shall recover her senses by the noise of Cymbals, Trumpets, and Bells.
XLV.
French.
Trop le Ciel pleure l’_Androgyn_ procrée,
Pres de Ciel sang humain respandu,
Par mort trop tard grand peuple recrée,
Tard & tost vient le secours attendu.
English.
The Heaven bemoaneth too much the _Androgyn_ born,
Near Heaven humane blood shall be spilt,
By death too late a great people shall be refreshed,
Late and soon cometh the succours expected.
ANNOT.
_Androgyn_, is one that is Male and Female, from the Greek word ἀνηρ,
which signifieth a Male, and γυνή, which signifieth a Female; the meaning
then of the first Verse is, that some great persons, suppose a King and
Queen, which he calleth Heaven, by reason of their exaltation above the
common sort of people, shall bemoan too long one of their Children, that
was, or shall be born Male and Female.
The second Verse is easie to be understood, if you take Heaven in the
same sense that we have said. The last two Verses are plain.
XLVI.
French.
Apres grand troche humain, plus grand sapreste,
Le grand Moteur les siecles renouvelle,
Pluye, Sang, Lait, Famine, Fer & Peste,
Au Ciel veu feu courant longue estincelle.
English.
After a great humane change, another greater is nigh at hand,
The great Motor reneweth the Ages,
Rain, Blood, Milk, Famine, Sword, Plague,
In the Heaven shall be seen a running fire with long sparks.
ANNOT.
_Troche_ in Greek is a Pulley, the meaning therefore of the Author, that
after a great mutation, God shall renew the Ages, and according to his
promise shall create a new Heaven, and a new Earth.
By those prodigies related in the two last Verses, it seemeth the Author
intendeth to speak of the last day, and of the fore-runners of it.
XLVII.
French.
L’Ennemy grand viel, deult, meurt de poison,
Les Souverains par infinis subjugues,
Pierres pleuvoir cache soubs la Toison,
Par mort Articles en vain sont alleguez.
English.
The great and old Enemy grieveth, dieth by Poison,
An infinite number of Soveraign’s conquered,
It shall rain stones, they shall hide under Rocks,
In vain shall death alledge Articles.
ANNOT.
This hath a relation to the foregoing Stanza, and is as it were the
second part of it. For as the foremost speaketh of the last day, so doth
this of Dooms-day.
First, he saith that _the great and old Enemy grieveth and dieth by
Poison_, that’s the Devil who shall be cast into a Lake of Fire and
Brimstone. The second Verse signifieth, that all the Kings of the Earth
shall be subdued by him that is _Lord of Lords and King of Kings_. The
third Verse expresseth, the anguish of the reprobate, when they shall cry
to the Rocks, hide us, and to the Mountains, fall upon us. And the fourth
Verse saith, that Death shall alledge in vain, the Articles she made with
the Devil, and his Angels.
XLVIII.
French.
La grand Copie qui passera les Monts,
_Saturne_, _Aries_, tournant au Poisson _Mars_,
Venins cachez sous testes de Moutons,
Leur chef pendu a fil de _Polemars_.
English.
The great Army that shall pass over the Mountains,
_Saturn_, _Aries_, _Mars_, turning to the Fishes,
Poisons hidden in Sheeps heads,
Their Captain hang’d with a thred of _Polemars_.
ANNOT.
_Paradin_ relateth in his History, that after the Duke of _Alba_ had
relieved _Vulpian_ with Victuals, which was done from the 22. of _July_
to the first of _August_, a Captain of the Emperors Army named _la
Trinité_, went out of _Valfrenieres_ the same first day of _August_, to
plunder the Countrey of _Piemont_.
He had 400 Horses, and 500 Foot: The news being brought to the Marshal
of _Brissac_, he sent out a great number of Horses, who did utterly
destroy their Foot, so that but thirty escaped, to carry the news to
_Valfrenieres_.
The _Spanish_ Horse, seeing the _French_ in such a fury, ran away, and
got some to _Ast_, some to _Alexandria_.
After that, the _Spaniards_ seeking to revenge themselves, took a Castle
three miles from _Cazal_, called _Frezene_, or _Fracinet du Pau_, where
they hanged up the Captain, put to the sword all the _Italians_, and sent
all the _French_ to the _Galleys_.
