troubles that were to happen in _Hungaria_, _Bohemia_, and _Navarre_
for Religion sake. The two last ones were fulfilled, when the Prince of
_Condé_, who in his Arms wears the flower de Luce with the Bar, did seize
upon _Orleans_ for the Protestant party.
XC.
French.
Dans les _Cyclades_, en _Corinthe_, & _Larisse_,
Dedans _Sparte_ tout le _Peloponese_,
Si grand famine peste far faux conisse,
Neuf mois tiendra & tout le _Cherronesse_.
English.
In the _Cyclades_, in _Corinthe_, and _Larisse_,
In _Sparta_, and all _Peloponesus_,
There shall be so great a famine and plague by false arts,
That shall last nine months in _Chersonesus_.
ANNOT.
_Cyclades_ are the Islands in the _Ægean_ Sea; _Corinth_, _Larissa_,
_Sparta_, _Peloponesus_, and _Chersonesus_, are Countreys of _Grecia_.
XCI.
French.
Au grand marché qu’on dit des mensongers,
De tout _Torrent_ & Champ _Athenien_,
Seront surpris par les Chevaux legers,
Des _Albanois_, _Mars_, _Leo_, _Sat._ au _Versien_.
English.
In the great Market called of the Liars,
Which is all _Torrent_ and _Athenian_ Field,
They shall be surprised by the light Horse,
Of the _Albanese_, _Mars_ in _Leo_, _Saturn_ in _Aquarius_.
ANNOT.
When _Mars_ shall be in the sign of _Leo_, and _Saturn_ in that of
_Aquarius_, then the Countrey of _Athens_ shall be over-run by light
Horsemen of _Albania_.
XCII.
French.
Apres le siege tenu dixsept ans
Cinq changeront en tel revolu terme,
Puis sera l’un esleu de mesme temps,
Qui des _Romains_ ne sera trop conforme.
English.
After the seat possessed seventeen years,
Five shall change in such a space of time;
After that, one shall be elected at the same time,
Who shall not be very conformable to the _Romans_.
ANNOT.
The meaning is, that when a Pope shall have sat in the Chair, for the
space of 17 years, within the same space of 17 years, five others shall
be elected; and after them another, that shall not be well approved of by
the _Roman_ Clergy, and Nobility. If my memory doth not fail me, this is
come to pass already; but wanting the Popes Chronology, I could not make
it good.
XCIII.
French.
Soubs le terroir du rond Globe Lunaire,
Lors que sera dominateur _Mercure_,
L’Isle d’_Escosse_ fera un Lumenaire,
Que les _Anglois_ mettra a desconfiture.
English.
Under the Territory of the round Lunary Globe,
When _Mercury_ shall be Lord of the ascendant;
The Island of _Scotland_ shall make a Luminary,
That shall put the _English_ to an overthrow.
ANNOT.
This Prophecie must of necessity be past; for since the union of both
Kingdom under one King, such a thing hath not happened, nor is it likely
it should be hereafter.
XCIV.
French.
Translatera en la grand _Germanie_,
_Brabant_ & _Flanders_, _Gand_, _Bruges_ & _Bologne_,
La trefue fainte le grand Duc d’_Armenie_,
Assailera _Vienne_ & la _Coloigne_.
English.
He shall translate into the great _Germany_,
_Brabant_, _Flanders_, _Gand_, _Bruges_, and _Bullen_,
The truce fained, the great Duke of _Armenia_,
Shall assault _Vienna_ and _Colen_.
ANNOT.
It is concerning an Emperour that shall add all those Countreys to the
Empire of _Germany_.
XCV.
French.
Nautique rame invitera les umbres,
Du grand Empire lors viendra conciter,
La mer _Ægee_ des lignes des Encombres,
Empeschant londe _Tirrhene_ de fletter.
English.
The Sea Oare shall invite the shades,
Of the great Empire, then shall it come to stir,
The _Ægean_ Sea, with lines of Encumbers,
Hindering the _Tirrhene_ Sea to roll.
ANNOT.
This is either Mistical or Metaphorical, or I understand it not.
XCVI.
French.
Sur le milieu du grand monde la Rose,
Pour nouveaux faits sang public espandu,
A dire uray on aura bouche close,
Lors au besoing viendra tard lattendu.
English.
The Rose shall be in the middle of the great world,
Blood shall be publickly spilt for new deeds;
To say the truth, every one shall stop his mouth,
Then at the time of need shall come long looked for.
