段四：日耳曼之蟲受罰與正義之獅

梅林的預言

呢段預言講「日耳曼之蟲」如何受罰、外族被驅逐，以及接續出現嘅「正義之獅」同各種象徵動植物。其中「諾曼第的十分抽一」「鐵衣木甲之民」等，都被後世比附為中世紀英格蘭嘅歷史。以下為公有領域英譯（Sebastian Evans 1904 譯）原文節錄。

原文（公有領域英譯）

Then shall the North wind rise against him and snatch from him the flowers that the West wind had brought forth. There shall be gilding in the temples and the edge of the sword shall not cease. Scarce shall the German Worm find refuge in his caves for the vengeance of his treason that shall overtake him. Yet at the last for a little while shall he wax strong albeit that the decimation of Neustria shall do him a hurt. For a people in wood and jerkins of iron shall come upon him and take vengeance upon him for his wickedness. He shall restore their dwelling-places unto them that did inhabit them aforetime, and the ruin of the foreigner shall be made manifest. The seed of the White Dragon shall be rooted out of our little gardens and the remnant of his generation shall be decimated. The yoke of bondage shall they bear and their mother shall they wound with spades and ploughs. Two dragons shall succeed, whereof the one shall be slain by the arrow of envy, but he other shall return under the shadow of a name. The Lion of Justice shall succeed, at whose warning the towers of Gaul and the dragons of the island shall tremble. In those days shall gold be wrung forth from the lily and the nettle, and silver shall flow from the hooves of them that low. They that go crisped and curled shall be clad in fleeces of many colours, and the garment without shall betoken that which is within. The feet of them that bark shall be cropped short. The wild deer shall have peace, but humanity shall suffer dole.'

白話解說

呢段講咩？ 北風起，搶走西風帶嚟嘅花；廟宇貼金、刀劍不停。日耳曼之蟲（White Dragon／撒克遜勢力嘅化身）因為叛國要受罰，好難搵到藏身嘅洞穴。跟住「諾曼第的十分抽一」（decimation of Neustria）會傷到佢；「穿木甲鐵衣之民」會嚟報復佢嘅惡行，將原本嘅居民歸還家園，令外族嘅覆亡顯露。

「鐵衣木甲之民」係邊個？ 呢個意象常被解作反擊撒克遜／諾曼統治嘅不列顛人，或者某支武裝。因原文用動物同鎧甲做喻，各方詮釋唔同，但都指向「一股強勢武力終將驅逐外來統治者」。

「正義之獅」係邊個？ 原文話接住出現「正義之獅」（Lion of Justice），佢一發聲，高盧嘅塔樓同島上嘅龍都震。學界多數將佢比附為英格蘭某位強勢君主（常指亨利一世或愛德華一世），代表王權與司法嘅伸張。之後講「從百合同蕁麻擰出黃金、從牛蹄流出銀」，以及「衣衫反映內心」等，都係象徵經濟繁榮同虛偽外表——即係話，好日子與壞人品一齊出現。

客觀睇： 呢段同段三一樣，係用一連串動物與自然意象，把英格蘭中世紀嘅戰爭、王朝更替同社會動盪，重寫成梅林嘅預言。具體比附因人而異，冇一個「標準答案」，讀者宜視為文學象徵而非實錄。