To persons conversant in commercial affairs, these verses need no comment. There are, at present, some of _these marks_ to be seen in this country; they had the Crown of Italy, &c., at top, and are signed ‘Buonaparte,’ ‘Talleyrand’; and all of them are numbered. _Verse 18th._ ‘Let him that hath understanding, count the number of the Beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is SIX HUNDRED, SIXTY AND SIX.’ This verse is curious, and should be read attentively. The method of using letters for figures at the time the Revelations were written is proved by many monuments of Roman antiquity now extant. +----------------------+------------------------+--------------+ | The Ancient Alphabet | Buonaparte’s name with | Ten Kingdoms | | of Figures | the Figures | conquered | +----------------------+------------------------+--------------+ | A 1 | N 40 | France | | B 2 | A 1 | Prussia | | C 3 | P 60 | Austria | | D 4 | O 50 | Sardinia | | E 5 | L 20 | Naples | | F 6 | E 5 | Rome | | G 7 | A 1 | Tuscany | | H 8 | N 40 | Hungary | | I 9 | | Portugal | | K 10 | B 2 | Spain | | L 20 | U 110 | | | M 30 | O 50 | | | N 40 | N 40 | | | O 50 | A 1 | | | P 60 | P 60 | | | Q 70 | A 1 | | | R 80 | R 80 | | | S 90 | T 100 | | | T 100 | E 5 | | | U 110 | --- | | | V 120 | The Number 666 | | | X 130 | of the Beast | | | Y 140 | | | | Z 150 | | | +----------------------+------------------------+--------------+ | Napole an Buon aparte | | 6 6 6 | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ The above verses are not the only parts of the chapter which have reference to Buonaparte, but the _most prominent ones_; the connection throughout has been clearly ascertained.