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c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 10 (MED) Þe holy apostle seynt Iohn..in þe booke of his reuelaciouns þat is cleped þe Apocalips, seiþ þat he seiȝ a best, [etc.].]

1531 tr. E. Fox et al. Determinations Moste Famous Vniuersities vii. f. 138^v If any man shall adde vnto them [sc. the writings of St John], god shall cast vnto hym those plages and vengeances, whiche be wrytten in his boke of reuelations.

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare i. 12 S. Iohn that wrote the bookes of Apocalyps, or Reuelations, shal come againe with Elias, and Enoch to reproue Antichriste.

1675 W. Cave Antiquitates Apostolicæ 116 in Bp. J. Taylor & W. Cave Antiquitates Christianæ It was about the latter end of Domitian's Reign, (as Irenaeus tells us) that he wrote his Apocalypse or Book of Revelations.

1691 T. P. Blount Ess. 15 The Rhemists in their Annotations upon Revelations the 14th.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. ii. 26 I have heard a little Domine or Curate..tell the People from—Revelations.

1791 M. De Fleury Diuine Poems & Ess. Contents Meditations on Revelations xii. 6.

1818 T. L. Peacock Nightmare Abbey i. 19 He would condole with Mr. Glowry,..quote Revelations with Mr. Toobad.

1842 R. I. Wilberforce Rutilius & Lucius 81 In..the book of Revelations, they are called the angels of the Churches.

1898 G. Parker Battle of Strong x He saw..the gracious figure of a girl; and a book of revelations was opened and begun.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xi. 115 The text was Revelations, third chapter, second and third verses.

1945 Folk-lore 56 257 Six hundred and sixty-six was the number of the Beast in Revelations.

1991 in B. MacArthur Despatches from Gulf War 191 Our vehicle, named the Whore of Babylon by someone who knew his Book of Revelations, could not keep pace.