This proceeding being not according to the Laws of Arms, we may believe,
that the victorious discovered a malitious craft of the vanquished,
who had left some Sheeps-heads poisoned, to revenge themselves of the
victorious, which obliged the _Spaniards_ to serve so the Captain, the
_Italians_ and the _French_; and because the _French_ were not so ill
used, as the _Italians_, we may judge that the _Italians_ were the chief
contrivers of this business.
Therefore the Author foreseeing this, saith, that the great Army of the
_French_, which shall go over the Mountains, shall come to this mischief,
because of the poison that was hidden in the Sheeps heads.
The Vulgar impression erreth much in putting _Salmons_, for _Muttons_;
for every body knoweth that the _Salmons_ do not come into the Mountains
of _Montserrat_, and that in the Month of _August_ it is not a meat fit
for Souldiers, therefore in stead of _Salmons_, we have put _Muttons_, or
Sheep.
_The Captain was hanged with a thread of Polemars_, that is, with a
Match, of which, I am perswaded, that one certain _Polemars_ was the
Inventor.
The Author saith in the second Verse, that the time when this accident
happened, was, when _Saturn_ was in _Aries_, the Vulgar impression
putteth _Are_ in stead of _Aries_, but that’s false, therefore set down
_Aries_. _Saturn_ was in that Sign in the year 1555. from the 20th of
_February_, to the 14th of _July_, where from the 12th degree and four
Minutes, he began to retrograde in the same Sign of _Aries_, till the
18th of _November_, so that _Saturn_ was almost all that year in _Aries_.
He saith also that _Mars_ was going back to _Pisces_; because in that
same year, _Mars_ that was gone out of the Sign of _Pisces_ from the 19
of _March_ 1554. was retrograding to come back again into it upon the
20th of _January_ 1556.
Thus the Author meaneth, that this accident should happen in the year
that _Saturn_ should be in _Aries_, and _Mars_ should be near the Sign of
_Pisces_.
And to say truth, in the Month of _August_, _Mars_ was in the Sign
of _Scorpio_; upon the 23 of _September_, he entred into that of
_Sagitarius_; the third of _November_, into that of _Capricornus_; the
12th of _December_ into that of _Aquarius_; and the year following,
_viz._ 1556. into that of _Pisces_; so that _Mars_ was returning into
_Pisces_, which is the end of its particular motion.
By this Astrological and Historical discourse we correct the Vulgar
impression, which putteth turning from _Pisces_, _Mars_, in stead of
which, we put, turning to _Pisces_, _Mars_, which we do by changing
only _from_, into _to_, and sheweth us how careful we ought to be in
the explication of these Stanza’s, when the time is prefixed to us by
Astronomical calculations.
The Authors Phrase doth confirm us in this correction, when he useth this
word _turning_, which signifieth the motion that tendeth towards its end,
and not the motion that cometh from its end.
XLIX.
French.
Les conseillers du premier Monopole,
Les Conquerans seduits par la _Melite_,
_Rhodes_, _Bisance_ pour leur exposant pole,
Terre faudra les pour-suivans de fuite.
English.
The advisers of the first Monopoly,
The Conquerors seduced by the _Melite_,
_Rhodes_, _Bizance_, for exposing their Pole,
The ground shall fail the followers of runaways.
ANNOT.
All the difficulty of this lieth in the signification of the word _Pole_,
which in Greek signifieth a City. The word _Monopoly_ is Vulgar, and
signifieth when one or few would engross all the Trade of a Town. The
rest is so obscure, that I had rather leave it to the liberty of the
Reader, than break my Brains about it, considering chiefly that I am
going to bed, the precedent Stanza having exhausted all my Spirits, and
so farewell till to morrow.
L.
French.
Quand ceux d’_Hainault_, de _Gand_, & de _Bruxelles_,
Verront a _Langres_ le Siege devant mis,
Derrier leur flancs seront guerres cruelles,
La playe antique sera pis qu’Ennemis.
English.
When these of _Hainault_, of _Gand_, and of _Bruxelles_,
Shall see the Siege laid before _Langres_,
Behind their sides shall be cruel Wars,
The old wound shall be worse then Enemies.
