Garde toy _Tours_ de ta proche ruine,
_Londres_ & _Nantes_ par _Rheims_ fera defence,
Ne passes outre au temps de la bruine.
English.
The fact shall be defended excellently well
_Tours_ beware of thy approaching ruine,
_London_ and _Nantes_ by _Rhemes_ shall stand upon their defence,
Do not go further in foggy weather.
ANNOT.
_Tours_ is the chief City of a Province in _France_, called _Touraine_,
which is commended here for having resisted excellently well; but
is forewarned to look to her self after that, and to beware of her
approaching ruine.
XLVII.
French.
Le noir farouche quand aura essayé,
Sa main sanguine par feu, fer, arcs tendus,
Trestout le peuple sera tant effrayé,
Voir les plus grands par col & pieds pendus.
English.
The wild black one, after he shall have tryed,
His bloody hand by fire, Sword, bended Bows,
All the people shall be so frighted,
To see the greatest hanged by the neck and feet.
ANNOT.
It is a description of a Tyrant, who after he shall have tryed his
bloody hand by Fire, Sword, and bent Bows, shall cause his chief men to
be hanged by the neck and feet. Since the Author did write there had
been such a Tyrant in the world, namely, _John Basilides_, great Duke of
_Russia_, in the year 1572. Read _Paul Osburne_ in his Life.
XLVIII.
French.
Planure _Ausone_ fertile spacieuse,
Produira taons, & tant de sauterelles,
Clarte solairé deviendra nubilense,
Ronger le rout, grand peste venir delles.
English.
The Plain about _Bourdeaux_ fruitful and spacious,
Shall produce so many Hornets and so many Grashopers,
That the light of the Sun shall be darkened,
They shall crap all, a great plague shall come from them.
ANNOT.
I cannot find in History that this hath yet happened, since the writing
of these Prophecies, therefore I reckon it _de futuro_.
XLIX.
French.
Devant le peuple sang sera respandu,
Qui du haut Ciel ne viendra esloigner,
Mais d’un long temps ne sera entendu,
L’Esprit d’un seul le viendra tesmoigner.
English.
Before the people blood shall be spilt,
Who Shall not come far from the high Heaven,
But it shall not be heard of for a great while,
The Spirit of one shall come to witness it.
ANNOT.
This Prophecie is concerning some just person, that shall be murdered
openly: His blood shall cry to Heaven, but shall not be heard for a good
while, till at last it shall be discovered by some body.
L.
French.
_Libra_ verra regner les _Hesperies_,
De Ciel & Terre tenir la Monarchie,
D’_Asie_ forces nul ne verra peries,
Que sept ne tiennent par rang la Hierarchie.
English.
_Libra_ shall see _Spain_ to Reign,
And have the Monarchy of Heaven and Earth,
No body shall see the forces of _Asia_ to perish,
Till seven have kept the Hierarchy successively.
ANNOT.
_Libra_ is one of the twelve signs of the _Zodiack_, which is favourable
to _Spain_, so that the meaning of this is, that _Libra shall see ~Spain~
to Reign_.
And besides that, _to have the Monarchy of Heaven and Earth_; that is, to
have the command of the Pope, and of the best part of _Europe_. So that
no _Asian_ or _Turkish_ forces shall receive damage by the Christians,
till seven Popes of the _Spanish_ faction have Reigned successively, and
one after another.
LI.
French.
Un Duc cupide son ennemy poursuivre,
Dans entrera empeschant la Phalange,
Hastez a pied si pres viendront poursuivre,
Que la journée conflite aupres du _Gange_.
English.
A Duke being earnest in the pursute of his enemy
Shall come in, hindering the Phalange,
Hastened on foot shall follow them so close,
That the day of the Battle shall be near _Ganges_.
ANNOT.
A _Phalange_, in Latine _Phalanx_, is a Squadron of Souldiers, which word
was anciently proper only to the _Macedonians_. _Ganges_ is a River in
_India_.
LII.
French.
En Cité obsesse aux murs hommes & femmes,
Ennemis hors, le chef prest a soy rendre,
Vent sera fort encontre les gens darmes,
Chassez seront par chaux, poussiere & cendre.
English.
In a besieged City, men and women being upon the walls,
The enemies without, the Governour ready to surrender,
The Wind shall be strong against the Souldiers,
They shall be driven away by lime, dust, and ashes.
ANNOT.