ANNOT.
The words are plain, out of which every one may make what construction he
pleaseth.
XCVII.
French.
Le na difforme par horreur suffoqué,
Dans la Cité du grand Roy habitable,
L’edit severy des captifs revoqué,
Gresle & Tonnerre, _Condon_ inestimable.
English.
The deformed born shall through horror be suffocated,
In the habitable City of the great King,
The severe Proclamation against banished shall be recalled,
Hail and Thunder shall do inestimable harm at _Condon_.
ANNOT.
_Condon_ is a Town in _France_; the rest is plain.
XCVIII.
French.
A quarante huit degré Climacterique,
A fin de _Cancer_ si grande secheresse,
Poisson en Mer, Fleuve, Lac cuit hectique,
_Bearn_, _Bigorre_, par feu Ciel en detresse.
English.
At the Climacterical degree of eight and fourty,
At the end of _Cancer_, shall be such a drougth,
That Fish in the Sea, River, and Lake shall be boiled to a consumption,
_Bearn_ and _Bigorre_ by Heavenly fire shall be in distress.
ANNOT.
_Bearn_ and _Bigorre_ are two Provinces of _France_; the rest is plain.
XCIX.
French.
_Milan_, _Ferrare_, _Turin_ & _Aquilee_,
_Capne_, _Brundis_ vexez par gent _Celtique_,
Par le Lion & Phalange _Aquilee_,
Quand _Rome_ aura le chef vieux _Britannique_.
English.
_Milan_, _Ferrara_, _Turin_, and _Aquileia_,
_Capne_, _Brundis_, shall be vexed by the _French_,
By the Lion and troop of _Aquileia_,
When _Rome_ shall have an old _Brittanick_ Head.
ANNOT.
The Cities here mentioned are all in _Italy_.
C.
French.
Le boutefeu par son feu attrapé,
Du feu du Ciel a _Tartas_ & _Comminge_,
_Foix_, _Aux_, _Mazere_, haut vieillard escapé,
Par ceux de _Hess_, de _Saxe_ & de _Turinge_.
English.
The incendiary shall be overtaken by his own fire,
Heavenly fire shall fall at _Tartas_ and _Cominge_,
_Foix_, _Auch_, _Mazerre_, a tall old man shall escape,
By the means of those of _Hessia_, _Saxony_, and _Turinge_.
ANNOT.
_Tartas_, _Cominge_, _Foix_, _Auch_, _Mazere_ are Towns in _France_.
_Hessia_, _Saxony_, and _Turinge_ are Provinces of _Germany_.
THE PROPHECIES OF Michael Nostradamus.
_CENTURY_ VI.
I.
French.
Autour des Monts _Pyrenees_ grand amas,
De gent estrange secourir Roy nouveau,
Pres de _Garonne_ du grand Temple du _Mas_,
Un _Romain_ Chef le craindra dedans l’Eau.
English.
About the _Pyrenean_ Mountains there shall be a great gathering
Of strange Nations to succour a new King;
Near _Garonne_ and the great Temple of _Mas_,
A _Roman_ Captain shall fear him in the Water.
ANNOT.
The _Pyrenean_ Mountains are those that part _Spain_ from _France_;
_Garonne_ is the River that runneth at _Bourdeaux_, it seemeth then, that
upon that River a _Roman_ Captain shall stand in much fear of the new
King before mentioned.
II.
French.
En la cinq cens octante plus & moins,
On attendra le siecle bien estrange,
En l’an sept cens & trois (cieux en tesmoins),
Regnes plusieurs un a cinq feront change.
English.
In the year five hundred fourscore more or less,
There shall be a strange Age,
In the year seven hundred and three (witness Heaven),
Many Kingdoms, one to five shall be changed.
ANNOT.
What strange age it was in the year 1580. every one may satisfie himself
by History. As for the year 1703. our Author saith there will be great
wonders, chiefly there shall many changes be in Kingdoms, insomuch, that
one shall be divided into five.
III.
French.
Fleuve qu’esproune le nouveau nay _Celtique_,
Sera en grande de l’Empire discorde:
Le jeune Prince par gent Ecclesiastique,
Le Sceptre osté Corone de concorde.
English.
The River that makes tryal of the new born _Celtick_,
Shall be at great variance with the Empire,
The young Prince shall be an Ecclesiastical person,
And have his Scepter taken off, and the Crown of concord.
