meaning that he drove them out as far as _Hercules_ Pillar, at the mouth
of the Straits, signifies the great expulsion he made of them, which were
about the number of 200000.
XIV.
French.
_Saturne_ & _Mars_ en _Leo Espagne_ captifue,
Par chef _Lybique_ au conflict attrapé,
Proche de _Malte_, Herede Prinse vive,
Et _Romain_ Sceptre sera par _Coq_ frappé.
English.
_Saturn_ and _Mars_ being in _Leo_, _Spain_ shall be captive,
By a _Lybian_ General taken in the Battle,
Near _Malta_, an Heirse shall be taken alive,
And the _Roman_ Scepter shall be strucken by the _Cock_.
ANNOT.
By the _Cock_ is meant the King of _France_. The rest is plain.
XV.
French.
En navigant Captif prins grand pontife,
Grand apres faillir les clercs tumultuez,
Second esleu absent son bien debife,
Son favory Bastard a mort tué.
English.
In Sailing a Pope shall be taken Captive;
After which, shall be a great uproar amongst the Clergy,
A second absent elected, consumeth his goods,
His favourite Bastard shall be killed.
ANNOT.
These Verses signifie no more, but that a Pope going by water, shall
be taken Prisoner, for which, all the Clergy shall be in disorder, and
elect a new one, who shall consume his Goods, and shall have a favourite
Bastard, that shall be killed.
XVI.
French.
A son haut prix plus la larme _Sabæe_,
D’humaine chair par mort en cendre mettre,
L’Isle _Pharos_ par _Croisars_ perturbée,
Alors qua _Rhodes_ paroistra dur espectre.
English.
The _Sabæan_ Tear shall be no more at its high price,
To turn humane flesh by death into ashes,
The Island _Pharos_ shall be troubled by _Croisars_,
When at _Rhodes_ shall a hard Phantasm appear.
ANNOT.
The _Sabæan Tear_, is Frankincense, so called; because it is the Gum of a
Tree that groweth in that Countrey, whence the Poet saith,
_India mittit ebur, molles sua thura Sabæi._
The meaning therefore of the two first Verses, is, that Frankincense
shall be no more so dear as it hath been; because it shall be no more
used, in enbalming and burning of dead bodies.
The third verse saith, the Island _Pharos_ (which is that little Island
that lyeth before the Harbour of _Alexandria_) shall be troubled by
_Croisars_, that is, Christians, when there shall appear a Phantasme, or
a Vision shall be seen at _Rhodes_.
XVII.
French.
De nuit passant le Roy pres d’une _Andronne_,
Celuy de _Cipres_ & principal de guerre,
Le Roy failly la main fuit long du _Rhosne_,
Les conjurez liront la a mort mettre.
English.
The King going along by night near an _Andronne_,
He of _Cyprus_ and chief of the War,
The King having missed the hand, runneth away along by the _Rhosne_,
The Conspirators shall put him to death there.
ANNOT.
I could not find what he meaneth by _Andronne_, therefore I believe it is
a barbarous and forged word, which the Author hath foisted in, to make
the first Verses rhime with the word _Rhosne_ in the third Verse, which
is a famous River in _France_.
XVIII.
French.
De duel mourra l’infelix profligé,
Celebrera son victrix l’Hecatombe,
Pristine loy franc edict redigé,
Le mur & Prince septiesme ira au tombe.
English.
The unhappy being overcome, shall die for grief,
His Victrix shall celebrate the Hecatomb,
The former law and free Edict shall be brought again,
The wall and seventh Prince shall go to the Grave.
ANNOT.
_Victrix_ is a Latine word, and the Feminine Gender of _victor_, and
signifieth a woman that is victorious; _Hecatomb_ is a Sacrifice, wherein
an hundred Oxen are killed.
XIX.
French.
Le grand Royal d’Or, d’Airain augmenté,
Rompu la pache par jeune, ouverte guerre,
Peuple affligé par un chef lamenté,
De sang barbare sera couverte Terre;
English.
The great Golden Royal, being increased with Copper,
The agreement being broken by a young man, there shall be open War,
People afflicted by the loss of a General lamented,
The ground shall be covered with barbarous blood.
ANNOT.
By the great golden Royal, is understood (if I mistake not) a King rich
in Gold and Silver, who being joyned with one rich in Copper, shall make
open War against one that shall have broken his agreement.
