The great succours shall come towards _Antioch_,
The Black Hair Curled, shall aim much to the Empire,
The Brazen Beard shall be roasted on a Spit.
ANNOT.
There is no difficulty in this, but in the last Verse, which I had rather
leave to the judgment of the judicious Reader, than to offer any thing
that might make me ridiculous.
LXXV.
French.
Le Tyran _Sienne_ occupera _Savone_,
Le fort gaigné tiendra classe Marine,
Les deux Armées par la marque d’_Ancone_,
Par effrayeur le chef sen examine.
English.
The Tyrant _Sienna_ shall occupy _Savona_;
The Fort being won, shall hold a Fleet,
The two Armies shall go in the mark of _Ancona_,
By fear the chief shall be examined.
ANNOT.
For the explication of this Stanza, you must understand that _Sienna_ is
a City in _Italy_, now under the Dominion of the Duke of _Tuscany_, who
shall occupy _Savona_, a City now under the Dominion of the Common-wealth
of _Genoa_; the rest is plain enough.
LXXVI.
French.
D’un nom farouche tel proferé sera.
Que les trois Sœurs auront _Fato_ le nom,
Puis grand peuple par langue & fait dira,
Plus que nul autre aura bruit & renom.
English.
By a wild name one shall be called
So that the three Sisters shall have the name of _Fato_,
Afterwards a great people by Tongue and Deeds, shall say,
He shall have fame and renown more than any other.
ANNOT.
By the three Sisters, he meaneth the three Destinies, _viz._ _Clotho_,
_Lachesis_ and _Atropos_, which the Poets have fained to Spin every mans
destiny, which he calleth here _Fato_, from the Latin word _Fatum_. The
rest may be interpreted as well by the Reader, as by my self.
LXXVII.
French.
Entre deux Mers dressera promontoire,
Qui puis mourra par le mors du Cheval,
Le fier _Neptune_ pliera Voile noire,
Par _Calpre_, & Classe aupres de _Rocheval_.
English.
Between two Seas shall a Promontory be raised,
By him, who shall die by the biting of a Horse,
The proud _Neptune_ shall fold the black Sail.
Through _Calpre_, and a fleet shall be near _Rocheval_.
ANNOT.
I could not find what he meaneth by _Calpre_, nor by _Rocheval_, which
I suppose to be the proper names of places, when he saith, that proud
_Neptune_ shall fold the black Sail; he maketh an allusion to the History
of _Theseus_, Son of _Ægeus_ King of _Athens_, who being sent with other
Children into _Candia_, to become a prey to the _Minotaure_, his Father
sent the Ship with black _Sails_, as in a case of Mourning, charging
_Theseus_, that if he came back again safe he should put on white Sails,
but coming in sight of _Athens_, _Theseus_ for joy forgot to put on the
white Sails, so that his Father _Ægeus_ thinking he had miscarried, cast
himself from a Rock into the Sea, so that he saying that _Neptune_ shall
fold the black Sail, he meaneth, that there shall be joyful news.
LXXVIII.
French.
D’un chef vieillard naistre sens habeté,
Degenerant par scavoir & par Armes,
Le chef de _France_ par sa Sœur redouté,
Champs divisez concedez aux Gensdarmes.
English.
An old head shall beget an Idiot,
Who shall degenerate in Learning and in Arms,
The head of _France_ shall be feared by his sister,
The fields shall be divided and granted to the Troopers.
ANNOT.
The sense of this is so plain, that any body may make his interpretation
of it.
LXXIX.
French.
_Bazas_, L’_Estoure_, _Condom_, _Auch_, _Agine_,
Esmeus par Loix, querelle & Monopole,
Car _Bourd_, _Tholose_, _Bay_, mettra en ruine,
Renouveler voulant leur _Tauropole_.
English.
_Bazas_, L’_Estoure_, _Condom_, _Auch_, _Agen_,
Being moved by Laws, quarrels and Monopoly,
For they shall put to ruine _Bordeaux_, _Tholose_, _Bayonne_,
Going about to renew their _Tauropole_.
ANNOT.
This Key of the sense of this Stanza lieth in the last word _Tauropole_,
which is compounded of the Latin word _Taurus_ a Bull, and of the Greek
word πολέω, that is, to sell; so that the meaning of it is, that those
Cities mentioned shall rise in Rebellion against the _Monopolites_, and
those that shall lay a Tax upon Cattle.
