The credulous Woman believing the Destruction of the City was at hand, told her Dream to _Tzetzes_, who thus interpreted it: _The Brick Walls_, says he, _which you saw denote great Plenty of Provision to_ Constantinople. _You are sensible, Gentlemen_, says he, (speaking to those who stood by him) _how wonderfully that Part of the Prophecy was accomplish’d at that Time. As to that Clause of it, which mentions that abundance of armed Forces shall stand round the_ Bull, _and that a Man in a disconsolate and forlorn Condition shall sit down by the_ Bull, _which is principally intended by the Prophecy, tho’ not yet fulfill’d; this may prove beneficial, and advantageous to every Citizen of us. Therefore hear, O_ Constantinople, _and tell it to others, that this is the Interpretation of_ Tzetzes. _The same Word, which among us_ Greeks _signifies a Bull, signifies also a Cow, and sometimes a Heifer, and by the Word_ Taurus _or_ Bull, _the_ Latins _call the_ Italian _Bull. Our Cow therefore, which is the famous City of_ Constantine, _and which was built by the_ Roman _Bulls of_ Italy, _full of Arms, abounding with Forces, and Plenty of Provision, shall sound an Alarm against our Enemies; and the_ Italian _Bull, which is the Army of the_ Latins, _shall look Pale with Fear, and mourn_. _Tzetzes_, without Question, was a very learned Man, and this Interpretation of the Prophecy was cunning enough; besides that it was a fine Compliment to the Empress, and at the same Time the Historian pleas’d his own Humour in it, in interpreting the Prophecy according to his own Wishes. See how ingenious is the Weakness of Man to impose upon himself! But at that Time there was another Interpretation of this Prophecy, which, in the Event, was much more agreeable to Truth, tho’ _Tzetzes_ took a great deal of Pains to confute, and expose it; and it was the general Opinion of the People of _Constantinople_, that the Army of the _Latins_ would besiege their City, as it happen’d a little Time after, ravaging, burning, destroying every where; throwing some of the Ring-leaders of an arbitrary Party from the Top of _Theodosius_’s Pillar into the Street call’d _Taurus_, and burning others to Death in the _Brazen Bull_. The same Author is no less mistaken in the Interpretation of another Prophecy, which is as follows: _Wo be to thee, O_ Constantinople, _seated on seven Hills, thou shalt not continue a thousand Years_. His Explanation of it is this: _Altho’ it be not thy Fate, O_ Constantinople, _to endure a thousand Years, but to be totally demolish’d, yet this ought to be no Occasion of Grief to thee, but the Cause of Joy; for thou shalt rise again from thy Ruines more beautiful, and more enlarg’d. For thou shalt be destroyed, ev’n to the Advantage of those who shall destroy thee._ This Interpretation is a downright Flattery of the principal Leaders of the several _Factions_ (or Companies of Charioteers) when they were struggling for the Government.