_Quære_: Whether this came not to pass when _Gustaphus Adolphus_ King
of _Sweden_ and rich in Brass, being helped by the _French_ Gold and
Silver; was not the General so much lamented, after he had almost ruined
the Emperour, whom he did challenge to have broken his word, and had
covered the ground with _German_ and _Swedish_ blood.
XX.
French.
De la les _Alpes_ grand Armée passera,
Un peu devant naistra monstre vapin,
Prodigieux, & subit tournera,
Le grand _Toscan_ a son lieu plus propin.
English.
Beyond the _Alpes_ shall a great Army go, and
A little before shall be born a Vapin Monster,
Prodigious and suddenly the great _Toscan_
Shall return to his nearest place.
ANNOT.
What the Author meaneth by _vapin_, is unknown to me, as for the word
_propin_, it is a diminutive of the Latine word _propinquus_, by the
figure of Rhetorick, called _Tmesis_.
XXI.
French.
Par le trespas du Monarque Latin,
Ceux quil aura par Regne secourus,
Le feu livra divisé le butin,
La mort publique aux hardis accourus.
English.
By the death of the Latine Monarque,
Those that he shall have succoured in his Reign.
The fire shall shine, the booty shall be divided,
The stout comers in shall be put to publick death.
ANNOT.
Every body may judge of this as well as I, therefore to trouble my self
it should be to no purpose.
XXII.
French.
Avant qu’a _Rome_ grand aye rendu l’Ame,
Effrayeur grande a l’Armée estrangere,
Par escadrons l’embusche pres de _Parme_.
Puis les deux rouges ensemble feront chere.
English.
Before that a great man yeildeth up his Soul at _Rome_,
The Army of strangers shall be put into a great fright,
By Squadrons the ambush shall be near _Parma_.
After that, the two red ones shall make good cheer together.
ANNOT.
Here is nothing difficult, but what he meaneth by the two red ones, for
my part I suppose them to be two Cardinals.
XXIII.
French.
Les deux contens seront unis ensemble,
Quand la pluspart a _Mars_ seront conjoints,
Le grand d’_Affrique_ en effrayeur & tremble,
_Duumuirat_ par la chassé desjoint.
English.
The two contented shall be united together,
When the most part shall be joyned to _Mars_,
The great one of _Africa_ shall be in fear and terrour,
_Duumuirat_ shall by the pursuit be disjointed.
ANNOT.
This signifieth, that two powerful Princes shall joyn together, to
make War in _Africa_, which shall be much terrified at it, but this
_Duumuirat_, that is, this agreement of two Princes shall be broken off,
and disjoyned.
XXIV.
French.
Le Regne & Roy soubs _Venus_ eslevé,
_Saturne_ aura sur _Jupiter_ Empire,
La Loy & Regne par _Jupiter_ levé,
Par _Saturnins_ endurera le pire.
English.
The Kingdom and King being raised under _Venus_,
_Saturn_ shall have power over _Jupiter_,
The Law and Reign raised by _Jupiter_,
Shall be put to the worse by the _Saturnins_.
ANNOT.
I shall leave this to be expounded by those that have more skill in
Astronomy then I have.
XXV.
French.
Le Prince _Arabe_, _Mars_, _Sol_, _Venus_, _Lion_,
Regne d’Eglise par Mer succombera,
Devers la _Perse_ bien pres d’un Million,
_Bizance_, _Ægypte_, _Ver._ _Serp._ invadera.
English.
The _Arabian_ Prince, _Mars_, _Sol_, _Venus_, _Leo_,
The Kingdom of the Church shall be overcome by Sea
Towards _Persia_ very near a Million,
_Byzance_, _Ægypt_, _Ver._ _Serp._ shall invade.
ANNOT.
This is of the same nature as the foregoing, therefore I leave it to the
same expositors.
XXVI.
French.
La gent esclave par un heur Martial,
Viendra en haut degré tant eslevée,
Changeront Prince, naistra un Provincial,
Passer la Mer, copie aux Monts levée.
English.
The Slavish Nation shall by a Martial luck
Be raised to so high a degree,
That they shall change their Prince, and elect one among themselves,
They shall cross the Sea with an Army raised in the Mountains.
ANNOT.
This is so plain, that it needeth no interpretation.
XXVII.
French.
Par feu & armes non loin de la Mar negro,
Viendra de _Perse_ occuper _Trebisonde_,
Trembler _Pharos_, _Metelin_, Sol alegro,
De sang _Arabe_ d’_Adrie_ couvert l’Onde.
