"sband, and foundation of the church, with many others:having seven heads, and ten horns: the seven heads are the seven mountains, on which the city of Rome, the metropolis of the empire, is seated; and the seven kings, or seven forms of government, under which it has been, as appears from Revelation 17:9, See Gill on Re 13:1 and the ten horns\" signify the ten kings over the ten kingdoms, into w" . . . .