All those that were at _Turban_ shall be made slaves,
Succours by Sea from the great _Portugals_,
The first day of the Summer, and of the installation of _Urban_.
ANNOT.
Here are two difficulties in this Stanza; the first is, what the Author
means by the great City _Tharsis_; the second is in the last Verse, what
he meaneth by the Installation of _Vrban_, I believe he meaneth no more
then the election of a Pope, whose name shall be _Urban_.
LXXXVI.
French.
Le grand Prelat un jour apres son songe,
Interprete au rebours de son sens,
De la _Gascogne_ luy surviendra un Monge,
Qui fera eslire le grand Prelat de _Sens_.
English.
The great Prelate the next day after his dream,
Interpreted contrary to his sense,
From _Gascony_ shall come to him a Monge,
That shall cause the great Prelate of _Sens_ to be elected.
ANNOT.
_Monge_ is a Barbarous word, that hath no relation to any Language in the
world, (that I know) unless it signifies a Monk. _Sens_ is a fine City,
about threescore Miles beyond _Paris_, towards the South, and the Seat of
an Arch-Bishop, who it seemeth shall be elected into some eminent place,
the next day after he that was in it shall dream a dream, that shall be
interpreted contrary to the sense and meaning of it.
LXXXVII.
French.
L’election faicte dans _Francfort_,
N’aura nul lieu, _Milan_ s’opposera,
Le sien plus proche semblera si grand fort,
Qu’oute le _Rhin_ Marais les chassera.
English.
The election made at _Francford_,
Shall be void, _Milan_ shall oppose it,
He of the _Milan_ party shall be so strong,
As to drive the other beyond the Marshes of the _Rhine_.
ANNOT.
The Election of _Francford_ is concerning an Emperour; for there they are
elected, Crowned. The rest is plain.
LXXXVIII.
French.
Un Regne grand demourra desolé,
Aupres de l’_Hebro_ se seront assemblées,
Monts _Pyrenees_ le rendront consolé,
Lors que dans _May_ seront Terres tremblées.
English.
A great Kingdom shall be left desolate,
Near the River _Hebrus_ an assembly shall be made,
The _Pyrenean_ Mountains shall comfort him,
When in _May_ shall be an Earth-quake.
ANNOT.
This needeth no interpretation, but what any one may give that knoweth
where the River _Hebrus_ is.
LXXXIX.
French.
Entre deux cymbes pieds & mains attachez,
De miel face oingt & de laict substante,
Guespes & mouches feront amour fachez,
Poccilateurs faucer, Scyphe tente.
English.
Between two Boats one shall be tyed hand and foot,
His face annointed with Honey, and he nourished with Milk,
Wasps and Bees shall make much of him in anger,
For being treacherous Cup-bearers, and poisoning the Cup.
ANNOT.
This is a description of the punishment which the _Persians_ use to
afflict upon poisoners; for they were put between two Troughs, which are
here called Boats, from their likeness to them, with their face only
uncovered, which was daubed with Honey, that the Wasps and Bees might
be drawn to it and torment them, they were fed with Milk, which if they
refused to do, and had rather dye than be so tormented, then did the
Tormenter prick their Eyes with Needles to force them to their diet, and
so were they left, till the Vermin eat them up. We have an example of
this in the Life of _Artaxerxes_ King of _Persia_.
XC.
French.
L’honnessement puant abominable,
Apres la faict sera felicité,
Grand excusé, pour n’estre favorable,
Qu’a paix _Neptune_ ne sera incité.
English.
The stinking and abominable defiling
After the secret shall succeed well,
The great one shall be excused for not being favourable,
That _Neptune_ might be perswaded to peace.
ANNOT.
By the two first Verses it seemeth that some abominable action, after its
effect shall succeed well; the two last signifie, that a great person
shall be excused for not permitting the Fleet to be at peace.
XCI.
French.