LXXX.
French.
De la sixiesme claire splendeur Celeste,
Viendra Tonnerre si fort en la _Bourgongne_,
Puis naistra monstre de treshideuse beste,
_Mars_, _Avril_, _May_, _Juin_, grand charpin & rogne.
English.
From the sixth bright Cœlestial splendour,
Shall come very great Lightning in _Burgundy_,
After that shall be born a Monster of a most hideous beast,
In _March_, _April_, _May_, _June_ shall be great quarelling and
muttering.
ANNOT.
The first Verse is of a most dark and abstruse sense, in which I confess
my ignorance, unless he meant from the sixth of the seven Planets, the
rest is plain enough.
LXXXI.
French.
D’humain troupeau neuf seront mis a part,
De Jugement & Conseil separez,
Leur sort sera divisé en depart,
_Kappa_, _Theta_, _Lambda_, mors, bannis egarez.
English.
Nine shall be set aside from the human flock,
Being divided in Judgement and Counsel
Their fortune shall be to be divided,
_Kappa_, _Theta_, _Lambda_, dead, banished, scattered.
ANNOT.
There is nothing difficult here, but what he meaneth by _Kappa_, _Theta_,
_Lambda_, which are three Letters of the Greek _Alphabet_.
LXXXII.
French.
Quand les Colomnes de Bois grande tremblée,
D’_Auster_ conduite, couverte de rubriche,
Tant videra dehors grande assemblée,
Tremble _Vienne_, & le Païs d’_Austriche_.
English.
When the wooden Columns shall be much shaken,
By _Auster_, and covered with rubbish,
Then shall go out a great assembly,
And _Vienne_, and the Land of _Austria_ shall tremble.
ANNOT.
_Auster_, in Latin is the Southwind. _Vienna_ is the chief City of
_Austria_, belonging to the Emperour of _Germany_.
LXXXIII.
French.
L’Agent estrange divisera butins,
_Saturne_ & _Mars_ son regard furieux,
Horrible, estrange, aux _Thoscans_ & _Latins_,
_Grees_ qui seront a frapper curiux.
English.
The stranger Agent shall divide booties,
_Saturn_ in _Mars_ shall have his aspect furious,
Horrid, and strange to the _Tuscans_ and _Latines_,
The _Grecians_ shall be curious to strike.
ANNOT.
By the _Tuscans_ are meant the people under the Dominion of the Duke of
_Florence_; and by the _Latines_, those under the _Pope_.
LXXXIV.
French.
Lune obscurie aux profondes tenebres,
Son frere passe de couleur ferrugine,
Le grand caché long temps soubs les tenebres,
Tiedera Fer dans la Pluie sanguine.
English.
The Moon shall be darkned in the deepest darkness,
Her brother shall pass being of a ferrugineous colour,
The great one long hidden under darkness,
Shall make his Iron lukewarm in the bloody Rain.
ANNOT.
This signifieth, that when the Moon shall be totally Eclipsed in the
night, and that all the next day her Brother the Sun shall be seen of a
ferrugineous, (that is an Iron like colour) then shall a great one that
was hidden arise, and do great feats of Arms with the death of many men.
LXXXV.
French.
Par la responce de Dame Roy troublé,
Ambassadeurs mespriseront leur vie,
Le grand ses Freres contrefera doublé,
Par deux mourront, hain, ire, & envie.
English.
A King shall be troubled by the answer of a Lady,
Embassadors shall despise their lives,
The great one being double in mind shall counterfeit his Brothers,
They shall die by two, anger, hatred, and envy.
ANNOT.
There is nothing difficult here, but the last Verse, which yet will be
plain enough, if you make these three words anger, hatred, and envy not
co-herent with the foremost, but subsisting by themselves; as if one
should say, there shall be anger, hatred, and envy.
LXXXVI.
French.
La grande Roine quand se verra vaincue,
Fera exces de Masculin courage,
Sur le Cheval, Fleuve passera nue,
Suite par Fer, a Foy fera outrage.
English.
When the great Queen shall see her self vanquished,
She shall do a deed of a Masculine courage,
Upon a Horse, she shall pass over the River naked,
Followed by Iron, she shall do wrong to her Faith.
ANNOT.