ANNOT.
_Hainault_ is a Province of the Low-Countries, and _Gand_ the chief
Town in _Flanders_, and _Bruxelles_ the chief Town of the Dukedome of
_Brabant_.
_Langres_ is a City in _France_, in the Province of _Champagne_, which is
called the Maiden Town; because it was never besieged. The rest is easie.
LI.
French.
Le sang du juste a _Londres_ fera faute,
Bruslez par feu de vingt & trois les Six,
La Dame antique cherra de place haute,
De mesme secte plusieurs seront occis.
English.
The blood of the just shall be wanting in _London_,
Burnt by fire of three and twenty, the Six,
The antient Dame shall fall from her high place,
Of the same Sect many shall be killed.
ANNOT.
Leaving unto the impartial Reader his liberty to judge of this Prophecy,
we for our part understand by it the impious and execrable murder,
committed upon the person of our last most gracious Sovereign King
_Charles_ I. of blessed memory, to whose expiation it seemeth our Author
attributeth the conflagration of _London_. By that proportion _of three
and twenty, the Six_, is to be understood the number of Houses and
Buildings that were burnt, which is about the proportion of three in
four, and cometh near to the computation, as also by that _three twenties
and Six_, may be understood the year 66. _By the antient Dame that shall
fall from the high place_, is understood the Cathedral Church of St.
_Paul_, which in the time of Paganism was dedicated to _Diana_, meant
here by the title of an antient Dame, the _fall from her high place_,
hath relation both to the sumptuousness and height of her building, as
also to her situation, which is in the most eminent place of the City.
By this Verse, _Of the same Sect many shall be killed_, is signified the
great number of other Churches even the number of 87 (which he intimateth
here by the name of the same Sect), that should be involved in the same
woful conflagration.
LII.
French.
Dans plusieurs nuits la Terre tremblera,
Sur le printemps deux efforts feront suitte,
_Corinthe_, _Ephese_ aux deux Mers nagera,
Guerre sesmeut par deux vaillants de Luitte.
English.
During many nights the Earth shall quake,
About the Spring two great Earth-quakes shall follow one another,
_Corinth_, _Ephesus_ shall swim in the two Seas,
War shall be moved by two great Wrestlers.
ANNOT.
_Corinth_ is a City of _Grecia_ and _Ephesus_ one of _Asia_; the rest is
plain.
LIII.
French.
Le grande Peste de cité maritime,
Ne cessera que Mort ne soit vengée,
Du juste sang par prix damné sans crime,
De la grande Dame par feinte noutragée.
English.
The great Plague of the Maritime City,
Shall not cease till the death be revenged
Of the just blood by price condemned without crime,
Of the great Dame not fainedly abused.
ANNOT.
This is a confirmation of the LI. Stanza and foretelleth the great Plague
we have had here in the year 1665. which he saith shall not cease till
the death of the Just blood, meaning King _Charles_ the I. be avenged who
was as is here expressed, condemned without crime, and sold for a Price.
By the great Dame unfainedly abused, he meaneth the sumptuous Cathedral
of St. _Paul_, which was polluted and made a Stable by those prophane
wretches.
LIV.
French.
Par gent estrange & Nation lointaine,
Leur grand Cité, apres eau fort troublée,
Fille sans trop different de domaine,
Prins chef, serreure, navoir esté riblée.
English.
By a strange people and remote Nation,
The great City near the water shall be much troubled,
The Girl without great difference for a portion,
Shall take the Captain, the Lock having not been pickt.
ANNOT.
In the explication of this mystical Stanza, I believe every body may be
as wise as I.
LV.
French.
Dans le conflit le grand qui peu valoit,
A son dernier fera cas merveilleux,
Pendant qu’_Adrie_ verra ce qu’il failloit,
Dans le Banquet poignarde l’orgueilleux.
English.
In the fight the great one who was but little worth,
At his last endeavour shall do a wonderful thing.
While _Adria_ shall see what was wanting,
In the Banquet he shall stabb the proud one.
ANNOT.
This is concerning some eminent person, who having shewed no great valour
in a Battle, shall nevertheless in a Banquet be so bold as to stab a
person of quality, that was proud.