English.
By Fire and Sword not far from the black Sea,
They shall come from _Persia_ to seize upon _Trebisonde_,
_Pharos_ and _Methelin_ shall quake, Sun be merry,
The Sea of _Adria_ shall be covered with _Arabian_ blood.
ANNOT.
This Prophecy foretelleth clearly and plainly, that the _Persians_ shall
come to invade the Turkish dominions, a part of which is the Empire
of _Trebisond_, and that _Pharos_ and _Methelin_ two Islands in the
_Mediterranean_ Sea, shall quake for fear.
As also that the _Adriatick_ Sea, which is that Sea that belongeth to the
_Venetians_ shall be covered with Turkish blood, at which the Author is
so jocund, as with an exclamation he inviteth the Sun to be merry, and
rejoyce at it.
XXVIII.
French.
Le bras pendu & la jambe liée,
Visage pasle, au sein poignard caché,
Trois qui seront jurez de la meslée,
Au grand de _Genes_ sera le Fer lasché.
English.
The arm hanging, and the leg bound,
With a pale face, a Dagger in the bosom,
Three that shall be sworn to the fray,
To the great one of _Genoa_ the Iron shall be darted.
ANNOT.
This manifestly foretelleth a conspiracy of three men against the Duke
of _Genoa_, one of which three men, under the shew of a sore Arm, and
an impotent Leg, shall carry a Dagger in his bosom, with which he shall
stabb the said Duke.
XXIX.
French.
La liberté ne sera recouvrée,
L’Occupera noir, fier, vilain inique;
Quand la matiere du Pont sera ouvrée,
D’_Hister_, _Venise_ faschée la Republique.
English.
The liberty shall not be recovered,
It shall be occupied, by a black, fierce, and wicked villain;
When the work of the _Hister_-Bridge shall be ended,
The _Venetian_ Common-wealth shall be vexed.
ANNOT.
This Stanza is divided into two parts, the first of which is comprehended
in the two first Verses, _viz._ that the liberty of some politick body
(he nameth not which) shall not be recovered, but shall be seized upon,
by a black, fierce, and wicked villain.
The second part is contained in the two last Verses, wherein he saith,
that the Common-wealth of _Venice_ shall be in trouble, when the Bridge
made over the River _Hister_ shall be finished.
XXX.
French.
Tout a l’entour de la grande Cité,
Seront Soldats logez par Champs & Villes,
Donner l’assaut _Paris_, _Rome_ incité,
Sur le Pont sera faite grand pille.
English.
Round about the great City,
Soldiers shall lye in the Fields and Towns,
Paris shall give the Assault, _Rome_ shall be attached;
Then upon the Bridge shall be great plundering.
ANNOT.
This is concerning the taking and sacking of _Rome_, by the Duke of
_Bourbon_, General of _Charles_ V. Forces, therefore he saith that
_Paris_ shall give the Assault, because the said Duke of _Bourbon_ was a
_Frenchman_.
XXXI.
French.
Par Terre _Attique_ chef de la sapience,
Qui de present est la Rose du Monde,
Pont ruiné & sa grand preeminence,
Sera subdite & naufrage des Ondes.
English.
In the Countrey of _Attica_ which is the head of wisdom,
And now is the Rose of the World,
A Bridge shall be ruinated with its great preeminence,
It shall be subdued, and made a wrack by the Waves.
ANNOT.
He foretelleth the destruction of a famous Bridge in the Countrey of
_Attica_, of which _Athens_ is the chief City, and because it was always
famous for learning, he calleth it here the head of Wisdom; and that
Wisdom, the Rose of the World.
XXXII.
French.
Ou tout bon est, tout bien Soleil & Lune,
Est abondant, sa ruine s’approche,
Le Ciel s’advance a changer ta fortune,
En mesme estat que la septiesme Roche.
English.
Where all well is, all good O Sun and Moon,
Is existent, his ruine draweth near,
The Heaven is making hast to change thy fortune,
Into the same case as the seventh Rock is.
ANNOT.
By this dark Stanza, the Author seemeth to foretell the woful condition
of a Countrey that was happy before, but shall fall to ruine, I suspect
he intended _France_, because being a _Frenchman_ he did not name it,
for I think there was never such a change in the world as was in that
Kingdom, in the time of the Civil Wars between the Roman Catholicks, and
the Protestants.