It is some great Queen, who seeing her self vanquished, shall swim naked
on Horseback over a River, being followed by those that would have either
killed or taken her, and after that shall forfeit her faith, but whether
it be to her Husband, Friends, or Relations, is not expressed.
LXXXVII.
French.
_Ennosigee_ feu du Centre de Terre
Fera trembler autour de Cité Neuve,
Deux grands Rochers long temps feront la guerre,
Puis _Arethuse_ rougira nouveau fleuve.
English.
_Ennosigee_, fire of the Center of the Earth,
Shall make quake about the New City,
Two great Rocks shall a great while War one against the other,
After that, _Arethusa_ shall colour red a new River.
ANNOT.
_Ennosigee_ is a Greek word εννοσίγαιος, in Latin _Terræ quassator_, from
ἔνίω _moveo_, and γαῖα _Terra_, and is an Epithete of _Neptune_. The
meaning then of this Stanza is, that the Sea shall make the Earth quake,
and fire come out of the Earth about _Naples_, which in Greek is called
_Neapolis_, that is, a _New City_.
_Arethusa_ is a Fountain in _Sicily_, which a little way from its Spring,
groweth into a River. The rest is left to the interpretation of the
Reader.
LXXXVIII.
French.
Le Divin mal surprendra un grand Prince,
Un peu devant aura femme espousée,
Son appuy & credit a un coup viendra mince,
Conseil mourra pour la teste rasée.
English.
The Divine sickness shall surprise a great Prince,
A little while after he hath married a woman,
His support and credit shall at once become slender,
Council shall die for the shaven head.
ANNOT.
By the Divine sickness, he meaneth the _falling sickness_, called by the
Greeks _Epilepsia_, and by the Latines _Morbus Sacer_. By the shaven
head, he meaneth some Ecclesiastical person of the _Romish_ Religion; the
construction of the whole is easie.
LXXXIX.
French.
Tous ceux d’_Illerde_ seront dans la _Moselle_,
Mettant a mort tous ceux de _Loire_ & _Seine_,
Le course Marin viendra pres d’_Hautevelle_,
Quand _Espagnols_ ouvrira toute veine.
English.
All those of _Illerde_ shall be in the _Mosel_,
Putting to death all those of _Loire_ and _Seine_,
The Sea course shall come near _Hautevelle_,
When the _Spaniard_ shall open all veins.
ANNOT.
By _Illerde_ he meaneth the City of l’_Isle_ in _Flanders_, the _Mosel_
is a River that runneth through _Lorrain_, the _Loire_ and _Seine_ are
two other Rivers of _France_, the first of which passeth at _Orleans_,
and the second at _Paris_; the two last Verses are too hard for me to
interpret.
XC.
French.
_Bourdeaux_, _Poitiers_, au son de la Campane,
A grande classe ira jusqu’a _Langon_,
Contre _Gaulois_ sera leur _Tramontane_,
Quand Monstre hideux naistra pres de _Orgon_.
English.
_Bourdeaux_, _Poitiers_, at the sound of the Bell,
With a great Navy shall go as far as _Langon_,
Against the _French_ shall their _Tramontane_ be,
When an hideous Monster shall be born near _Orgon_.
ANNOT.
_Tramontana_, in _Italian_, is the North-wind. _Orgon_, is the name of a
Town in _Gascony_, the rest of the construction is not difficult.
XCI.
French.
Les dieux feront aux humains apparence,
Ce quils seront auteurs de grand conflict,
Avant ciel veu serain, Espée & Lance,
Que vers main gauche sera plus grande affliction.
English.
The Gods shall make it appear to Man-kind,
That they are the Authors of a great War;
For the Heaven that was Serene, shall shew Sword and Lance,
Signifying, that on the left hand the affliction shall be greater.
ANNOT.
He foretelleth here some Prodigies that shall be in the Air, as _Swords_
and _Lances_ after fair weather, which shall be forerunners of great
Wars, and chiefly in those Countries that shall be situated on the left
hand of these Prodigies.
XCII.
French.
Soubs un la paix, par tout sera clemence,
Mais non long temps, pille & rebellion,
Par refus Ville, Terre & Mer entamée,
Morts & Captifs le liers d’un Million.
English.
Under one shall be peace, and every where clemency,
But not a long while, then shall be plundering and Rebellion,
By a denyal shall Town, Land and Sea be assaulted,
There shall be Dead and taken Prisoners the third part of a Million.
