Shall be born a great one, though too late come,
Who shall defend the _Polonians_ and _Hungarians_,
So that it shall not be known what is become of him.
ANNOT.
This is plain.
LIX.
French.
_Barbare_ Empire par le tiers usurpé,
La plus grand part de son sang mettre amort,
Par mort senicle par luy quart frappé,
Pour peur que sang par le sang ne soit mort.
English.
A _Barbarian_ Empire shall be usurped by a third person,
Who shall put to death the greatest part of his Kindred,
By death of old age, the fourth shall be stricken by him,
For fear that blood should not die by blood.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses are plain, I acknowledge my Ignorance in the last
two.
LX.
French.
Par toute _Asia_ grande proscription,
Mesme en _Mysie_, _Lydie_, & _Pamphilie_,
Sang versera par dissolution,
D’un jeune noir remply de felonie.
English.
Through all _Asia_ shall be a great proscription,
Yea in _Mysia_, _Lydia_, and _Pamphilia_,
Blood shall be spilled by the debauchness
Of a young black man, full of felony.
ANNOT.
_Mysia_, _Lydia_, and _Pamphilia_, are Countreys of _Asia_.
LXI.
French.
La grande bande & secte Crucigere,
Se dressera en _Mesopotamie_,
Du proche Fleuve compagnie legere,
Qui telle Loy tiendra pour ennemie.
English.
The great troop and sect wearing a Cross,
Shall rise up in _Mesopotamia_,
Near the next River shall be a light company,
Which shall hold that law for enemy.
ANNOT.
It is an Army of Christians (be like _Armenians_) that shall rise in
_Mesopotamia_ against whom shall an Army of Turkish Horseman come, who
did live by the next River.
LXII.
French.
Proche del _Duero_ par Mer _Cyrene_ close,
Viendra percer les grands Monts _Pyrenees_,
La main plus courte & sa percée gloses
A _Carcasonne_ conduira ses menées.
English.
Near the _Duero_ closed by the _Cyrenian_ Sea,
Shall come to pierce the great _Pyrenean_ Mountains,
The shorter hand and his pierced glose,
Shall in _Carcassone_ lead his plot.
ANNOT.
The _Cyrenian_ Sea, is that Sea which is by the Province of _Cyrene_. The
_Pyrenean_ Mountains part _Spain_ from _France_. _Carcassonne_ is a Town
in _France_ near unto _Spain_. The rest passeth my understanding.
LXIII.
French.
_Romain_ pouvoir sera du tout a bas,
Son grand Voisin imiter les vestiges,
Occultes haines civiles, & debats,
Retarderont aux boufons leur folies.
English.
The _Roman_ power shall be quite put down,
His great Neighbour shall follow his steps,
Secret and civil hatreds and quarrels,
Shall stop the Buffons folly.
ANNOT.
The first Verse signifieth, that the _Pope_’s Authority shall be put down.
The second, that his great neighbour, that is the Empire shall follow his
steps, that is, be put down too. The two last Verses are plain.
LXIV.
French.
Le Chef de _Perse_ remplira grand _Olchade_,
Classe trireme contre gent _Mahometique_,
De _Parthe_ & _Mede_ & piller les _Cyclades_,
Repos long temps au grand Port _Jonique_.
English.
The Head of _Persia_ shall fill a great _Olchade_,
A Fleet of Galleys against the _Mahometan_ Nation,
From _Parthia_ and _Media_ they shall come to plunder the _Cyclades_,
A long rest shall be on the _Jonique_ Port.
ANNOT.
I could not find what he meaneth by _Olchade_. The second Verse is plain.
_Parthia_ and _Media_ are two Kingdoms depending from that of _Persia_.
The Islands of _Cyclades_ are in the _Ægean_ Sea, and are so called
because they are like a Garment about the City of _Delos_, for κυκλας in
Greek signifieth a round garment of a woman.
The _Jonique_ Sea is that Sea in _Grecia_, which is about _Athens_ and
_Corinth_, &c.
LXV.
French.