This is a peculiar and remarkable accident, wherein the besiegers of
a City shall be driven away from their enterprise, by Lime, Dust, and
Ashes, scattered and dispersed against them by a mighty wind.
LIII.
French.
Les fugitifs & bannis revoqués,
Peres & Fils garnissant les hauts puits,
Le cruel pere & les tiens suffoquez,
Son Fils plus pire submergé dans le puits.
English.
The runnaways and banished men being recalled,
Fathers and Sons garnishing the high wells,
The cruel father and his retinue shall be suffocated,
His Son being worse, shall be drowned in the Well.
ANNOT.
The words are plain, out of which every one may make his own sense.
LIV.
French.
Du nom qui on ne fut au Roy _Gaulois_,
Jamais ne fut un Foudre si craintif,
Tremblant l’_Italie_, l’_Espagne_, & les _Anglois_,
De femmes estrangeres grandement attentif.
English.
Of the name that a _French_ King never was,
There was never a Lightning so much feared,
_Italy_ shall tremble, _Spain_ and the _English_,
He shall be much taken with women strangers.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth that when a _French_ King shall have a name that never
any of his Predecessors had, he shall be so much feared as that _Italy_,
_Spain_, and _England_ shall tremble, and that besides he shall be much
given to women.
LV.
French.
Quand la Corneille sur Tour de Brique jointe,
Durant sept heures ne fera que crier,
Mort presagée, de sang Statue teinte,
Tyran meurdry, aux Dieux peuple prier.
English.
When the Crow upon a Tower made of Brick,
For seven hours shall do nothing but cry,
Death shall be foretold, and the Statue died with blood,
Tyrant shall be murdered, and the people pray to the Gods.
ANNOT.
This extraordinary Prodigy of a Crow crying for seven hours together upon
a Brick Tower, foretelleth that some notorious Tyrant shall be put to
death, and his statue sprinkled with blood, and withall, that the people
either for joy or fear shall be much given to prayer.
LVI.
French.
Apres Victoire de rabieuse Langue,
L’Esprit tempté, en tranquil & repos,
Victeur sauguin par conflict, fait Harangue,
Roustir la Langue, & la Chair & les Os.
English.
After the Victory got over a raging tongue,
The mind that was tempted, shall be in tranquility and rest,
The bloody Conqueror by Battle shall make a Speech,
And roast the tongue, the flesh, and the bones.
ANNOT.
It is a Conquerour who having been much railed at by his enemies, shall
in conclusion after he hath overcome them, take a severe vengeance of
them.
LVII.
French.
Ignare envie au grand Roy supportée,
Tiendra propos deffendre les escrits,
Sa femme non femme par un autre tentée,
Plus double deux ira au fort de cris.
English.
Ignorant envy being supported by the great King,
Shall talk of prohibiting the writtings,
His wife no wife, being tempted by another,
Shall more then they two prevail by crying.
ANNOT.
Some ignorant envious person being in favour with the King, shall go
about to suppress learning, but the Kings wife no wife, that is his
Concubine, shall persuade him to the contrary, and shall prevail.
LVIII.
French.
Soleil ardent dans la gosier couler,
De sang humain arrouser Terre _Etrusque_,
Chef seille d’eau, mener son fils filer,
Captive Dame conduite Terre _Turque_.
English.
Burning Sun shall be poured into the throat,
This human blood shall wet the _Hetrurian_ ground,
The chief pale of water, shall lead his son to Spin,
A captive Lady shall be carried into the _Turkish_ Countrey.
ANNOT.
By burning Sun must be understood melted gold, which shall be poured into
ones throat, in the _Hetrurian_ ground, that is in _Tuscany_.
By the chief Pale of water is to be understood, some Water-bearer, who
shall make his son an Eunuch to make benefit on’t. The fourth Verse is
plain.
LIX.
French.
Deux assiegez en ardante ferveur,
De soif estaints pour deux plaines Tasses;
Le fort limé & un vieillard resueur,
Au _Genois_, de _Nizza_ monstrera trace.
English.
Two besieged, being in a burning heat,
Shall die for thirst, want of two Bowls full,
The Fort being filed, an old doting man,
Shall show to the _Genoese_ the way to _Nizza_.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses are plain. The two last Verses signifie that an old
doting man shall shew to the _Genoeses_ the way how to take _Nizza_, a
Town hard by them, by filing some Iron Grates, by which they shall get
into the Town.