ANNOT.
The words and sense are plain.
XCIII.
French.
Terre _Italique_ des Mons tremblera,
_Lion_ & _Coq_ non trop confederez,
en lieu & peur l’un l’autre saidera,
Seul _Catulon_ & _Celtes_ moderez.
English.
The _Italian_ Land of the Mountains shall tremble,
The _Lion_ and the _Cock_ shall not agree very well together,
Shall for fear help one another,
The only _Catulon_ and _Celtes_ shall be moderate.
ANNOT.
By the _Lion_ he understandeth the _English_, because of their Arms, and
by the _Cock_ the _French_, called in Latin _Gallus_, which signifieth a
Cock; _Catulon_ is the _Spaniards_, as if he should say _Castilian_; the
_Celtes_ are the _Dutch_ of the Low-Countries.
XCIV.
French.
Au _Port Selyn_ le Tyrant mis a Mort,
La liberté non pourtant recouvrée,
Le nouveau _Mars_ par vindict & remort,
Dame par force de frayeur honorée.
English.
In the _Port Selyn_ the Tyrant shall be put to death
And yet the liberty shall not be recovered,
The new _Mars_ by vengeance and remorse,
Lady by excess of fear honoured.
ANNOT.
By the _Port Selyn_, is meant _Constantinople_, because of several
Emperours of the _Turks_ that have been of that name, therefore the
intention of this Prophecy, is, that one of the Turkish Emperours shall
be put to death at _Constantinople_, which for all that, shall not
recover her liberty. The _new Mars_, be like he is so called, that shall
put him to death _by vengeance without remorse_. _The Lady by excess of
fear honoured_, may be applied to the present great Sultaness, Mother to
this present Emperour of the _Turks_, who hath hitherto made her self
very considerable by a great party, which she hath raised against her
Son, to prevent him from putting his Brothers to death, as is usually
practised in that Court.
XCV.
French.
Devant Moustier trouvé enfant besson,
D’Heroik sang de Moine & vetustique,
Son bruit per Secte, Langue, & puissance Son,
Qu’on dira fort eslevé le Vopisque.
English.
Before the Minster shall one twin be found,
From Heroik blood, of a Monk and Ancient,
His fame by Sect, Tongue, and Power shall be sounded,
So that they shall say the Vopisk is much raised.
ANNOT.
The meaning of the whole is, that a Twin shall be found before a Church,
begot by a Monk, of Illustrious and Ancient Family, and shall become very
famous, _So that they shall say the Vopisk is much raised_. _Vopiscus_ in
Latin, is, that one of the Twins, which cometh to perfect Birth.
XCVI.
French.
Celuy qu’aura la charge de destruire,
Temples & Sectes changez par fantaisie,
Plus aux Rochers, qu’aux vivans viendra nuire,
Par langue ornée d’oreille rassasie.
English.
He that shall have charge to destroy,
Churches and Sects, changed by fancy;
Shall do more harm to the Rocks, than to the living,
By a smooth tongue filling up the Ears.
ANNOT.
As the words of this Stanza are plain, so is the sense most obscure, and
so to be left to the Readers private Judgement.
XCVII.
French.
Ce que fer, flamme, na sceu parachever,
La douce langue au conseil viendra faire,
Par respos, songe le Roy fera resuer,
Plus l’Ennemy en feu sang militaire.
English.
What neither Iron nor Fire could compass,
Shall be done by a smooth tongue in the Councel,
In sleep a dream shall make the King to think,
The more the Enemy in fire and Military blood.
ANNOT.
The sense of this is plain, though the words be somthing untowardly
expressed.
XCVIII.
French.
Le Chef qu’aura conduit peuple infiny,
Loin de son Ciel: de mœurs & langue estrange,
Cinq mille en _Crete_ & _Thessalie_ finy,
Le Chef fuiant sauvé en la Marine Grange.
English.
The Captain that shall lead an infinite deal of people
Far from their Countrey, to one of strange manners and Language,
Five thousand in _Candia_ and _Thessalia_ finished,
The Head running away, shall be safe in a Barn by the Sea.
ANNOT.
It is some great Commander that shall lead a multitude of people into a
strange Countrey, far from their own; suppose _Candia_ and _Thessalia_,
where the said Commander shall be compelled to run away, and to save
himself in a Barn by the Sea side.
XCIX.
French.