Quand le Sepulchre du grand _Romain_ trouvé,
Le jour apres sera esleu Pontife,
Du Senat gueres il ne sera prouvé,
Empoisonné, son sang au Sacre _Scyphe_.
English.
When the Sepulcher of the great _Roman_ shall be found,
The next day after a Pope shall be elected,
Who shall not be much approved by the Senate,
Poisoned, his blood in the Sacred _Scyphe_.
ANNOT.
This seemeth to foretel the finding out of the Sepulcher of some famous
_Roman_, and that the next day after a _Pope_ shall be Elected, who being
not well approved of by the Conclave, shall be poisoned in the Chalice,
which is the Communion Cup that the Roman Catholicks use at _Mass_,
signified here by the Latine word _Scyphus_.
LXVI.
French.
Le grand Baillif d’_Orleans_ mis a mort.
Sera par un de sang vindicatif,
De mort merite ne mourra, ne par sort,
Des pieds & mains mal, le faisoit captif.
English.
The great Bailif of _Orleans_ shall be put to death,
By one of a revengeful blood,
He shall not die of a deserved death, nor by chance,
But the disease of being tied hand and foot, hath made him prisoner.
ANNOT.
The Bailif of _Orleans_ is a great Officer, for he is there Lord Chief
Justice, and of all the precincts. It seemeth that this man shall be put
to death, by one of a revengeful blood, not that he had deserved it, or
come to it by chance, but because he shall be tied hand and foot, and die
in prison.
LXVII.
French.
Une nouvelle Secte de Philosophes,
Mesprisant mort, or, honneurs & richesses,
Des Monts _Germains_ seront fort limitrophes,
A les ensuivre auront appuy & presses.
English.
A new Sect of Philosophers shall rise,
Despising Death, Gold, Honours and Riches,
They shall be near the Mountains of _Germany_,
They shall have abundance of others to support and follow them.
ANNOT.
This is properly said of the Anabaptists in _Germany_, in the time of
_John de Leyden_, and now of the Quakers in _England_, and elsewhere.
LXVIII.
French.
Peuple sans Chef d’_Espagne_ & d’_Italie_,
Morts, profligez dedans le _Cheronese_,
Leur dict trahy par legere folie,
Le sang nager per tout a la traverse.
English.
A people of _Spain_ and _Italy_ without a Head,
Shall die, being overcome in the _Cheronese_,
Their saying shall be betrayed by a light folly,
The blood shall swim all over at random.
ANNOT.
_Cheronese_ is a Land or ground unmanured; the rest is plain.
LXIX.
French.
Grand exercite conduit par jouvenceau,
Se viendra rendre aux mains des ennemis,
Mais le vieillard nay au demy pourceau,
Fera _Chalon_ & _Mascon_ estre amis.
English.
A great Army led by a young man,
Shall yield it self in the hands of the enemies,
But the old man born at the sign of the halfe-Hog,
Shall cause _Chalon_ and _Mascon_ to be friends.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses are plain; as for the third Verse, I could not find
who that _Old man_ should be, that shall be born at the sign of the
_half-Hog_.
_Chalon_ and _Mascon_ are two Cities in _France_, the first in
_Champagne_, the last in _Burgundy_.
LXX.
French.
La grand _Bretagne_ comprise d’_Angleterre_,
Viendra par eaux si haut a inondre,
La Ligue nevue d’_Ausone_ fera gerre,
Que contre eux ils se viendront bander.
English.
Great _Britany_ comprehended in _England_,
Shall suffer so great an Inundation by Waters,
The new League of _Ausone_ shall make Wars,
So that they shall stand against them.
ANNOT.
This Prophecie is divided in two parts. The first two Verses foretel a
great Innundation, that was to happen in _England_.
The last two speak of a league and insurrection, that shall be at
_Bordeaux_, which is here called _Ausone_, from a famous Latine Poet,
named _Ausonius_, who was born in that City.
As to the first part, after much seeking and enquiry: I found the truth
of it in a Latine book, called _Rerum in Gallia, Belgia, Hispania,
Anglia, &c. gestarum anno 1607. Tomi septimi Liber secundus conscriptus a
~Nicolao Gotardo~ Artus Dantiscano_, where the History is related thus.