Le conducteur de la guerre Navale,
Rouge effrené, severe horrible grippe,
Captif eschapé de l’aisné dans la baste,
Quand il naistra du grand un Fils _Agrippe_.
English.
The leader of the naval forces,
Red, rash, severe, horrible extortioner,
Being slave, shall escape, hidden amongst the Harnesses,
When a Son named _Agrippa_, shall be born to the great one.
ANNOT.
This needeth no Interpretation, the words being so plain.
XCII.
French.
Princesse de beauté tant venuste,
Au chef menée, le second faict trahy,
La Cité au Glaive poudre face aduste,
Par trop grand meurtre le chef du Roy hay.
English.
A Princess of an exquisite beauty,
Shall be brought to the General, the second time the fact shall be
betrayed,
The City shall be given to the Sword and fire,
By two great a murder the chief Person about the King shall be hated.
ANNOT.
The only difficulty lyes in what City he doth mean.
XCIII.
French.
Prelat avare, d’ambition trompé,
Rien ne fera que trop cuider viendra,
Ses Messagers, & luy bien attrapé,
Tout au rebours voir qui les bois fendra.
English.
A covetous Prelate, deceived by ambition,
Shall do nothing but covet too much,
His messengers and he shall be trapt,
When they shall see one cleave the Wood the contrary way.
ANNOT.
This needeth no Annotation.
XCIV.
French.
Un Roy iré sera aux sedifragues,
Quand interdicts seront harnois de guerre,
La poison taincte au succre par les fragues,
Par eaux meurtris, morts, disant, serre, serre.
English.
A King shall be angry against the Covenant-breakers,
When the Warlike Armour shall be forbidden,
The Poison with Sugar shall be put in the Strawberries,
They shall be murdered and die, saying, close, close.
ANNOT.
The words are plain.
XCV.
French.
Par detracteur calomnié puis nay,
Quand istront faicts enormes & martiaux,
La moindre part dubieuse a l’aisné,
Et tost au Regne seront faicts partiaux.
English.
The youngest Son shall be calumniated by a slanderer,
When enormous and Martial deeds shall be done,
The least part shall be left doubtfull to the
Eldest, and soon after they shall be both equal in the Kingdom.
ANNOT.
This lacketh no interpretation.
XCVI.
French.
Grand Cité a Soldats abandonnée,
Onc ny eut mortel tumult si proche,
O quelle hideuse calamités approche,
Fors une offence n’y sera pardonnée.
English.
A great City shall be given up to the Souldiers,
There was never a mortal tumult so near,
Oh! what a hideous calamity draws near,
Except one offence nothing shall be spared.
ANNOT.
This is concerning the taking of the Town of St. _Quentin_ in 1557.
because the Author saith, no tumult was like this, so near the year 1555.
when our Author writ.
He calleth it great City; because it is one of the most considerable in
_France_, therefore it was besieged by the King of _Spain_ with 37000.
men, and 12000. Horses and 8000. _English_. The plunder was given to the
Souldiers; for it was taken by assault.
_There was never a mortal tumult so near_; for the Souldiers taking
revenge upon the Inhabitants, and Garrison, put all to the Sword; the
Admiral having much ado to save himself.
In consequence of this our Prophet cryeth, _O what a fearfull calamity_;
because the taking of this Town joyned with the loss of St. _Laurence_
did almost ruine _France_. He addeth, _except one offence nothing shall
be forgiven_; that is, the Town should be afflicted in all respects,
except that it should not be burnt. The taking of this Town was upon the
27 of _August_, 17 days after the Battle of St. _Laurence_.
The loss was so great to _France_, that the King was fained to call the
Duke of _Guise_ back from _Italy_, and _Charles_ V. hearing this news,
asked presently if his Son _Philip_ was not in _Paris_, as much as to
say, it was a thing he ought to have done.