This accident must happen somewhere about _Venice_, because he saith that
_Adria_, which is taken for _Venice_ shall look on.
LVI.
French.
Que Peste & Glaive n’a sceu definer,
Mort dans les pluies, sommet du Ciel frappé,
L’Abbé mourra quand verra ruiner,
Ceux du Naufrage, l’Escueil voulant graper.
English.
He whom neither Plague, nor Sword could destroy,
Shall die in the Rain being stricken with Thunder,
The Abbot shall die when he shall see ruined,
Those in the Shipwrack, striving to catch hold of the Rock.
ANNOT.
There is two accidents contained in this Stanza, the first is in the
two first Verses, where he saith that some considerable person, who had
escaped the Sword, and the Plague shall be strucken by the Thunder, and
die in a great showr of Rain.
The second is, in the two last Verses, where he saith, an Abbot shall
perish by Shipwrack, thinking to save himself by holding the Rock.
LVII.
French.
Avant conflit le grand tombera,
Le grand a mort trop subite & plainte,
Nay miparfait, la plus part nagera,
Aupres du Fleuve, de sang la Terre teinte.
English.
Before the Battle the great one shall fall,
The great one to death too sudden and bewailed;
One shall be born half perfect, the most part shall swim,
Near the River the Earth shall be dyed with blood.
ANNOT.
The words are plain enough, but of the sense every one may think what he
pleaseth.
LVIII.
French.
Sans pied ne main, dent aigue, & forte.
Par Globe au fort de Port & laisne nay,
Pres du portail, desloial le transporte,
_Seline_ luit, petit grand emmené.
English.
Without foot or hand, sharp and strong tooth,
By a Globe, in the middle of the Port, and the first born,
Near the Gate shall be transported by a Traitor,
_Seline_ shineth, the little great one carried away.
ANNOT.
The sense of the whole is this, that an Infant begot by some person of
quality shall be exposed in the night time, the Moon Shining, which he
calleth _Seline_, from the Greek word σεληνη, which signifieth the Moon.
LIX.
French.
Classe _Gauloise_ par appuy de grand Garde,
Du grand _Neptune_ & ses tridens Soldats,
Ronger _Provence_ pour soustenir grand bande,
Plus _Mars_, _Narbon_, par Javelots & Dards.
English.
The _French_ Fleet by the help of the great Guard,
Of great _Neptune_ and his Tridentary Soldiers
Shall gnaw _Provence_ by keeping great company,
Besides, _Mars_ shall plague _Narbon_ by Javelins and Darts.
ANNOT.
Here be two things designed in this Stanza one is concerning _Provence_,
which shall be eaten up by Soldiers, and the other concerning the City
of _Narbon_, which shall be Besieged, or the Citizens fall out among
themselves.
LX.
French.
La foy Punique en Orient rompue,
Grand _Jud._ & _Rhosne_, _Loire_ & _Tag_ changeront,
Quand du Mulet la faim sera repeue,
Classe espargie, Sang & Corps nageront.
English.
The punick faith broken in the East,
Great _Jud._ and _Rhosne_, _Loire_ and _Tag._ shall be changed,
When the Mules hunger shall be satisfied,
The Fleet scattered, Blood and Bodies shall swim.
ANNOT.
The Punick Faith in Latine _Punica fides_, a false Faith, was so
called from the _Carthaginians_, called in Latine _Pæni_, which was an
unfaithful Nation.
I do not know what he meaneth by great _Jud._ as for _Rhosne_, _Loire_
and _Tag_, they are three Rivers, the two first in _France_, the last is
the River of _Lisbone_ called in Latine _Tagus_. The rest is easie.
LXI.
French.
_Agen_, _Tonneins_, _Gironde_ & la _Rochelle_,
O sang _Troien_ mort au Port de la fleche,
Derrier le Fleuve au Fort mise leschelle,
Pointes, feu, grand meurtre sur la bresche.
English.
_Agen_, _Tonneins_, _Gironde_ and _Rochelle_,
O _Trojan_ blood death is at the harbour of the Arrow,
Beyond the River the Ladder shall be raised against the Fort,
Points, fire, great murder upon the breach.
ANNOT.
