Rumblings in the Deep

Fragmentary note found on Sir Charles Moncrieff

(translated from the archaic Hebrew)

Come the time of the new year, we shall blow on the shofar and cause such an uprising in the heart of the Empire as mighty Joshua would have envied. Be sure you bring the horn to us, that we may sanctify it accordingly. The sacrifice of the Nazarenes, accursed be their name unto G_D, is in hand, and will proceed atop the mount of Carmel, at the hands of our brothers and sisters of the forests. Then, with the horn blown, so will the sacrifice of the heart of the Empire itself, the new Rome - and its name will pass into dust. So has G_D spoken, through his servant Menachem bin-Judah, of the line of Eleazar bin-Yair.