About the end of _January_ 1607 the Sea broke out so violently in
_England_, that after the breaking of Fences and Dikes, it caused very
great damages to the Inhabitants. The greatest mischief was done in
_Somersetshire_, where the water did overflow, ten Leagues in length,
and two in breadth, twelve foot high in the most eminent places. This
sudden Innundation brought a fearful alarm to the Countrey people; some
of them going to their Plough, were fained to run back to their houses,
where they found their enemies at their doors, _viz._ Death and Water,
who without distinction swept them away. In a little time, the Towns
appeared like Islands, encompassed on all sides, and presently after
were swallowed up, so that the tops of the Trees were scarce seen. This
new Flood covered so the Towns of _Hansfield_, in the same County, those
of _Grantham_, _Kenhus_, _Kingston_, and _Briandon_, with several Farms
built in the Champion Countrey, that none of the Buildings could be seen.
If you add to this the devastation of the places, the quantity of Corn,
Fruit, and Grass that was lost, the misery shall be so great, as not to
be expressed. During this fearful quarrel between the Water and the Land,
an exceeding great number of people died of all Ages, and Sexes, it would
avail them nothing to get into the upper Stories and Roofs of houses,
nor upon the highest Trees; for the imperious Waters did so swell and
rage, that the Foundations of the houses, and roots of the Trees were
loosened, so that both fell to the Ground, or rather into the Water. The
people seeing no way to escape, resolved to die patiently. No body could
without great grief see the Oxen and Sheep drowning; for there was such a
numerous quantity of them, that afar off one would have thought them to
be Rocks in the Sea, but seeing them swiming, and hearing them bleating
and bellowing, one would have thought them to be a storm and hissing of
winds. A rich Farmer, and father of seven Children, being involved in the
Flood, and much astonished at this accident, nevertheless thinking the
danger less then it was, went about to save some of his best Goods; but
seeing the Waters to increase, he forsook all, and went to save one of
his Children, whom he loved best; but the Waters followed him so close,
that all he could do, was to get upon the Roof of his house. Among the
Children there was a little one sleeping in a Cradle, which being made of
close boards, did swim upon the Waters about three Miles, and was taken
up alive, and sound. The Hay-cocks did swim like Ships upon the Waves,
the Pigeons and Pigs were upon the Sheaves that the Water carried away.
The Coneys being driven out of their holes, had leapt upon the backs of
the swiming Sheep. A certain Shepheard being about to gather his Sheep
into their Fold, was followed by the Flood, ran for his life, and climbed
upon a high Tree, where seeing his Sheep bleating in the water, he began
to tear his hair, to smite his breast, to lift up his hands and his eyes
to Heaven, and when his Sheep had all perished, and himself endured an
extream cold and hunger, he was at last taken up in a Boat that was sent
to save the distressed.
But here we must talk of _Bristol_, which is one of the chiefest Cities
in _England_, by reason of the Haven, which bringeth thither abundance of
Merchants, from several Nations. The same day of that Inundation, the Sea
breaking into a great Channel, did presently overflow the Countrey with
such quickness and violence, that it covered the Valleys, and the smaller
Hills, in so much that nothing but an utter ruine was expected; many
whole houses were turned upside down, and carried away with the Flood.