_Agen_ and _Tonneins_ are two Towns in _Gascony_, _Gironde_ is a River
that passeth in that Countrey, the sense therefore of the whole is, that
there shall be great Wars, and fightings in those Towns, as also upon
that River, which happened in the time of the civil Wars in _France_, as
every body may read in the _Annals_, and also in the Commentaries of the
Lord of _Monluck_.
LXII.
French.
_Mabus_ puis tost alors mourra, viendra,
Des gens & bestes un horrible desfaite,
Puis tout a coup la vengeance on verra,
Sang, Main, Soif, Faim, quand courra la Comete.
English.
_Mabus_ shall come, and soon after shall die,
Of people and beasts shall be an horrible destruction,
Then on a sudden the vengeance shall be seen,
Blood, Hand, Thirst, Famine, when the Comet shall run.
ANNOT.
Here is nothing hard but who should be this _Mabus_, at last I found by
transposition of Letters that he meaneth _Ambus_, which was the name of
the Heades man that beheaded the Duke of _Montmorency_ at _Thoulouse_,
how miraculous therefore appeareth our Author, who did not only foretell
general things, but also particular accidents, even the names of the
persons that were to be born a hundred years after.
LXIII.
French.
_Gaulois_, _Ausone_ bien peu subiuguera,
_Pau_, _Marne_ & _Seine_ fera _Perme l’Vrie_,
Qui le grand Mur contre eux dressera,
Du moindre au Mur le grand perdra la vie.
English.
The _French_ shall a little subdue _Ausonne_,
_Pau_, _Marne_, and _Seine_ shall make _Perme l’Urie_,
Which shall raise a great Wall against them,
From the less to the Wall the great one shall loose his life.
ANNOT.
_Ausonne_ is always taken by the Author for the City of _Bordeaux_,
because _Ausonius_ a famous Latine Poet was born there, the rest is so
obscure, and the text so corrupted, that I had rather leave it to the
liberty of the Reader, then to become ridiculous, by not acknowledging my
ignorance.
LXIV.
French.
Seicher de faim, de soif, gent _Genevoise_,
Espoir prochain viendra au defaillir,
Sur point tremblant sera Loy _Gebenoise_,
Classe au grand Port ne se peut accueillir.
English.
Those of _Geneva_ shall be dried up with hunger and thirst,
A near hope shall come when they shall be fainting,
The _Gebenna_ Law shall be upon a quaking point,
The Navy shall not be capable to come into the Port.
ANNOT.
Here you must observe that _Gebenna_ in Latine signifieth _Geneva_, and
therefore this whole Stanza is concerning the City of _Geneva_.
LXV.
French.
Le park enclin grande calamité,
Par l’_Hesperie_ & _Insubre_ sera,
Le Feu en Nef, Peste, & Captivité,
_Mercure_ en l’_Ar_, _Saturn_ fenera.
English.
The Park enclineth to great calamity,
Which shall be through _Hesperia_ and _Insubria_,
The Fire in the Ship, Plague, and Captivity,
_Mercury_ in _Aries_, _Saturn_ shall wither.
ANNOT.
Though the words be plain, nevertheless the sense is very obscure, and
chiefly as I suppose by the faults of the impression, all what I can tell
you here, is, that _Hesperia_ in Latine, is _Spain_, and _Insubria_, is
_Savoy_.
LXVI.
French.
Par grand dangers le Captif eschapé,
Peu de temps grand a fortune changée,
Dans le Palais le peuple est attrapé,
Par bonne augure la Cité assiegée.
English.
The Prisoner escaped through great danger,
A little while after shall become great, his fortune being changed,
In the Palace the people shall be caught,
And by a good Sign the City shall be besieged.
ANNOT.
All this is plain, both in the words and the Sense.
LXVII.
French.
Le blond au nez forche viendra commettre,
Par le Duel & chassera dehors,
Les exiles dedans fera remettre,
Aux lieux marins commettans les plus forts.
English.
The fair one shall fight with the forked Nose,
In Duel, and expel him out,
He shall re-establish the banished,
Putting the stronger of them in Maritine places.
ANNOT.
Both the Sense and the words are plain.
LXVIII.
French.
