First will come a triple winter, during which clouds of snow, driven by piercing winds from the four quarters of the heavens, will fall unceasingly on the earth; tempests will sweep the sea, and the sun will impart neither heat nor gladness. […] Three other winters will then follow, during which war and discord will convulse the universe. The solid earth will tremble, the sea will leave its bed, and the heavens will be rent asunder. […] When all are slain, the world will be wrapped in flames, the sun will become dim, the stars will fall from heaven, and time shall be no more. […] This new earth will produce its fruits without labor or care; perpetual spring will reign, and sin and misery will be unknown.