Le grand Monarque qui fera compagnie,
Avec deux Rois unis par amitié,
O quel souspir fera la grand mesgnie,
Enfans, _Narbonne_ alentour, quel pitié!
English.
The great Monarch shall keep company,
With two Kings united in friendship;
O what fights shall be made by their followers!
Children, O what pity shall be about _Narbon_.
ANNOT.
This Stanza requireth no interpretation more, than what every one will be
pleased to give himself.
C.
French.
Long temps au Ciel sera veu gris Oiseau,
Aupres de _Dole_ & de _Tuscane_ Terre,
Tenant au Bec un verdoiant rameau,
Mourra tost Grand, & finira la Guerre.
English.
A great while shall be seen in the Air a gray Bird,
Near _Dola_ and the _Tuscan_ Land,
Holding in his Bill a green bough;
Then shall a great one die, and the War have and end.
ANNOT.
_Dola_ is a Town in _Burgundy_. The _Tuscan_ Land, is that which
belongeth to the Duke of _Florence_.
THE PROPHECIES OF Michael Nostradamus.
_CENTURY_ II.
I.
French.
Vers _Aquitaine_ par insults _Britanniques_,
De par eux mesmes grandes incursions,
Pluyes, Gelees, feront terroirs iniques,
_Port Selyn_ fortes fera invasions.
English.
Towards _Gascony_ by _English_ assaults,
By the same shall be made great incursions,
Rains, Frosts, shall marre the ground.
_Port Selyn_ shall make strong Invasions.
ANNOT.
Three Prophecies are contained in this Stanza, the first that the
_English_ shall make an incursion in _Gascony_; the second, that there
shall be a great dearth by Rains and Frosts; the third, that the _Turks_
shall make great Incursion.
II.
French.
La teste glue sera la teste blanche,
Autant de mal que _France_ a fait leur bien,
Mort a l’_Anthene_, grand pendu fus la branche,
Quand prins des siens, le Roy dira combien.
English.
The Glue-head shall do the white head
As much harm, as _France_ hath done it good,
Dead at the Sails yard, a great one hang’d on a Tree,
When a King taken by his own, shall say, how much?
ANNOT.
I did never find that word of Glue-head before in any Author, and I
believe if _Cotgrave_ were alive again, it would puzzle him to give the
interpretation thereof.
The third and fourth signifie, that one shall be hanged on the
Sails-yard, and another on a Tree, when a King shall be taken by his own
Men, and shall say how much? that is, how much money shall I give you to
set me free.
III.
French.
Par la chaleur Solaire sur la Mer,
De _Negrepont_, les Poissons demy cuits,
Les Habitans les viendront entamer,
Quand _Rhode_ & _Genes_ leur faudra le Biscuit.
English.
By the heat of the Sun upon the Sea
Of _Negrepont_, the Fishes shall be half broiled,
The Inhabitants shall come to cut them up,
When _Rhodes_ and _Genoa_ shall want Biscake.
ANNOT.
_Negrepont_ is an Island of the _Archipelago_ near _Morea_, anciently
called _Eubœa_. _Rhodes_ is another Island, and, _Genoa_ a City in
_Italy_, by the Seaside. The rest is plain.
IV.
French.
Depuis _Monac_ jusqu’aupres de _Sicile_,
Toute la plage demoura desolée,
Il ny aura Fauxbourgs, Cité, ne Ville,
Que par _Barbares_ pillée soit & volée.
English.
From _Monaco_ as far as _Sicily_,
All the Sea coast shall be left desolate,
There shall not be Suburbs, Cities, nor Towns,
Which shall not be pillaged and plundred by _Barbarians_.
ANNOT.
_Monaco_ is a Town seated by the Sea-side in _Italy_, between _Provence_
and _Genoa_. This Prophecy hath been once already fulfilled, when the
famous Pyrate _Barbarossa_, being sent by the grand Seignor, to help the
_French_ King against the Emperour _Charles_ the V. in his return home,
plundered all that Coast, and carried away an innumerable multitude of
people into slavery.
V.
French.
Quand dans Poisson, Fer & Lettre enfermée,
Hors sortira qui puis fera la Guerre,
Aura par Mer sa classe bien ramée;
Aparoissant pres de _Latine_ Terre.
English.
When in a Fish, Iron and a Letter shall be shut up,
He shall go out that afterwards shall make War,
He shall have his Fleet by Sea well provided,
Appearing by the _Roman_ Land.