ANNOT.
This River is the River of _Rhyne_, because the ancient _French_ when
they had a King newly born, they used to put him upon a Target, to make
him swim upon that River, to try whether by his swimming he was lawfully
begotten or no; the meaning therefore is, that this new born _Celtique_
or _French_ King shall be at variance with the Empire, and that in his
young years the Clergy shall take his Scepter and Crown from him.
IV.
French.
Fleuve _Celtique_ changera de Rivage,
Plus ne tiendra la Cité d’_Agripine_,
Tout transmué horsmis le viel Language,
_Saturn_, _Leo_, _Mars_, _Cancer_ en rapine.
English.
The River of the Low-Countreys shall change her Shoare,
It shall touch no more the City of _Agrippina_,
All shall be transformed, except the old Language,
_Saturn_, _Leo_, _Mars_, _Cancer_ in _Rapine_.
ANNOT.
This is a strange prediction, if it should prove true, that the _Rhine_
should change its course, and should touch no more the City of _Colen_,
which is here called _Agrippina_; because its name in Latine is _Colonia
Agrippina_, being a Colony of the _Romans_, built by _M. Agrippa_, son
in Law to _Augustus_; others say by _Agrippina_, Mother to the Emperour
_Nero_.
The last Verse signifieth no more than an unfortunate position and Aspect
of the two Planets, _Saturn_ and _Mars_, and of the two Signs, _Leo_ and
_Cancer_.
V.
French.
Si grand famine par une pestifere,
Par pluye longue le long du Pole _Artique_.
_Samarobryn_ cent lieux de l’Hemisphere,
Vivront sans loy exempt de politique.
English.
So great a famine with a plague,
Through a long Rain shall come along the _Artick_ Pole,
_Samarobryn_ a hundred Leagues from the Hemisphere,
Shall live without Law, exempt from pollicy.
ANNOT.
The two last Verses foretel a great Plague and Famine that shall come
from the North, by the means of the long Rain.
_Samarobryn_ he calls a people, that shall be a hundred Leagues from our
Hemisphere, and shall live without Law and Policy.
VI.
French.
Apparoistra vers le septentrion,
Non loing de _Cancer_ l’estoille cheveluë,
_Suze_, _Sienne_, _Boëce_, _Eretrion_,
Mourra de _Rome_ grand, la nuict disperuë.
English.
Towards the North shall appear,
Not far from _Cancer_ a blazing Star,
_Suza_, _Sienna_, _Boëce_, _Eretrion_,
There shall die at _Rome_ a great man, the night being past.
ANNOT.
Here he foretelleth the apparition of a Commet that shall be vertical to
the Cities here named, and not far from the Sign of _Cancer_, at which
time a great person shall die at _Rome_, about the dawning of the day.
VII.
French.
_Norvege_ & _Dace_, & l’Isle _Britannique_,
Par les unes freres seront vexées,
Le chef _Romain_ issu du sang _Gallique_,
Et les copies aux forests repousées.
English.
_Norvegia_, and _Dacia_, and the _Brittish_ Island,
Shall be vexed by the Brothers united.
The _Roman_ Captain issued from _French_ blood,
His Forces shall be beaten back to the Forrest.
ANNOT.
The difficulty lyes in the word _Brothers_, which I suppose to be the
United Provinces. The rest is plain.
VIII.
French.
Ceux qui estoient en regne pour scavoir,
Au Royal change deviendront a pauvris,
Uns exilez sans appuy, Or navoir,
Lettréz & lettres ne seront a grand pris.
English.
Those that were in esteem for their learning,
Upon the change of a King shall become poor,
Some banished, without help, having no Gold,
Learned and learning shall not be much valued.
ANNOT.
This Prophecie is clear enough, and here the Author hath said nothing,
but what doth commonly happen.
IX.
French.
Aux Temples Saints seront faits grands scandales,
Comptez seront peur honneurs & louanges,
D’un que l’on grave d’Argent, d’Or les Medals,
La fin sera en tourmens bien estranges.
English.
To the holy Temples shall be done great scandals,
That shall be accounted for honours and praises,
By one, whose medals are graven in Gold and Silver,
The end of it shall be in very strange torments.
ANNOT.