But God permitted that the King of _Spain_ went another way, and in the
mean time, the King of _France_ strengthned himself, and the Duke of
_Guise_ took from the _English_, _Calais_, _Guines_, and the County of
d’_Oye_. The _Spanish_ History saith, that _Philip_ had forbidden to
touch any old people, Children and Ecclesiastical persons; but above all
St. _Quentins_ reliques.
XCVII.
French.
Cinq & quarante degrez ciel bruslera,
Feu approcher de la grand Cité neuve,
Instant grand flamme esparse sautera,
Quand on voudra des _Normans_ faire preuve.
English.
The Heaven shall burn at five and forty degrees,
The fire shall come near the great new City,
In an instant a great flame dispersed shall burst out,
When they shall make a trial of the _Normans_.
ANNOT.
This signifies some extraordinary lightning under five and forty degrees,
which is about the Southern part of _France_.
It is not easie to guess what he meaneth by the great new City, unless it
be one in the Authors Countrey, called _Villa Nova_.
The last Verse seemeth to intimate, that this shall happen when an Army
of _Normandie_ shall be raised.
XCVIII.
French.
Ruyne aux _Volsques_ de peur si fort terribles,
Leur grand Cité taincte, faict pestilent:
Piller Sol, Lune, & violer leur Temples,
Et les deux Fleuves rougir de sang coulant.
English.
A ruine shall happen to the _Volsques_ that are so terrible,
Their great City shall be dyed, a pestilent deed:
They shall plunder Sun and Moon, and violate their Temples,
And the two Rivers shall be red with running blood.
ANNOT.
The _Volsi_ were a warlike people of _Italy_ joyning to _Rome_, which
makes me believe that by the great City he meaneth _Rome_, which was
plundered and sackt by the Duke of _Burgondy_ and the Prince of _Orange_,
Generals of the Emperour _Charles_ V.
XCIX.
French.
L’Ennemy docte se tournera confus,
Grand Camp malade, & de faict par embusches
Monts _Pyrenees_ luy seront faicts refus.
Roche du Fleuve descouvrant antique ruches.
English.
The learned enemy shall go back confounded,
A great Camp shall be sick, and in effect through ambush,
The _Pyrenean_ Mountains shall refuse him.
Near the River discovering the ancient Hives.
ANNOT.
The words are plain, though the sense be too obscure, and I shall not
endeavour to give an interpretation, when every one may make one himself.
C.
French.
Fill de _Laure_, asyle du mal sain,
Ou jusqu’au Ciel se void l’_Amphitheatre_:
Prodige veu, ton mal est fort prochain,
Seras captive, & des fois plus de quatre.
English.
Daughter of _Laura_, Sanctuary of the sick,
Where to the Heavens is seen the _Amphitheatre_,
A prodigy being seen, the danger is near,
Thou shalt be taken captive above four times.
ANNOT.
This is an ingenious Stanza, concerning the City of _Nismes_ in
_Languedoc_, famous for its _Amphitheatre_ built by the _Romans_, and
remaining to this day, which Town he calleth Daughter of _Laura_, because
the Lady _Laura_, Mistress to the famous Poet _Petrarche_ was born
thereabout; he also calleth it Sanctuary of the sick, for the salubrity
of the air.
The meaning of the two last Verses is, that when a prodigy shall be seen,
_viz._ Civil War in _France_, it shall be taken above four times, as it
hath happened by one party or other.
Legis cautio contra ineptos Criticos.
_Qui legent hos versus, maturè censunto:_
_Prophanum vulgus & inscium ne attrectato:_
_Omnesque Astrologi, Blenni, Barbari procul sunto,_
_Qui aliter faxit, is rite sacer esto._
THE PROPHECIES OF Michael Nostradamus.
_CENTURY_ VII.
I.
French.
L’Arc du Thresor par _Achilles_ deceu,
Aux procrées sceu le Quadrangulaire,
Au fait Roial le comment sera sceu,
Corps veu pendu au Sceu du populaire.
English.