The Barns full of Corn, Hay, and Straw, were overthrown, and the Cattle
carried away, besides abundance of people of all sorts. The Merchants
of _London_ and _Bristol_, and the rest of the Inhabitants, besides the
loss of Provisions, suffered an inestimable one in their Commodities,
which they had provided for the Fair, that was then near hand, the most
part of them being carryed away by the Flood, and the rest so spoiled,
that the owners could not tell what to do with them. A Gentleman dwelling
between _Barnstable_ and _Bristol_, and two Leagues off from the Sea,
being gone abroad in the Morning to oversee his grounds, did look towards
the Sea, ran back again to his house, to bring this sad news to his Wife
and Servants, while they were endeavouring to pack up the most precious
of their Goods, the Water came about the house so fast, that they altered
their resolution, and bethought themselves only to save their lives;
the servants busied themselves about tying the Goods together, thinking
the Water could not have carryed them away. As for the Gentleman, he
went with his Wife and Children to the top of the house, and got upon
the rafters of the Roof. Although nothing appeared to them but the
Image of death; nevertheless some hope and desire of escaping, made
the Gentleman come down to save a little Trunk, wherein his papers of
greatest concernment were. Being come down from the Rafter, he laid hold
of the Trunk, and fastened it to a Manger; while he was busie about it,
the Waves of the Sea did so beat against that house, that it fell down
to the Ground. The Wife, Children, and Servants were swallowed up in the
ruine. The Gentleman laid hold on a Rafter, and was carryed away with it
above half a League further, to a Mountain, where he set his foot upon
dry Ground, being half dead with fear and grief, and bewailing the loss
of his Wife, Children, and Servants, he spyed the little Trunk and the
Manger, which he drew to Land, and that was all he saved, besides his
Life.
Another Gentleman living thereabouts, and newly married, was resolved
that day to go to the next Town, and make merry with some friends,
whereupon he bid his man make his Horse ready, and himself went to put on
his Boots; after he had put on one, and whilst he held the other in his
hand, the Waters came so fiercely into that house, that they compelled
the half Booted Gentleman to run away for his life, in an upper Chamber,
but he was followed so close by that merciless Element, that he was
fained to get upon the top of the Roof, to save his life, and to ride
upon the upper Rafter, but the house and Roof melting by the violence of
the Waves, this new Knight was carryed by the violence of them towards
the Town where he intended to make merry, and there was saved with much
adoe.
It happened at the same time near _Markand_, in the Dutchy of _Norfolk_,
that two Thieves, going about to steal some Cattle, while they were
driving of them, perceived in the Morning the Justice of God following
them; it was the Water, which having overtopped the Dikes, threatned the
takers of being taken, and compelled them to save themselves with all
speed. From their wickedness did arise a great good; for to the next Town
they went, and bid the Sexton to Ring the Bell, and to cry Water, Water:
The Inhabitants being for the most part asleep, did not know what to do
in such an Alarm: Some climbed into the Church’s Steeple; others thinking
there were Thieves went about to fence and defend their houses; others
hearing of a Flood, laughed at it, and said, that those who brought
this News, deserved to be punished; but presently they altered their
Languages, and their laughing was turned into a fearful mourning, every
one flying to save himself, his Wife, and Children, and whatsoever they
could pack up of their most precious Goods. Some thinking to have more
wit than others, went about to divert the Current of the Water from their
houses; but seeing there was no remedy, they went with their Wives and
Children to the tops of their houses, in a lamentable fright.
But when the Water came to seize upon the houses, wherein there were some
Playing, some Drinking, others already Drunken, a great part of them were
drowned, others ran to a Hill near the Town, where they spent the rest of
that night, and the day following with great lamentations.
The next day they saw their houses half under Water, and many people,
who from the windows and Steeples cryed for help; others endeavoured to
save themselves upon Boards and Rafters; the Horses tyed to the Manger
were all suffocated. The Cattle in the fields, were by this time driven
to the Mount called _Truhill_, and for all that, were not out of danger;
for the Mountain was encompassed with Water to such a heighth and depth,
that without Boats there was no access to it; chiefly because of the
Thickets and Bushes. Thus so much Cattle was about to perish, had not
some Shepherds brought Boats loaded with provisions for Men and Beasts,
till the Waters retired again, and the Dikes were made good.
LXXI.
French.
Ceux dans les Isles de long temps assiegez,
Prendront vigueur force contre ennemis,
Ceux par dehors morts de faim profligez,
En plus grand faim que jamais seront mis.
English.
Those in the Islands that have been long besieged,
Shall take vigour and force against their enemies,
Those without shall die for hunger; being overcome,
They shall be put in greater famine then they were before.
ANNOT.
