And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
Ver. 18. What city is like unto this] q.d. Who would have ever thought we should ever have seen this dismal day of Rome's destruction? It was wont to be said, Roma cladibus animosior, Rome is unconquerable. The pope wrote once to the Turk that threatened him,
" Niteris incassum Petri submergere navem;
Fluctuat, at nunquam mergitur ills ratis. "