XXXIII.
French.
Des principaux de Cité rebellée,
Qui tiendront fort pour liberté r’avoir,
Detrencher masles, infœlice meslée!
Cris, hurlemens a _Nantes_ pitieux voir.
English.
Of the chief men in a rebelled City,
Who shall stand out to recover their liberty,
The Males shall be cut in pieces, O unhappy quarrel!
Cries and houlings, it shall be pity to see at _Nantes_.
ANNOT.
The Author applyeth this Prophecie to the City of _Nantes_ in _Britany_,
but want of Books that treat of the History of that Countrey; I could
neither satisfie my self, nor the Reader, if this hath come to pass
already or not.
XXXIV.
French.
Du plus profond de l’occident _Anglois_,
Ou est le chef de l’Isle _Britanique_,
Entrera classe en _Garonne_ par _Blois_,
Par Vin & Sel faux cachez aux barriques.
English.
From the deepest Westerly part of _England_,
Where the chief of the _Britain_ Island is,
A Fleet shall come into the _Garonne_ by _Blaye_,
By Wine and Salt fire shall be hidden in Barrels.
ANNOT.
There is a notable and sensible error in the _French_ Copy, and without
reforming it, the sense is not only obscure, but also impossible; for
instead of _Blois_, which the Author hath put here, I suppose to make the
rime good, it must be written _Blaye_, which is a Sea Town of the mouth
of the River _Garonne_, and _Blois_ is a mid-Land Town, upon the River
_Loire_, about a hundred Leagues distant from the other.
The rest signifieth no more, but that there shall be some Warlike
Stratagem made use of by the _French_ (understood here by the names of
_Wine and Salt_) in puting fire into Barrels.
XXXV.
French.
Par Cité franche de la grand Mer _Seline_,
Qui porte encor l’estomach la pierre,
_Angloise_ classe viendra soubs la bruine,
Prendre un rameau de grand ouverte guerre.
English.
By a free City of the _Selyne_ Sea,
Which carrieth yet the stone in the Stomach,
An _English_ Fleet shall come under a fog,
To take a branch of great open War.
ANNOT.
What should the Author mean by the free City of the great _Seline_ Sea
that carryeth yet the stone in the Stomach, is hard to guess; for my
part I believe it to be _Venice_. First, because by the _Seline_ Sea, he
always understands the _Mediterranean_; because the great _Turks_ name in
our Authors time was _Selyn_, who was Master of the greatest part of it.
Secondly, there is no other free City so considerable as this. Thirdly,
by the stone in the Stomach, may be understood, the Pillars that are in
the _Piazza_ of St. _Mark_, and as it were in the Centre of _Venice_,
as the Stomach is in the Body. The sense therefore is this, as I take
it, that a considerable _Fleet_ shall come to _Venice_, or rather to
_Molamocco_, which is the Harbour, and there take a branch of great open
War, that is, to be either against the _Venetians_, or against the _Turk_
in their behalf.
XXXVI.
French.
De Sœur le frere par simulte feintise,
Viendra mesler rosee en Mineral,
Sur la placente donne a vieille tardive,
Meurt le goustant, sera simple rural.
English.
The Brother of the Sister, with a fained dissimulation,
Shall mix Dew with Mineral,
In a Cake given to a slow old woman,
She dieth tasting of, the deed shall be simple, and Countrey like.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth a notable poisoning that shall be done by a Brother
upon his Sister, which, because she died not fast enough, according to
his mind: and therefore called her _slow_, he would set her forward with
a poisoned Cake, the Poison was _Mineral_, and therefore _Arsenick_ or
_Sublimate_, mixed with _Manna_, called here _Dew_; because _Manna_ is
nothing but a _Dew_, condensed upon the Bark of a certain Tree; the
Conclusion is, that the woman shall die eating of it, though the meat
seemed to be simple and rural.
XXXVII.
French.
Trois sens seront d’un vouloir & accord,
Qui pour venir au bout de leur attainte,
Vingt mois apres tous eux & leurs records,
Leur Roy trahy simulant haine, feinte.
English.
Three hundred shall be of one mind and agreement,
That they may compass their ends,
twenty months after by all them and their partners,
Their King shall be betrayed, by dissembling a fained hatred.
ANNOT.
The difficulty of meeting in any Countrey three hundred men of one mind,
hath perswaded me that our Author writ this for _England_; but by reason
there hath been since a general pardon, I will keep my mind to my self.