ANNOT.
The words and the sense are plain.
VI.
French.
Aupres des Portes & dedans deux Citez,
Seront deux Fleaux & onc n’aperceu un tel,
Faim, dedans Peste, de Fer hors gens boutez,
Crier secours au grand Dieu immortel.
English.
Near the Gates and within two Cities
Shall be two Scourges, I never saw the like,
Famine, within Plague, people thrust out by the Sword,
Shall cry for help to the great God immortal.
ANNOT.
This needeth no Interpretation.
VII.
French.
Entre plusieurs aux Isles deportez,
L’un estre nay a deux dens en la gorge,
Mourront de Faim, les Arbres esbroutez,
Pour eux neuf Roy, nouvel Edict leur forge.
English.
Among many that shall be transported into the Islands,
One shall be born with two Teeth in his mouth,
They shall die of hunger, the Trees shall be eaten,
They shall have a new King, who shall make new Laws for them.
ANNOT.
This is so plain, that it needeth no explication.
VIII.
French.
Temples Sacrez, prime facon _Romaine_,
Rejetteront les goffes Fondemens,
Prenant leurs Loix premieres & humaines,
Chassants non tout, de Saints le cultement.
English.
Churches Consecrated, and the ancient _Roman_ way,
Shall reject the tottering Foundations,
Sticking to their first humane Laws,
Expelling, but not altogether the worshipping of Saints.
ANNOT.
This Prophecy, is concerning the beginning of the Reformed Religion, when
the _Roman_ Church rejected it, yet nevertheless, for shame they left
off many of their fopperies, for ever since they never appeared so great
Worshippers of Saints as before.
IX.
French.
Neuf ans le Regne le maigre en paix tiendra,
Puis il cherra en soif si sanguinaire,
Pour luy grand peuple sans Foy & Loy mourra,
Tué par un beaucoup plus debonaire.
English.
Nine years shall the lean one keep the Kingdom in Peace,
Then he will fall into such a bloody thirst,
That a great people shall die without Faith or Law,
He shall be killed by one milder than himself.
ANNOT.
It is a lean man that shall keep in Peace the Kingdom, for the space of
nine years, and then shall become cruel; so that he shall put to death
many people without Law, or regard of his promise.
X.
French.
Avant long temps le tout sera rangé,
Nous esperons un siecle bien senestre,
L’Estat des masques & des seuls bien changé,
Peu trouveront qui a son rang vueille estre.
English.
Before it be long, all shall be set in order,
We look for a sinister Age,
The state of the Visards and of _the alone_ shall be changed,
They shall find few that will keep their ranks.
ANNOT.
All the difficulty of this consisteth in what he meaneth by the _Visard_
and _alone_, for my part, I believe he aimeth at the _Popish_ Clergy and
Monks; the first by reason of their Hypocrisy, the other by reason of
their solitariness. The rest is plain.
XI.
French.
Le prochain, fils de l’_Aisnier_ parviendra,
Tant eslevé jusqu’au au Regne des fors,
Son aspre gloire un chascun la craindra,
Mais les enfans du Regne jettez hors.
English.
The eldest Son of l’_Aisnier_ shall prosper,
Being raised to the degree of the great ones,
Every one shall fear his high glory,
But his children shall be cast out.
ANNOT.
This is an Horoscope, for the Interpretation of which we are beholding
to, Mr. _Mannessier_ of _Amiens_, who saith that the Father of the Lords
l’_Aisniers_ writ to _Nostradamus_ his friend, to know his childrens
fortune, who sent him those four Verses for an answer, by which it is
evident that the eldest should be an eminent Man, as it fell out, being
one of the chiefest men in the Province of _Anjou_, and one of the
chiefest instruments to make Peace between _Louis_ the XIII. and his
Mother _Mary_ of _Medicis_, after the Battle of _Pont de Cé_.
The fourth Verse saith, that some of his other Children should be
expelled the Kingdom, as it happened by reason of a false report raised
against one of them, which compelled him to retire into _Portugal_ till
the truth was known, as it was afterwards to his great repute and honour.
XII.
French.
Yeux clos ouverts d’antique fantaisie,
L’habit des seuls sera mis a neant,
Le grand Monarque chastiera leur frenesie,
Ravir des Temples le Thresor par devant.
English.