The bow of the Treasure by _Achilles_ deceived,
Shall shew to posterity the Quadrangulary,
In the Royal deed the Comment shall be known,
The body shall be seen hanged in the knowledge of the people.
ANNOT.
By the bow of the Treasure, is understood the Marshal d’_Ancre_, Favorite
to the Queen Regent of _France_ _Mary_ of _Medicis_, who was first
complained of, for his maleversations by _Achilles de Harlay_ President
of _Paris_, whence followed his death being Pistolled in the Quadrangle
of the _Louvre_, by the command of _Lewis_ XIII. and his body afterwards
dragged through the streets, and hanged publickly by the people upon the
new Bridge.
II.
French.
Par _Mars_ ouvert _Arles_ ne donra guerre,
De nuit seront les Soldats estonnez,
Noir, blanc, a l’Inde dissimulez en terre.
Soubs la feinte ombre traistre verrez sonnez.
English.
_Arles_ shall not proceed by open War,
By night the Souldiers shall be astonished,
Black, white, and blew, dissembled upon the ground.
Under the fained shadow you shall see them proclaimed Traitors.
ANNOT.
_Arles_ is a considerable City in _France_; the rest is plain.
III.
French.
Apres de _France_ la victoire Navale,
Les _Barchinons_, _Salinons_, les _Phocens_,
Lierre d’or, l’Enclume serré dans balle,
Ceux de _Toulon_ au fraud seront consents.
English.
After the Naval victory of the _French_,
Upon those of _Tunis_, _Sally_, and the _Phocens_,
A golden Juy the Anvil shut up in a pack,
Those of _Toulon_ to the fraud shall consent.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth a Naval victory to the _French_ against the _Turks_, by
the means of a Granado, called _Anvil_, that shall be shut up in a Barrel
by a plot, to which those of _Toulon_ shall be privy.
IV.
French.
Le Duc de _Langres_ assiegé dedans _Dole_,
Accompagné d’_Authun_ & _Lionnois_,
_Geneve_, _Auspourg_, ceux de la _Mirandole_,
Passer les Monts contre les _Anconois_.
English.
The Duke of _Langres_ shall be besieged in _Dole_,
Being in company with those of _Autun_ and _Lion_,
_Geneva_, _Auspourg_, those of _Mirandola_,
Shall go over the Mountains against those of _Ancona_.
ANNOT.
_Langres_ is a City in _France_, whose Bishop is a Duke and a Peer of
the Kingdom; _Dole_ is a City in _Burgundy_, so is _Autun_ and _Lion_,
_Geneva_ is a City by _Savoy_, _Auspourg_, another in _Germany_,
_Mirandola_ is a Countrey in Italy, so is _Ancona_.
V.
French.
Vin sur la Table en sera respandu,
Le tiers naura celle quil pretendoit,
Deux fois du noir de _Parme_ descendu,
_Perouse_ & _Pise_ fera ce quil cuidoit.
English.
Wine shall be spilt upon the Table,
By reason that a third man shall not have her whom he intended,
Twice the black one descended from _Parma_,
Shall do to _Perusa_ and _Pisa_ what he intended.
ANNOT.
_Perusa_, _Pisa_, and _Parma_, are three Cities in _Italy_.
VI.
French.
_Naples_, _Palerme_, & toute la _Sicile_,
Par main _Barbare_ sera inhabitée,
_Corsique_, _Salerne_ & de _Sardaigne_ l’Isle,
Faim, peste, guerre, fin de maux intemptée.
English.
_Naples_, _Palermo_, and all _Sicily_,
By barbarous hands shall be depopulated,
_Corsica_, _Salerno_, and the Island of _Sardinia_,
In them shall be famine, plague, war, and endless evils.
ANNOT.
_Naples_ is a City in _Italy_, _Palermo_ is a City in the Island of
_Sicily_. _Corsica_, an Island in the _Mediterranean Sea_, belonging to
the _Genoese_; _Salerno_ is a Town in _Italy_; _Sardinia_ an Island in
the _Mediterranean_. The Reader may easily make an interpretation of the
rest.