XXXVIII.
French.
Ce grand Monarque qu’au mort succedera,
Donnera vie illicite & lubrique,
Par nonchalance a tous concedera,
Qua la parfin faudra la loy _Salique_.
English.
The great Monarch that shall succeed to the great one,
Shall lead a Life unlawfull, and lecherous,
By carelesness he shall give to all,
So that in Conclusion the _Salique_ Law shall fail.
ANNOT.
This hath a Relation to the precedent Stanza, therefore, _&c._
XXXIX.
French.
Du vray rameau de fleur de Lis issu,
Mis & loge heritier d’_Hetrurie_,
Son sang antique de longue main tissu,
Fera _Florence_ florir en l’Armoirie.
English.
Issued out of the true branch of the City,
He shall be set for Heir of _Hetruria_,
His ancient blood waved by a long while,
Shall cause _Florence_ to flourish in the Scutcheon.
ANNOT.
This is only in commendation of the Family of the _Medicis_, and of their
Alliance with the Crown of _France_; for _Catharine_ of _Medicis_, wife
to _Henry_ II. was Queen of _France_ when our Author lived.
XL.
French.
Le sang Roial sera si tresmeslé,
Contraints seront _Gaulois_ de l’_Hesperie_,
On attendra que terme soit coulé,
Et que memoire de la voix soit perie.
English.
The Royal blood shall be so much mixed,
The _French_ shall be constrained by the _Spaniards_,
They shall stay till the term be past,
And the remembrance of the voice be over.
ANNOT.
This only signifieth a strict Union between the _French_ and the
_Spaniards_, by several Alliances.
XLI.
French.
Nay soubs les ombres & journée nocturne,
Séra en Regne & bonté Souveraine,
Fera renaistre son sang de l’antique _Urne_,
Renouvelant siecle d’Or pour l’airain.
English.
Being born in the shadows and nocturnal time,
He shall be a Soveraign in Kingdom and bounty,
He shall cause his blood to come again from the ancient _Urn_,
Renewing a golden Age instead of a brazen one.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth the greatness and goodness of a Prince that shall be
born in the beginning of the night.
XLII.
French.
_Mars_ eslevé en son plus haut befroy,
Fera retraire les _Allobrox_ de _France_,
La gent _Lombarde_ fera si grand effroy,
A ceux de l’Aigle comprins soubs la _Balance_.
English.
_Mars_ being elevated in its higher Steeple,
Shall cause the _Allobrox_ to retreat from _France_,
The people of _Lombardy_ shall be in so great fear,
Of those of the Eagle comprehended under _Libra_.
ANNOT.
The _Allobrox_ are the people of _Savoy_. Those of the Eagle comprehended
under _Libra_, are the subjects of the Empire that use the _French_
tongue.
XLIII.
French.
Le grand ruine des Sacrez ne sesloigne,
_Provence_, _Naples_, _Sicile_, _Seez_ & _Ponce_,
En _Germanie_ au _Rhin_ & la _Coloigne_,
Vexez a mort par tous ceux de _Mogunce_.
English.
The great ruine of the sacred things is not far off,
_Provence_, _Naples_, _Sicily_, _Sez_ and _Ponce_,
In _Germany_ towards the _Rhyne_ and _Colen_,
They shall be vexed to death by those of _Moguntia_.
ANNOT.
He foretelleth the troubles that were to be shortly in those Countreys
for Religion.
XLIV.
French.
Par Mer le rouge sera prins the Pyrates,
La paix sera par son moyen troublée,
L’une & l’auare commettra par faincte acte,
Au grand Pontife fera l’Armée d’oublée.
English.
By Sea the red one shall be taken by Pyrates,
The peace by that means shall be troubled,
He shall commit anger and coveteousness by a feigned action,
The High Priest shall have a double Army.
ANNOT.
By the red one is understood some Cardinal that shall be taken by
Pyrates, for which the peace shall be in danger to be broken, the same
Cardinal shall by a feigned action be guilty of choler and covetousness,
and for his recovery and the defending the Rites of the Church, the Pope
shall have a double Army granted to him.
XLV.
French.
Le grand Empire fera tost desolé,
Et translate pres d’_Arduenne_ silve,
Les deux batards par l’aisné decollé,
Et Regnera _Ænodarbnez_ de milve.
English.