Here the Reader must understand that the Author was a _Roman_ Catholick,
and therefore calleth Holy Temples, the Churches of the _Romish_
Religion, which in the beginning of the Civil Wars in _France_, were much
abased by those of the Protestant Religion, then called _Huguenots_,
whose chief was _Henry_ King of _Navarre_, who was the only man amongst
the Protestant party, that could have Money and Medals coined to his
stamp, as being King of _Navarre_. But the last Verse of this Prophecie
proved too true, when upon St. _Bartholomews_ day, the 24 of _August_, in
the year 1572. the general Massacre of the Protestants was made through
_France_.
X.
French.
Un peu du temps les Temples des Couleurs,
De blanc & noir des deux entremislée,
Rouges & jaunes leur embleront les leurs,
Sang, terre, peste, faim, feu, eau affollée.
English.
Within a little while the Temples of the Colours,
White and Black shall be intermixt,
Red and Yellow shall take away their Colours,
Blood, earth, plague, famine, fire, water shall destroy them.
ANNOT.
By the Temples of the Colours White and Black, I suppose he means that
of Peace, and of War; by the Red and Yellow, may be meant the Empire of
the _Sweads_, who shall be at variance together; and by their long War
shall bring the Plagues here mentioned, as it came to pass in the Wars
of _Germany_, between the Emperour and _Gustavus Adolphus_, King of the
_Sweads_.
XI.
French.
Les sept rameaux a trois seront reduits,
Les plus aisnez seront surprins par morts,
Fratricider les deux seront seduits,
Les Conjures en dormant seront morts.
English.
The seven branches shall be reduced to three,
The eldest shall be surprised by death,
Two shall be said to kill their Brothers,
The Conspirators shall be killed, being asleep.
ANNOT.
It is apparent, that he speaks of seven Brethren, that shall be reduced
to three, whereof the eldest son shall be surprised by death, and two of
the rest shall be said to have murdered their Brother, the Conspirators
shall afterwards be killed in their sleep.
XII.
French.
Dresser Copie pour monter a l’Empire,
Du _Vatican_ le sang Royal tiendra,
_Flamens_, _Anglois_, _Espagne_ aspire,
Contre l’_Italie_ & _France_ contendra.
English.
To raise an Army, for to ascend unto the Empire,
Of the _Vatican_, the Royal blood shall endeavour,
_Flemings_, _English_, _Spain_ shall aspire,
And shall contend against _Italy_ and _France_.
ANNOT.
This prediction signifies no more, but that there shall be a great
commotion among the Nations, of _Europe_, concerning the election of
a Pope, which is called here the Empire of the _Vatican_; because the
_Vatican_ is the Popes Palace in _Rome_.
XIII.
French.
Un dubieux ne viendra loing du regne,
La plus grand part le voudra soustenir,
Un Capitole ne voudra point quil regne,
Sa grande Chaire ne pourra maintenir.
English.
A doubtful man shall not come far from the Reign,
The greatest part will uphold him,
A Capitol will not consent that he should Reign,
His great Chair he shall not be able to maintain.
ANNOT.
What should that doubtful man be, whom our Author doth mention here, is
not easie to be understood; but it seemeth that it shall be some body
pretending to the Popedom, who shall have a great party for himself, and
yet for all that shall be excluded, and not able to keep his Seat; so
that this Prophecie is but the second part of the foregoing; for they
have both a relation together. The Capitol anciently was the Citadel of
_Rome_, and now is the place where the Courts of Judicature meet, called
_Campidoglio_.
XIV.
French.
Loing de sa Terre Roy perdra la Bataille,
Prompt, eschapé poursuivy, suivant pris,
Ignare pris soubs la dorée maille,
Soubs feint habit, & l’Ennemy surpris.
English.
Far from his Countrey the King shall loose a Battle,
Nimble, escaped, followed, following, taken,
Ignorantly taken under the gilded Coat of Mail,
Under a feigned habit the enemy taken.
ANNOT.
This Prophecy was fulfilled in the year 1578. when _Don Sebastian_ King
of _Portugal_, went into _Affrica_, to help and succour _Muley Hamet_,
against _Muley Maluc_, that had expelled him out of the Kingdom of _Fez_
and _Morocco_, and there fought that famous Battle of _Alcasserquibir_,
wherein his whole Army was routed, and himself slain by the _Moores_, and
his body afterwards sold to the King of _Spain_ for a 100000. Crowns.
XV.
French.