This Prophecy came to pass when the _Spaniards_ Besieged _Leyden_ in
_Holland_, for the _Dutch_ broke the Dikes, whereby the water came upon
them so fast, that they were more besieged and starved then those of the
Town, and their Army wholly destroyed. Read Cardinal _Bentivoglios_ his
History of the _Low-Countreys_, as also _Strada_.
LXXII.
French.
Le bon Vieillard tout vis Ensevely,
Prez du grand Fleuve par faux soupcon,
Le nouveaux vieux de richesse ennobly,
Prins en chemin tout l’or de la Rancon.
English.
The good old man shall be buried alive,
Near the great River by a false suspicion,
The new old one made noble by his riches,
The gold of his ransom shall be taken in the way.
ANNOT.
This Prophecy is divided into two parts: the two first Verses are
concerning an old man that shall be buried alive near a great River, upon
a false suspition.
The latter two are concerning a young man, who shall assume unto himself
the name of a noble Family, and so make himself noble by his riches, but
being afterward taken prisoner, the money that was sent for his Ransom,
shall be taken in the way.
LXXIII.
French.
Quand dans le Regne parviendra le boiteux,
Competiteur aura proche Bastard,
Luy & le Regne viendront si fort rogneux,
Qu’ains quil guerisse son fait sera bien tard.
English.
When the lame man shall attain to the Kingdom,
He shall have a Bastard for his near competitor,
He, and his Kingdom shall be so scabby,
That before he be cured it will be late.
ANNOT.
The words and the sense are plain.
LXXIV.
French.
_Naples_, _Florence_, _Fayence_ & _Imole_,
Seront en termes de telle fascherie,
Que pour complaire au malheureux de _Nole_,
Plaint d’avoir fait a son Chef moquerie.
English.
_Naples_, _Florence_, _Fayenza_, and _Imola_,
Shall be put into so much distress,
For being complaisant to the unhappy one of _Nola_,
Who was complained of for having mocked his Superiour.
ANNOT.
_Naples_, _Florence_, _Fayenza_, _Imola_ and _Nola_ are all Cities in
_Italy_; the rest is plain.
LXXV.
French.
_Pau_, _Verone_, _Vicence_, _Saragousse_,
De Glaive atteints, Terroirs de sang humides,
Peste si grande viendra a la grand gousse,
Proche secours & bien long les remedes.
English.
_Pau_, _Verona_, _Vicenza_, _Saragossa_,
Shall be hit by the Sword, the Countrey shall be moist with blood,
So great a plague and so vehement shall come,
That though the succours be near, the remedy shall be far off.
ANNOT.
By _Pau_ here are understood the Towns that are seated upon that River.
_Verona_, _Vicenza_, are two Cities in _Italy_, belonging to the
_Venetians_. _Saragossa_ is a City in _Sicily_.
LXXVI.
French.
En _Germanie_ naistront diverses Sectes,
Saprochant sort de l’heureux _Paganisme_,
Le cœur captif & petites receptes,
Feront retour a payer le vray disme.
English.
In _Germany_ shall divers Sects arise,
Coming very near the happy _Paganism_,
The heart captivated and small receivings,
Shall open the gate to pay the true Tithes.
ANNOT.
The first and second Verses have been verified sufficiently.
By the two last Verses, he meaneth that the heart of everyone shall be
in fear, so that they shall come to an agreement, which the true Tithes
shall be paid, and every one come to his own again.
LXXVII.
French.
Le tiers climat soubs _Aries_ comprins,
L’An mil sept cens vingt sept en _Octobre_,
Le Roy de _Perse_ par ceux d’_Ægypte_ prins,
Conflict, mort, perte, a la Croix grand opprobre.
English.
The third Climat comprehended under _Aries_,
In the year 1700. the twenty seven of _October_,
The King of _Persia_ shall be taken by those of _Ægypt_,
Battle, death, loss, a great shame to the Christians.
ANNOT.
Here be three notable things to be observed: one is the plain and
punctual specification of the time, in which the Prophecy shall come to
pass, _viz._ the 7. of _October_ in the year 1700. The second is, that
the King of _Persia_ shall be taken by those of _Ægypt_. The third is,
the shame and confusion that the Christians shall suffer for the same.