VII.
French.
Sur le combat des grands chevaux legers,
On criera le grand croissant confond,
De nuit tuer Moutons, Brebis, Bergers,
Abysmes rouges dans le fossé profond.
English.
At the fight of the great light Horsmen,
They shall cry out, confound the great half Moon,
By night they shall kill Sheep, Ewes, and Shepherds,
Red pits shall be in the deep ditch.
ANNOT.
By the great half Moon, is understood the _Turk_.
VIII.
French.
_Flora_ fuis, fuis le plus proche _Romain_,
Au _Fesulan_ sera conflict donné,
Sang espandu les plus grands pris en main,
Temple ne Sexe ne sera pardonné.
English.
_Flora_ fly, fly from the next _Roman_,
In the _Fesulan_ shall be the fight,
Blood shall be spilt, the greatest shall be taken,
Temple nor Sex shall be spared.
ANNOT.
_Fesulan_ is a Countrey in _Italy_. _Flora_ is the Goddess of Flowers,
the rest is easie.
IX.
French.
Dame en l’absence de son grand Capitaine,
Sera priée d’amour du Viceroy,
Feinte promesse & malheureuse estreine,
Entre les mains du grand Prince _Barroy_.
English.
A Lady in the absence of her great Captain,
Shall be intreated of love by the Viceroy,
A fained promise, and unhappy new years gift,
In the hand of the great Prince of _Bar_.
ANNOT.
_Bar_ is a principality joyning to _Lorrain_, which _Henry_ IV. King of
_France_ gave for a Portion to his Sister _Catharine_, when she married
the Duke of _Lorrains_ Son. The rest is plain.
X.
French.
Par le grand Prince limitrophe du _Mans_,
Preux & vaillant chef de grand exercite,
Par Mer & Terre de _Galois_ & _Normans_,
Cap passer _Barcelonne_ pillé l’Isle.
English.
The great Prince dwelling near the _Mans_,
Stout and valiant, General of a great Army,
Of _Welchmen_ and _Normans_ by Sea and Land,
Shall pass the Cape _Barcelone_, and plunder the Island.
ANNOT.
_Mans_ is a City in _France_, chief of the Province called _le Main_. The
rest is plain.
XI.
French.
L’Enfant Roial contemnera la Mere,
Oeil, pieds blessez, rude inobeissant,
Nouvelle a Dame estrange & bien amere,
Seront tuez des siens plus de cinq cens.
English.
The Royal Child shall despise his Mother,
Eye, feet wounded, rude disobedient,
News to a Lady very strange and bitter,
There shall be killed of hers above five hundred.
ANNOT.
This was fulfilled about the year 1615. when _Lewis_ XIII. King of
_France_, being then about 15 years of age, by the perswasion of some
Grandees about him, made War against his own Mother _Mary_ of _Medicis_,
then Regent of the Kingdom, whereupon was fought between them the Battle
_du pont de say_, where above five hundred on the Queens side were slain,
whereupon it was a good Jest of the Prince of _Guimena_, who being
required by the Queen _Anna_ of _Austria_, to lay his hand upon her side;
and to feel her Child (now _Lewis_ XIV.) stirring, after he had felt; now
I know, said he, he is a true Son of _Bourbon_; for he beginneth to kick
his Mother.
XII.
French.
Le grand puisnay fera fin de la guerre,
En deux lieux assemble les excusez,
_Cahors_, _Moissac_, iront loing de la serre,
_Rufec_, _Lectoure_, les _Agenois_ rasez.
English.
The great younger Brother shall make an end of the War,
In two places he shall gather the excused,
_Cahors_, _Moissac_, shall go out of his clutches,
_Ruffec_, _Lectoure_, and those of _Agen_ shall be cut off.
ANNOT.