LX.
French.
Les sept enfans en Hostage laissez,
Le tiers viendra son enfant trucider,
Deux par son fils seront d’estoc percez,
_Genes_, _Florence_ les viendra seconder.
English.
The seven Children being left in Hostage,
The third shall come to kill his child,
Two by their sons shall be run through,
_Genoa_ and _Florence_ shall second them.
ANNOT.
The words being so plain, every body may give as good an interpretation
as I.
LXI.
French.
Le vieux mocqué & privé de sa place,
Par l’Estranger qui le subornera,
Mais de son filz mangé devant sa face,
Le Frere a _Chartres_. _Orl._ _Rouen_ trahira.
English.
The old man shall be baffled and deprived of his place,
By the stranger that shall suborn him,
But of his son shall be eaten before his face,
The Brother at _Chartres_. _Orl._ shall betray _Rouen_.
ANNOT.
This Stanza is divided into two parts. The first part runneth from the
first Verse to the middle of the fourth. The meaning is, that an old
man shall be baffled and deprived of his place by a stranger that shall
suborn him, but that strangers sons brother shall be eaten up before his
face in the Town of _Chartres_; what he meaneth by eaten up, is hard to
guess, whether it be by poverty, sutes at Law, Envy, Lice, _&c._
The Hemisthikion of the last Verse, _~Orl.~ shall betray ~Rouen~_,
signifieth, that _Orleans_ shall betray _Rouen_.
LXII.
French.
Un Coronel machine ambition,
Se saisira de la plus grande Armée,
Contre son Prince feinte invention,
Et descouvert sera soubs sa ramée.
English.
A Colonel deviseth a plot by his ambition,
He shall seize upon the best part of the Army,
Against his Prince he shall have a fained invention,
And shall be discovered under the Harbour of the Vine.
ANNOT.
I never saw the last Tyrant _Cromwel_ better painted to the life, then in
the three first Verses.
As for the fourth, it is certain that his intention among his
Camerades was first discovered by him unto them at the _Star Tavern in
Coleman-street_, which is the place that the Author calleth the _Harbour
of the Vine_.
LXIII.
French.
L’Armée _Celtique_ contre les _Montagnars_,
Qui seront sus & pris a la pipée,
Paisants irez pulseront tost faugnars,
Precipitez tous au fil de l’Espée.
English.
The _Celtique_ Army shall go against the _Highlanders_,
Who shall stand upon their guard, and be taken with Bird-lime twigs,
The Peasant being angry, shall roll down the stones,
They shall be all put to the edge of the sword.
ANNOT.
This is a description of the attempt made by the _French_ upon _Savoy_,
which Countrey lieth in the Mountains of the _Alpes_, therefore called
here _Highlanders_; where the Peasants being incensed for the loss of
their goods and the ruine of their Countrey, rolled stones from the top
of the Mountains against the _French_ Army, which could not hinder them
from being destroyed; this came to pass under _Henry_ the IV. King of
_France_, in the year 1662.
LXIV.
French.
Le defaillant en habit de Bourgeois,
Viendra le Roy tenter de son offence,
Quinze Soldats la pluspart Villageois,
Vie derniere & chef de sa chevance.
English.
The guilty, in a Citizens habit,
Shall come to tempt the King concerning his offence,
Fifteen Soldiers the most part Countrey men,
The last shall be his life, and the best part of his Estate.
ANNOT.
This signifieth that a great man having committed an offence against the
King, shall come to him in a mean habit, to sue for his Pardon, and shall
be carried away by fifteen Souldiers, the most part Countrey fellows;
and in conclusion he shall have his life saved, and the best part of his
Estate.
LXV.
French.
Au deserteur de la grand Forteresse,
Apres qu’aura son lieu abandonné,
Son adversaire fera si grand provesse,
L’Empereur tost mort sera condamné.
English.
After that the desertor of the great Fort,
Shall have forsaken his place,
His adversary shall do so great feats,
That the Emperor, shall soon be condemned to death.
ANNOT.
This is plain.
LXVI.
French.
Soubs couleur feinte de sept testes rasées,
Seront formez divers explorateurs,
Puits & Fontains de poison arrousées,
Au Fort de _Genes_ humains devorateurs.
English.
Under the fained colour of seven shaven heads,
Shall divers spies be framed,
Wells and Fountains shall be sprinkled with poison,
In the Fort of _Genoa_ shall be humane devourers.