Dessous la Tombe sera trouvé le Prince,
Qu’aura le pris par dessus _Nuremberg_:
L’_Espagnol_ Roy en _Capricorne_ mince,
Feinct & trahy par le grand _Vutitemberg_.
English.
Under the Tomb shall be found the Prince,
That shall have a price above _Nuremberg_,
That _Spanish_ King in _Capricorn_ shall be thine,
Deceived and betrayed by the great _Vutitemberg_.
ANNOT.
We hear of no Prince that had that advantage upon _Nuremberg_, but only
_Gustavus Adolphus_ King of _Sweden_, who took it. The last two Verses
signifie no more, then that the King of _Spain_ shall be wasted at the
time when the Sun is in _Capricorn_.
XVI.
French.
Ce que ravy sera du jeune Milve,
Par les _Normans_ de _France_ & _Picardy_,
Les noirs du Temple du lieu de _Negrisilve_,
Feront aux Berge & feu de _Lombardie_.
English.
That which shall be taken from the young Kite,
By the _Normans_ of _France_ and _Picardie_,
The black ones of the Temple of the place called black Forrest.
Shall make a Rendezvouz, and a fire in _Lombardie_.
ANNOT.
The meaning is, that what the _Normans_ and those of _Picardie_ shall
save from the hand of a young conquering Prince, the same shall be
imployed in building a Temple in the black Forrest, which is that part of
the Forrest of _Arden_, that lies near _Bohemia_, and another part of it
to build a House in _Lombardie_.
XVII.
French.
Apres les livres bruslez les Asiniers,
Contraints seront changer d’habits divers:
Les _Saturnins_ bruslez par les meusniers,
Hors la pluspart qui ne sera convers.
English.
After the Books shall be burnt, the Asses,
Shall be compelled several times to change their Cloaths,
The _Saturnins_ shall be burnt by the Millers,
Except the greater part, that shall not be discovered.
ANNOT.
This seems to foretell a persecution of ignorant men against the learned,
after which shall happen a confusion amongst the ignorant persons, who
shall be forced to disguise themselves.
The last two Verses seem to be of the same sense, for by the _Saturnins_
I understand studious people, and by the _Millers_ rude and unlearned
persons.
XVIII.
French.
Par les Physiques le grand Roy delaissé,
Par sort non art de l’Ebrieu est en vie,
Luy & son Genre au Regne hault pousé,
Grace donnée a gent qui Christ envie.
English.
The great King being forsaken by Physicians,
Shall be kept alive by the Magick and not by the art of a Jew,
He, and his kindred shall be set at the top of the Kingdom,
Grace shall be given to a Nation that envieth Christ.
ANNOT.
This in plain words signifieth no more, but that a King shall be
desparately sick and forsaken by his _Physicians_, and shall recover
by the help of a Jew, for which fact those of that Nation shall be
reestablished in his Countrey.
XIX.
French.
La vraye flamme engloutira la Dame,
Que voudra mettre les Innocens a feu,
Pres de l’aussaut l’exercite s’enflamme,
Quand dans _Seville_ monstre en Bœuf sera veu.
English.
The true flame shall swallow up the Lady,
That went about to burn the guiltless,
Before the Assault the Army shall be incouraged,
When in _Seville_, a Monster like an Ox shall be seen.
ANNOT.
_Seville_ is the chiefest City of _Andalusia_ a Province in _Spain_; the
rest is plain.
XXI.
French.
L’Union feinte sera peu de durée,
Les uns changes reformez la plus part:
Dans les Vaisseaux sera gent endurée,
Lors aura _Rome_ un nouveau Leopart.
English.
The feigned union shall not last long,
Some shall be changed, others for the most part reformed,
In the Ships people shall be pen’d up,
Then shall _Rome_ have a new Leopard.
ANNOT.
When the things contained in the three first Verses shall come to pass,
then _Rome_ shall have a new Pope, expressed here by the word Leopard
from the variousness, that is, in his Pontifical Garments.
XXI.
French.
Quand ceux du Pole _Artique_ unis ensemble,
En Orient grand effrayeur & crainte,
Esleu nouveau soustenu le grand tremble,
_Rodes_, _Bisance_ de sang _Barbare_ taincte.
English.
