comes to judgment, there is no one who knows; but it remains in the disposition of God, who at that hour will judge the world, which before the ages he pre-fixed to be judged.

Adso Deruensis - De ortu et tempore Antichristi epilogus, linea : Ecce, domna regina, ego, fidelis uester, quod precepistis, fideliter impleui, paratus de ceteris oboedire que fueritis dignata imperare.

Adso of Der - Epilogue on the Origin and Time of Antichrist, line : Behold, Lady Queen, I, your faithful servant, have faithfully fulfilled what you commanded, ready, as to the rest, to obey what you have deigned to command.