LXXVIII.
French.
Le Chef d’_Escosse_ avec six d’_Allemagne_,
Par gents de mer Orientaux captif,
Traverseront le _Calpre_ & _Espagne_,
Present en _Perse_ au nouveau Roy craintif.
English.
The Chief of _Scotland_ with six of _Germany_,
Shall be taken prisoners by Seamen of the East,
They shall go through the _Calpre_ and _Spain_,
And shall be made a present in _Persia_ to the new fearful King.
ANNOT.
By the _Calpre_ is understood the _Capzor_ promontory, which is at the
mouth of the _Streights_, by and beyond which these Prisoners will be
carried into _Persia_ for a present to the King, who then shall be some
fearful person.
LXXIX.
French.
Le grand criard sans honte audacieux,
Sera esleu Governeur le d’Armée,
La hardiesse de son contentieux,
Le pont rompu, Cité de peur pasmée.
English.
The great bawler proud without shame,
Shall be elected Governour of the Army,
The stoutness of his Competitor,
The Bridge being broken, the City shall faint for fear.
ANNOT.
_Paradin_ saith, that in the year 1558. the Lord of _Bonnivet_ being
dead, the King of _France_ did chuse _Francis_ of _Vendosme_, _Vidame_ of
_Amiens_, to succeed the said _Bonnivet_, in the Office of Colonel of the
_French_ Foot. This _Vidame_ is noted by all Historians, for a rash proud
man, that had a good opinion of himself, and found fault with all the
commands of the Marshal of _Brissac_, then General of the Army.
The King in consideration of his Birth, and that he was a good Souldier,
gave him the place of the Lord _Bonnivet_, according to what the Author
saith, _The great Bawler, ~&c.~ shall be elected Governour in the Army_.
If you ask in what Army he was elected Governour, the third Verse
answereth, _in the Army of his Competitor_, that is, the Marshal of
_Brissac_, who did chide him severely for disobeying his commands, and
was like once to have killed him.
The fourth Verse proved true at the taking of _Queiras_, where the
Bridge, through which the succours came to relieve the Town, being
broken, the Town grew so fearful, that it surrendred it self to the
Marshal of _Brissac_.
LXXX.
French.
_Erins_, _Antibe_, villes auteur de _Nice_,
Seront vastées fort par Mer & par Terre,
Les Sauterelles Terre & Mer vent propice,
Prins, morts, troussez, pillez, sans loy de guerre.
English.
_Erins_, _Antibe_, and the Towns about _Nices_,
Shall be destroyed by Sea and Land,
The Grashopers shall have the Land, the Sea, and Wind favourable,
They shall be taken, killed, thrust up, plundered, without Law of War.
ANNOT.
_Erins_ and _Antibe_ are Towns of _Provence_, bordering upon _Nice_,
which is a Town of _Piemont_, all that Coast is threatned here to be
ruined by the Grashopers, that is, the _Turks_, which fell out about the
year 1558. for the King of _France_ having called the _Turks_ to his
succours against _Charles_ V. Emperour, they came and took _Nice_ in the
behalf of the _French_, where they committed unheard cruelties, as also
upon all that Coast.
LXXXI.
French.
L’Ordre fatal sempiternal par chaisne,
Viendra tourner par ordre consequent,
Du Port _Phocen_ sera rompue la chaine,
La Cité prinse, l’ennemy quant & quant.
English.
The fatal and eternal order by chain,
Shall come to turn by consequent order,
Of Port _Phocen_ the chain shall be broken,
The City taken, and the enemy presently after
ANNOT.
This Prophecy regardeth onely the City of _Marseilles_, which is the most
famous Port Town that the _French_ have upon the _Mediterranean_ Sea,
and which was anciently a _Greek_ Colony, peopled by the _Phocen_ Seas.
This City is threatned here to have the chain of her Port broken, and to
be taken by her enemies, and the said enemies to be a little while after
taken in it.
LXXXII.
French.