When those of the _Artick_ Pole shall be united together,
There shall be in the East a great fear and trembling,
One shall be newly Elected, that shall bear the brunt,
_Rodes_, _Bisance_, shall be dy’d with _Barbarian_ blood.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth an union between the _Europeans_, or Nations of the
North against the Eastern people, or Turks, and that the Christians shall
make choice of such a General, that shall make the East quake, and get
such Victories, whereby _Rhodes_ and _Constantinople_ shall be dyed with
Turkish blood.
XXII.
French.
Dedans la Terre du grand Temple Celique,
Neveu a _Londres_ par paix feinte meurtry,
La Barque alors deviendra Schismatique,
Liberté feinte sera au corne & cry.
English.
Within the ground of the great Cœlestial Temple,
A Nephew at _London_ by a fained peace shall be murdered,
The Boat at that time shall become Schismatical,
A fained liberty shall be with _Hue and Cry_.
ANNOT.
I think that by the _great Cœlestial Temple_, he meaneth that of St.
_Paul_, in which, or in the ground about it, shall be murdered a Nephew
by his Uncle, which shall cause great divisions and dissensions in the
City, compared here to a Boat, and that a dissembled or fained liberty
shall be proclaimed.
XXIII.
French.
Despit de Roy, numismes descriez,
Peuples seront esmeus contre leur Roy,
Paix fait nouveau, Saintes Loix empirées,
_Rapis_ onc fut en si piteux arroy.
English.
The despight of a King, and Coin being brought lower
People shall rise against their King,
Peace newly made, Holy Laws being made worse,
_Rapis_ was never in such a great disorder.
ANNOT.
The first thing here to be observed, is the word _Rapis_, which is the
_Anagramme_ of _Paris_, which he saith was never in such a trouble
before, as it shall be when the people shall rebel against the King for
hatred, and because he shall have put low the price and intrinsical value
of Coin and Money; he foretelleth also that there shall be a new Peace
made, and that the Holy Laws shall be much impaired.
XXIV.
French.
_Mars_ & le Sceptre se trouvera conjoint,
Dessoubs _Cancer_ calamiteuse guerre,
Un peu apres sera nouveau Roy oingt.
Qui par long temps pacifiera la Terre.
English.
_Mars_ and the Scepter, being conjoyned together,
Under _Cancer_ shall be a calamitous War,
A little while after a new King shall be anointed,
Who for a long time shall pacifie the Earth.
ANNOT.
The meaning of this is, that when the Planet of _Mars_ shall be in
conjunction with the constellation he calleth here the _Scepter_, that
then shall be a very calamitous War. The two last Verses are plain enough
of themselves.
XXV.
French.
Par _Mars_ contraire sera la Monarchie,
Du grand Pescheur en trouble ruineux,
Jeune, noir, rouge prendra la Hierarchie,
Les proditeurs iront jour bruineux.
English.
By _Mars_ contrary shall the Monarchy
Of the great Fisherman, be brought into ruinous trouble,
A young, black, red shall possess himself of the Hierarchy,
The Traitors shall undertake it on a misty day.
ANNOT.
This Prophecie is concerning a certain Pope, signified here by the word
of great _Fisherman_; because in his Seal is graven a Fisherman, and
therefore in all his Bulls and Expeditions, it is always written, _Datum
Romæ sub sigillo piscatoris_: this Pope then it seemeth, shall be brought
to ruine, and another it seemeth shall succeed him, having here three
Epithetes, _viz._ _Young_, _Black_, and _Red_, which signifieth, that
against the common election of Popes, he shall be elected young, and
shall be Black in his complexion, and Red in Cloaths, _viz._ a Cardinal.
_Hierarchy_ is a Greek word, signifying Dominion over the Church. The
last Verse needeth no explication, being plain enough of it self.
XXVI.
French.
Quattre ans le siege quelque peu bien tiendra,
Un surviendra libidineux de vie,
_Ravenna_, & _Pise_, _Verone_ soustiendront,
Pour eslever la Croix de Pape envie.
English.
Four years he shall keep the Papal seat pretty well,
Then shall succeed one of a libidinous life,
_Ravenna_, _Pisa_, shall take _Verona_’s part,
To raise up the Popes Cross to Life.
ANNOT.
This Prediction seemeth to have not only a relation to the foregoing,
but also a connexion; for the Author still handleth the matter of the
Popedome, and saith, that after that Pope shall have Reigned four years,
there shall succeed one that shall be notorious for debauchedness and
lechery, and that those Towns he mentioneth here (which are all in
_Italy_) shall take the Popes part.
XXVII.
French.