ANNOT.
The three first Verses belong to the same sense; _viz._ that seven men
shall be spies, under pretence to be Priests or Monks, (which is the
meaning of the shaven heads) and shall poison the Wells and Springs.
The last Verse signifieth that in the Fort of _Genoa_, their shall be
devourers of men, that is, Usurers and Extortioners, which is no new
thing in that Nation.
LXVII.
French.
L’An que _Saturne_ & _Mars_ esgaux combust,
L’Air fort seiché, longue trajection,
Par feux secrets d’ardeur grands lieux adust,
Peu pluye, Vent chauds, Guerres, Incursions.
English.
In the year that _Saturn_ and _Mars_ shall be fiery,
The Air shall be very dry, in many Countreys,
By secret fires, many places shall be burnt with heat,
There shall be scarcity of Rain, hot Winds, Wars, in-roads.
ANNOT.
This is the Prognostication of a mighty dry season, and other accidents
that shall happen when _Saturn_ and _Mars_ shall be in a fiery
disposition, which whether it be by Opposition, Conjunction, Aspect, &c.
Let the Astrologers judge.
LXVIII.
French.
En l’an bien proche non esloigné de _Venus_,
Les deux plus grands de l’_Asie_ & d’_Affrique_,
Du _Rhine_ & _Ister_ qu’on dira sont venus,
Cris, pleurs a _Malthe_, & coste _Ligustique_.
English.
In a year that is to come shortly, and not far from _Venus_,
The two greatest ones of _Asia_ and _Affrica_,
Shall be said to come from the _Rhine_ and _Ister_,
Crying, and tears shall be at _Maltha_ and in the _Ligurian_ shore.
ANNOT.
The _Rhine_ is a River in _Germany_, _Ister_ is another in the Countrey
of _Istria_, belonging to the _Venetians_.
By the first Verse, I conclude that this Prophecy came to pass a little
while after the Author wrote this Book, when the grand Segnor _Solyman_
besieged _Maltha_, and put in fear all the _Ligurian_ Coast, which is
that of _Genoa_.
LXIX.
French.
La Cité grande les exilez tiendront,
Les Citadins morts, meurtris & chassez,
Ceux d’_Aquilee_ a _Parme_ promettront,
Monstrer l’entrée par les lieux non tracez.
English.
The banished shall keep the great City,
The Citizens being dead, murdered and expelled,
Those of _Aquileia_ shall promise to _Parma_,
To shew the entrance by unknown paths.
ANNOT.
_Aquileia_ and _Parma_ are two Cities in _Italy_. The rest is easie.
LXX.
French.
Bien contigu des grands Monts _Pyrenées_,
Un contre l’Aigle grand copie, adresser,
Ouvertes veines, forces exterminées,
Que jusqu’au _Pau_ le chief viendra chasser.
English.
Near the great _Pyrenean_ Mountains,
One shall raise a great Army against the Eagle,
Veins shall be opened, forces driven out,
So that the chief shall be driven as far as the _Pau_.
ANNOT.
By the Eagle here is understood the Empire; because his Ensign is an
Eagle.
LXXI.
French.
En lieu d’Espouse les Filles trucidées,
Meurtre a grand faute, ne sera superstite,
Dedans le puis vestues inondées,
L’Espouse esteinte par haut d’Aconite.
English.
Instead of the Bride, the Maid shall be killed,
The murder shall be a great fault, none shall be surviving,
In the Well they shall be drowned with their Cloaths,
The Bride shall be extinguished by an high Aconite.
ANNOT.
This is a Prophecie of a Tragical Nuptial, where all the Maids shall be
drowned with their Cloaths in a Well, insomuch that none shall survive,
and the Bride shall be poisoned, and die by _Aconite_, which is one of
the most poisonous herbs that is, witness _Juvinal_: _Lurida terribiles
miscent asonita novercæ._
LXXII.
French.
Les _Artomiques_ par _Agen_ & _Lectoure_,
A saint _Felix_ feront leur Parliament,
Ceux de _Bazas_ viendront a la malhoure,
Saisir _Condon_ & _Marsan_ promptement.
English.
The _Artomiques_ through _Agen_ and _Lectoure_,
Shall keep their Parliament at Saint _Fœlix_,
These of _Bazas_ shall come in an unhappy hour,
To seize upon _Condon_ and _Marsan_ speedily.
