Revelation 13:1 Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. By sea here, we may understand some very great confluence of people, and nations. \ Learned Meade in his comment upon \ faith, that Alaricus, with an huge host of Goths, and other barbarians, Alans, Huns, etc., invaded the Roman empire, both east and west, pages 71-74. And Hierom Epist. 11 testified that innumerable and most cruel Barbarians invaded France, Spain, and Germany, Mentz and Rome itself. See Clavis Apoc. a German author, page 127. Mr. Archer in his personal reign of Christ. By the beast here, we may understand the beast of the eighth head, Revelation 17:11 -See KNOLLYS: Revelation 17:11 the popedom of Rome papal, with his ten crowned horns; horns, which Mr. Meade faith, are, first,  the Britans; Secondly,  the Saxons; Thirdly,  the Franks; Fourthly,  the Burgundians; Fifthly,  the Wisigothes; Sixthly,  the Swedes; Seventhly,  the Vandals; Eighthly,  the Alemans; Ninthly,  the Ostrogoths; Tenthly,  the Grecians. These were ten Roman provinces, who received power as kings one hour with the beast. \ See the expositon thereof. See KNOLLYS: Revelation 17:12 The seven heads had the crowns, \ And upon his heads the name of blasphemy that is, they were all seven idolaters, see \ who worshipped idols of stone, wood, etc., historians differ about the exact year of the beasts rising, but most probable it was between 410 and 428 which will appear before 1688 be fully ended.