motto "From the dew of the sky", and the reference to the prophecy in a 1587 letter, prior to Urban VII's papacy. René Thibaut divides the table at a different point, between the 71st and 72nd motto, asserting that there is a change in style at this point. He uses this distinction to put forward the view that the first 71 mottos are post-dated forgeries, while the remainder are genuine. Hildebrand Troll echoes this view, noting that mottos 72–112 use a symbolic language related to the character of the pope and his papacy, in contrast to the more literal mottos for earlier popes. Popes and antipopes 1143–1590 (pre-publication) The text on the silver lines below reproduces the original text (including punctuation and orthography) of the 1595 Lignum Vitae, which consisted of three parallel columns for the popes before 1590. The first column contained the motto, the second the name of the pope or antipope to whom it was attached (with occasional errors), and the third an explanation of the motto. There are some indications that both the mottos and explanations were the work of a single 16th-century person. The original list was unnumbered. Popes 1590 to present (post-publication) For this group of popes, the published text only provides names for the first three (i.e., those who were popes between the appearance of the text c. 1590, and its publication in 1595) and provides no explanations. In fiction The Prophecy of the Popes is referred to in several works of fiction, including several works of apocalyptic fiction. George R. Araujo-Matiz's novel The Roman: Peter II... The Last Pope? features the fictional Pope Peter II as successor to the then Pope Benedict XVI (who dies in the novel). The book begins with the Malachite prophecy concerning Peter the Roman, the last Pope in the Malachite list. Steve Berry's novel, The Third Secret (2005), features the fictional Pope Peter II (originally Cardinal Valendrea), who is elected Pope after the death of the fictional Pope Clement XV. Glenn Cooper's novel, The Devil Will Come, uses the Malachy Prophecy as a part of a storyline which spans generations, leading to the "modern day" conclave to elect a new pope and the attempt to destroy the Catholic faith by an enemy of the church. Peter De Rosa's Pope Patrick (1997) is a novel about the then Pope John Paul II's supposed successor, the fictional Pope Patrick