ANNOT.
By the _Artomiques_ he meaneth the Protestants; because they take the
Communion with leavened Bread, which in Greek is called _Artos_.
_Agen_, _Lectoure_, saint _Fœlix_, _Bazas_, _Condon_ and _Marzan_, are
Cities of _Gascony_. The rest is plain.
LXXIII.
French.
Le neveu grand par force prouvera,
Le peche fait de Cœur pusillanime,
_Ferrare_ & _Ast_ le Duc esprouvera,
Par lors qu’au soir sera le _Pantomime_.
English.
The great nephew by force shall provoke,
The sin committed by the pusillanimous heart,
_Ferrara_ and _Ast_ shall make tryal of the Duke,
When the _Pantomime_ shall be in the evening.
ANNOT.
To understand the whole sense of this, we must first know what is meant
by the particular terms.
The great Nephew is the Brother or Sisters son of some great person,
who by force shall discover the Treason or Cowardise, committed by some
pusillanimous or fearful man.
_Ferrara_ and _Ast_ are two towns in _Italy_, shall make tryal of a Duke,
by being either taken or assaulted.
_When the Pantomime shall be in the evening_; that is, when the Comedy
shall be acted; for _Pantomime_ in Greek signifieth a Comedian.
LXXIV.
French.
Du lac _Leman_ & ceux des _Brannonices_,
Tous assemblez contre ceux d’_Aquitaine_,
Germans beaucoup encores plus _Sovisses_,
Seronts des faits avec ceux du _Maine_.
English.
From lake _Leman_, and from the _Brannonues_,
They shall be gathered against those of _Aquitania_,
Great many _Germans_, and many more _Switzers_,
Shall be routed together with those of _Maine_.
ANNOT.
Lake _Leman_, is the Lake of _Geneva_. The _Brannonices_ are those of
_Sens_, so called; because they took _Rome_ under the Conduct of their
Captain _Brennus_, and afterwards built _Brenona_, a Town belonging since
to the _Venetians_, who calls it _Verona_.
_Aquitania_ is that Province of _France_, called now _Gascony_. _Maine_
is a Province in _France_. The rest needeth no explication.
LXXV.
French.
Prest a combattre fera defection,
Chef adversaire obtiendra la victoire,
Larriere garde fera defension,
Les defaillans morts au blanc terretoire.
English.
One being ready to fight, shall faint,
The chief of the adverse party shall obtain the victory,
The rearegard, shall withstand it out,
Those that fall away shall die in the white Terretory.
ANNOT.
There is nothing difficult here, but what he meaneth by the white
Terretory, whether it be positive, or Allegorical, I leave the judgement
of it to the Reader.
LXXVI.
French.
Les _Nictobriges_ par ceux de _Perigort_,
Seront vexez tenants jusques au _Rhosne_,
L’Associé de _Gascons_ & _Bigorre_,
Trahir le Temple le prestre estant au Prosne.
English.
The _Nictobriges_ by those of _Perigort_,
Shall be vexed as far as the _Rhosne_,
The associate of the _Gascons_ and _Bigorre_,
Shall betray the Church while the Priest is in his Pulpit.
ANNOT.
_Nictobriges_ in Greek signifieth a people living in a dark and moist
Countrey. _Perigort_ and _Bigorre_ are two Towns in _France_. The rest is
plain.
LXXVII.
French.
_Selyn_ Monarque, l’_Italie_ pacifique,
Regnes unis, Roy Chrestien du monde,
Mourant voudra coucher en Terre _Blesique_,
Apres Pyrates avoir chassé de L’onde.
English.
_Selyn_ being Monarch, _Italy_ shall be in peace,
Kingdoms shall be united, a Christian King of the world,
Dying, shall desire to be buried in the Countrey of _Blois_,
After he shall have driven the Pyrates from the Sea.
ANNOT.
_Selyn_ is the name of a _Turkish_ Emperour, the meaning therefore of
this, is, that under the Reign of one _Selyn_ a _Turkish_ Emperour,
_Italy_ shall be in peace, and all the Christian Princes united.
LXXVIII.
French.
La grand Armée de la pugne civile,
Pour de nuit _Parme_ a l’Estranger trouvée,
Septante neuf meurtris dedans la Ville,
Les estrangers passez tous a l’Espée.
English.