De l’Aquilon les efforts seront grands,
Sur l’Occean sera la Porte ouverte,
Le Regne en l’Isle sera re-integrand,
Tremblera _Londres_ par voiles descouvertes.
English.
The endevours of the North shall be great,
Upon the Ocean the gate shall be open,
The Kingdom in the Island shall be re-established,
_London_ shall quake, for fear of Sails discovered.
ANNOT.
This is a very remarkable one, which hath been fulfilled since the happy
restauration of his sacred Majesty King _Charles_ II. now Reigning: For
the endevours of the North, (_viz._ the _Dutch_) have been very great.
The _ocean_; like a _gate_, hath been open to all kind of Armies, to play
their pranks upon. His Majesty, and Kingdom, have been happily restored.
LXIX.
French.
Le Roy _Gaulois_ par la Celtique dextre,
Voiant discorde de la grand Monarchie,
Sur les trois parts fera fleurir son Sceptre,
Contre la Cappe de la grand Hierarchie.
English.
The _French_ King, by the Low-Countreys right hand,
Seeing the discord of the great Monarchy,
Upon three parts of it, will make his Scepter to flourish,
Against the Cap of the great Hierarchy.
ANNOT.
This signifieth, that the _French_ King, through the discord that is in
the _Spanish_ Monarchy, shall cause his _Scepter to flourish_ upon three
parts of the _Netherlands_; notwithstanding the assistance of the King of
_Spain_, who is called here _the Cap of the great Hierarchy_; that is,
the great defender of the Popedom and Popery.
LXX.
French.
Le Dard du Ciel fera son estendue,
Morts en parlant, grande execution,
La pierre en larbre la fiere gent rendue,
Brait Humain, Monstre purge expiation.
English.
The Dart of Heaven shall make his circuit,
Some die speaking, a great execution,
The stone in the tree, the fierce people humbled,
Humane noise, a Monster purged by expiation.
ANNOT.
All this Stanza signifieth nothing but a fearful Thunder and Lightning,
called here, _the Dart of Heaven_, that shall do a great deal of
mischief; for as he saith, _some shall die speaking_, there shall be
_a great execution_, the _Thunderbolt_ shall stick in the _Tree_,
_the people that was fierce, shall be humbled, and a Monster purged by
expiation_, that some notorious wicked person shall be consumed by that
Cœlestial fire.
LXXI.
French.
Les exiles en _Sicile_ viendront,
Pour delivrer de faim la gent estrange,
Au point du jour les _Celtes_ luy faudront,
La vie demeure a raison Roy se range.
English.
The banished persons shall come into _Sicily_,
To free the forrain Nation from hunger,
In the dawning of the day the _Celtes_ shall fail them,
Their Life shall be preserved, the King shall submit to reason.
ANNOT.
It is hard to judge what he meaneth by that _Forreign Nation_, which
shall be relieved in _Sicily_, by the banished, nor what _King_ is that
which _shall submit to reason_; let it be left to every body’s private
judgement.
LXXII.
French.
Armée _Celtique_ en _Italie_ vexée,
De toutes partes conflit & grande perte,
_Romains_ fuis O _Gaule_ repoulsée,
Pres du _Thesin_, _Rubicon_ pugne incerte.
English.
The _French_ Army shall be vexed in _Italy_,
On all sides fighting, and great loss,
The _Romans_ run away, and thou _France_ repulsed,
Near the _Thesin_, by _Rubicon_ the fight shall be doubtful.
ANNOT.
A _French_ Army shall be distressed, if not destroyed in _Italy_. The
_Romans_, that is, those under the Pope, that shall take their part,
shall be put to flight, and this battle shall be fought by the River
_Thesin_. Another shall be fought by the River _Rubicon_, whose event
shall be doubtful, that is to say, it shall hardly be known who got the
victory.
LXXIII.
French.
Au Lac _Fucin_ de _Benacle_ Rivage,
Pres du _Leman_ au port de _Lorguion_,
Nay de trois Bras prædit Bellique Image,
Par trois courones au grand _Endymion_.
English.
At the _Fucin_ Lake of the _Benacle_ Shore,
Near the _Leman_, at the Port of _Lorguion_,
Born with three Arms, a Warlike Image,
By three Crowns to the great _Endimion_.
ANNOT.