The monarchy of the Greeks for want of an heir was broken into several kingdoms; four of which, seated to the four winds of heaven, were very eminent. For Ptolemy reigned over Egypt, Libya and Ethiopia; Antigonus over Syria and the lesser Asia; Lysimachus over Thrace; and Cassander over Macedon, Greece and Epirus.

Vol. I, Ch. 12: Of the Prophecy of the Scripture of Truth - Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (1733)