The great Army belonging to the Civil War,
Having found by night _Parma_ possessed by Strangers,
Shall kill seventy nine in the Town,
And put all the Strangers to the Sword.
ANNOT.
_Parma_ is a City in _Italy_. The rest is plain.
LXXIX.
French.
Sang Royal fuis, _Monheurt_, _Mars._ _Aiguillon_,
Remplis seront de _Bourdelois_ les _Landes_.
_Navarre_, _Bigorre_, pointes & Aiguillons,
Profonds de faim, vorer de Liege, Glandes.
English.
Royal blood run away from _Monheurt_, _Marsan_, _Aiguillon_,
The _Landes_ shall be full of _Bourdeloir_,
_Navarre_, _Bigorre_, shall have points and Pricks.
Being deep in hunger, they shall devour the Cork and Akorns.
ANNOT.
_Monheurt_, _Marsan_, _Aiguillon_, are Towns in _Gascony_.
_Landes_ is a desert Countrey, wherein nothing groweth but Pine-trees,
_Bourdelois_ are those of _Bourdeaux_.
_Navarre_ is a Kingdom, and _Begorre_ a Province joyning to those
_Landes_, or Pine-trees Countrey.
LXXX.
French.
Pres du grand Fleuve, grand fosse, terre egeste,
En quinze parts l’eau sera divisée,
La Cité prinse, feu, sang, cris, conflict mettre,
Et la plus part concerne au collisée.
English.
Near the great River, a great pit, Earth digged out,
In fifteen parts the Water shall be divided,
The City taken, fire, blood, cries, fighting,
And the greatest part concerneth the Collisés.
ANNOT.
This Prophecy was fulfilled, when _Rome_ was taken and sacked by
_Charles_ Duke of _Bourbon_, and _Philibert_ of _Chalon_ Prince of
_Orenge_, Generals of the Emperour _Charles_ the V. with such cruelties,
as never was committed by the bloody _Goths_ and _Vandales_, and to shew
that the Author intended _Rome_, is apparant by two instances. The first
is by _the great River_, which is the _Tyber_, which though not very
great in its Channel and depth, yet is very great, yea, the greatest in
_Europe_ by its fame. The other is the word _Colisée_, which is that
famous Arch of _Traian_ in _Rome_, remaining yet to this day.
LXXXI.
French.
Pont on fera promptement de nacelles,
Passer l’Armée du grand Prince _Belgique_,
Dans profondres, & non loing de _Bruxelles_,
Outrepassez detrenchez sept a picque.
English.
A Bridge of Boats shall suddenly be made,
To pass over the Army of the great _Belgick_ Prince,
In deep places, and not far from _Bruxelles_,
Being gone over, there shall be seven cut with a Pike.
ANNOT.
This is concerning the Siege of _Antwerp_ by the Prince of _Parma_,
Governour of the _Low-Countreys_ for the King of _Spain_, who having
besieged, caused a Bridge of Boats to be made upon the River _Scheld_,
to hinder the succours of the _Hollanders_, who by that means were
constrained to surrender it.
LXXXII.
French.
Amas sapproche venant d’_Esclavonie_,
L’Olestant vieux Cité ruinera,
Fort desolée verra sa _Romanie_,
Puis la grand flamme estaindre ne scaura.
English.
A great troop gathered, shall come from _Sclavonia_,
The old Olestant shall ruine a City,
He shall see his _Romania_ very desolate,
And after that, shall not be able to quench that great flame.
ANNOT.
That great troop from _Sclavonia_ shall be the _Venetians_, because
they possess most part of that Countrey. _The old Olestant_ is their
Duke, because he is not chosen unless he be very old, by _Romania_ is
understood what the _Venetians_ possess in that Countrey.
LXXXIII.
French.
Combat nocturne le vaillant Capitaine,
Vaincu fuira, peu de gens profligé,
Son peuple esmeu, sedition non vain,
Son propre fils le tiendra assiegé.
English.
In a fight by night, the valliant Captain,
Being vanquished shall run away, overcome by few,
His people being moved, shall make no small mutiny,
His own son shall besiege him.
ANNOT.
This needeth no interpretation.
LXXXIV.
French.
Un grand d’_Auxerre_ mourra bien miserable,
Chassé de ceux qui soubs luy ont esté.
Serré de chaines, apres d’un rude cable,
En l’an que _Mars_, _Venus_ & _Sol_ mis en Esté.
English.