The Angel said "As I am now, so soon you'll be. Prepare for death, and follow me." is derived from a colonial epitaph typically associated with New England Puritans "Behold and see as you pass by, as you are now so once was I, as I am now you soon will be, prepare for death and follow me." The 1850 edition of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register cites the Canterbury tomb of Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376) as the source of the verse (Norman French).
Vindicta, is latin for punishment or vengeance