The great Empire shall soon be made desolate,
And shall be translated near the Forrest of _Arden_,
The two Bastards shall have their heads cut off by the eldest son,
And he that shall reign, shall be _Ænodarbnez_ nosed.
ANNOT.
By the great Empire is meant that of _Germany_, which he says shall be
translated near the Forrest of _Ardens_, which is near the borders of
_France_. Two Bastards shall be beheaded by command of the elder Brother
of the House, and he that shall Reign shall have a reddish beard, and a
Hawks nose.
XLVI.
French.
Par Chapeaux rouges querelles & nouveaux schismes,
Quand on aura esleu le _Sabinois_,
On produira contre luy grands sophismes,
Et sera _Rome_ lessée par _Albanois_.
English.
By red Hats, quarrels and new schismes,
When the _Sabin_ shall be Elected,
Great sophismes shall be produced against him,
And _Rome_ shall be endamaged by the _Albanois_.
ANNOT.
By red Hats are understood Cardinals of _Rome_, who shall raise great
quarrels and schismes, when a Pope of the Countrey of the _Sabins_ (which
is near _Rome_) shall be Elected, against whom many things shall be
objected, and that _Rome_ shall be endamaged by the _Albanians_, which
are a Warlike people, and for the most part subject to the Common-wealth
of _Venice_.
XLVII.
French.
Le grand _Arabe_ marchera bien avant,
Trahy sora par le _Bisantinois_:
L’Antique _Rhodes_ luy viendra au devant,
Et plus grand mal par Austre _Pannonois_.
English.
The great _Arabian_ shall proceed a great way,
He shall be betrayed by the _Bisantines_,
The ancient _Rhodes_ shall come to meet him,
And a greater evil by a South wind from _Hungary_.
ANNOT.
By _Bisantine_ is understood the great Turk, Master of _Constantinople_,
formerly called _Bysantium_.
XLVIII.
French.
Apres la grande affliction du Sceptre,
Deux ennemis par eux seront defaicts:
Classes d’_Affrique_ aux _Pannons_ viendra naistre,
Par Mer & Terre seront horribles Faicts.
English.
After the great afflictions of the Scepter,
Two enemies shall be overcome by themselves,
A Fleet of _Affrica_ shall be born to the _Hungarians_.
By Sea and Land shall be horrid facts.
ANNOT.
The words of this Stanza are plain, though the sense be something obscure.
XLIX.
French.
Nul de l’_Espagne_, mais de l’antique _France_,
Sera esleu pour le tremblant nacelle,
A l’ennemy sera faicte fiance,
Qui dans son Regne sera peste cruelle.
English.
None out of _Spain_, but of the ancient _France_,
Shall be Elected to govern the tottering Ship.
The enemy shall be trusted,
Who to his Kingdom shall be a cruel plague.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses foretell a schisme in the Church of _Rome_,
understood by a tottering Ship, and that a _French-man_ shall be Elected
Pope to remedy it.
The two last Verses are easie to be understood.
L.
French.
L’An que les Freres du Lys seront an Aage,
L’Un d’euz tiendra la grand _Romanie_:
Trembler les Monts ouvert _Latin_ passage,
_Bache_ marcher contre Fort d’_Armenie_.
English.
In the year that the Brethren of the Lillies shall be at Age,
One of them shall hold the great _Romanie_:
The Mountains shall tremble, the _Latine_ passage shall be opened,
A _Bassha_ shall march against the Fort of _Armenia_.
ANNOT.
By the Brethren of the Lillies are meant the Heirs of the Crown of
_France_; the rest is plain.
LI.
French.
La gent de _Dace_, d’_Angleterre_, & _Polone_,
Et de _Boësme_ feront nouvelle ligue,
Pour passer outre d’_Hercules_ la Colonne,
_Barcins_, _Thyrrans_ dresser cruelle brigue.
English.
The people of _Dacia_, _England_, and _Poland_,
And of _Bohemia_ shall make a new League,
To go beyond _Hercules_ Pillars,
_Barcins_ and _Thyrrens_ shall make a cruel plot.
ANNOT.
By _Barcins_ he means those of _Carthage_, which is now _Tunis_, and by
the _Thyrrens_, those that live near that Sea.
LII.
French.
Un Roy sera qui donra l’opposite,
Les exilez eslevez sur le Regne,
De sang nager la gent caste hyppolite,
Et florira long-temps sous telle enseigne.
English.