段十一：狐狸之詐、諸龍混戰與邪惡巨獸

梅林的預言

呢段預言延續狐狸、狼、熊嘅寓言，講狐狸點樣連環詐騙、最後「戴獅子冠」，繼而出現一條吞噬人類嘅蛇、山牛、以及一連串龍與野獸嘅混戰。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）

The Fox shall devour her mother, and an ass's head shall she wear. In this guise shall she affright her brethren and make them flee into Neustria. But they shall awaken the tusky Boar, and borne back together in a boat, shall do battle with the Fox. … she shall bite his left foot and rend it away utterly from his body. … Thus befooled, the Boar shall demand of the Wolf and the Bear that they restore unto him the members he hath lost. … In the meantime shall the Fox come down from the mountains and change herself into a Wolf, and making believe that she is fain to speak with the Boar, shall come unto him and craftily eat all of him up. Thereafter shall she turn herself into the Boar … them also with sudden-snapping tooth shall she slay, and shall be crowned with the head of a lion.

'In her days shall be born a serpent that shall be bent wholly upon the destruction of mankind. He shall encompass London with his length, and all them that pass by shall he devour. The Mountain Ox shall take upon him the head of a wolf and shall whiten his teeth in the workshop of the Severn. He shall gather unto his company the flocks of them of Albany and Cambria that shall drink dry the river Thames.'

白話解說

呢段講咩？ 狐狸吞咗自己阿媽、戴住驢頭，嚇走兄弟令佢哋逃去諾曼第。兄弟喚醒「有獠牙嘅野豬」，一齊搭船返嚟同狐狸開戰。狐狸詐死，引野豬近前，一口咬甩佢左腳，再跳上嚟咬甩佢右耳同尾，躲入山穴。野豬搵狼同熊幫手，叫佢哋攞返啲器官。點知狐狸變狼又變豬，連環詐騙，最後連狼同熊都一齊咬死，仲「戴住獅子頭」登基。呢個係一個「以狡詐奪權」嘅寓言——狐狸代表一個陰險嘅權謀者，靠欺詐消滅所有對手，最終登上王位。

「吞噬人類嘅蛇」： 之後話喺狐狸嘅時代，會生出一條一心要毀滅人類嘅蛇，佢繞住倫敦成個城，將路過嘅人全部吞落肚。呢個意象學者多解作一位殘暴統治者或一場大禍，令倫敦陷入恐怖。

「山牛」： 跟住「山牛」（Mountain Ox）戴上狼頭、喺塞文河邊磨白牙齒，聚集蘇格蘭（Albany）同威爾士（Cambria）嘅羊群，飲乾泰晤士河。即係話，一股強勢武力（山牛）會聯合各方勢力，對抗嗰條蛇／暴君。學者多將「山牛」解作一位強人領袖，具體比附各異。

客觀睇： 呢段係全書政治寓言嘅高潮——狐狸詐騙奪權、蛇肆虐、山牛反擊。全部用動物象徵權力鬥爭，冇點名史實人物，正正體現傑佛瑞式政治預言「以動物喻人」嘅特色。