_Cahors_, _Moissac_, _Ruffec_, _Lectoure_, _Agen_, are all Cities of the
Province of _Guyenne_ in _France_.
XIII.
French.
De la Cité Marine & tributaire,
La teste rase prendra la Satrapie,
Chasser sordide qui puis sera contraire,
Par quatorze and tiendra la Tyrannie.
English.
Of the City Maritine and tributary,
The shaven head shall take the Government,
He shall turn out a base man who shall be against him,
During fourteen years he will keep the tyranny.
ANNOT.
This is positive concerning the Cardinal of _Richelieu_, who made himself
Governor of _Havre de Grace_, called here the Maritine City, and there
kept his Treasure, and tyrannised for the space of about fourteen years.
XIV.
French.
Faux exposer viendra Topographie,
Seront les Urnes des Monuments ouvertes,
Pulluler Sectes, sainte Philosophie,
Pour blanches noires, & pour antiques vertes.
English.
They shall expound Topography falsly,
The Urnes of the Monuments shall be open,
Sects shall multiply, and holy Philosophy
Shall give black for white, and green for old.
ANNOT.
This is a perfect description of our late miserable estate in _England_,
when there was such multiplicity of Sects, and such a Prophanation of
sacred things.
XV.
French.
Devant Cité de l’_Insubre_ Countrée,
Sept ans sera le Siege devant mis,
Le tres-grand Roy fera son entrée,
Cité puis libre hors de ses ennemis.
English.
Before a City of _Piemont_,
Seven years the Siege shall be laid,
The most great King shall make his entry into it,
Then the City shall be free being out of the enemies hand.
ANNOT.
This needeth no interpretation.
XVI.
French.
Entrée profonde par la grande Roine faite,
Rendra le lieu puissant inaccessible,
L’Armée de trois Lions sera défaite,
Faisant dedans cas hideux & terrible.
English.
The deep entry made by the Queen,
Shall make the place powerful and inaccessible,
The Army of the three Lions shall be routed,
Doing within an hideous and terrible thing.
ANNOT.
A Queen shall cause such a deep Trench to be made before a Town, that it
shall be impregnable, and the Army of Lions, that is either Generals, or
of a Prince that shall bear three Lions in his Arms, shall be routed.
XVII.
French.
Le Prince rare en pitié & clemence,
Apres avoir la paix aux siens baillé,
Viendra changer par mort grand cognoissance,
Apres grand repos le regne travaillé.
English.
The Prince rare in pity and Clemency,
After he shall have given peace to his Subjects,
Shall by death change his great knowledge,
After great rest the Kingdom shall be troubled.
ANNOT.
This positively concerneth _Henry_ the IV. King of _France_; who after
he had by many Battles and dangers given peace to his Kingdom, was by a
Murderer snatched away, and the Kingdom put into new troubles, by the war
that the Princes had among themselves.
XVIII.
French.
Les Assiegez couloureront leurs paches,
Sept jours apres feront cruelle issüe,
Dans repoulsez, feu, sang, sept mis a l’hache,
Dame captive qu’avoit la paix issüe.
English.
The Besieged shall dawb their Articles,
Seven days after they shall make a cruel event,
They shall be beaten back, fire, blood, seven put to death,
The Lady shall be Prisoner who endeavoured to make peace.
ANNOT.
This needeth no interpretation.
XIX.
French.
Le Fort _Nicene_ ne sera combatu,
Vaincu sera par rutilant metal,
Son fait sera un long temps debatu,
Aux Citadins estrange espouvental.
English.
The Fort _Nicene_ shall not be fought against,
By shining metal it shall be overcome,
The doing of it shall be long and debating,
It shall be a strange fearful thing to the Citizens.
ANNOT.
_Nice_ is a Town in _Piemont_, situated by the Sea side, now whether
this Prophecy came to pass in the time of the Wars between _France_ and
_Savoy_, or shall come to pass hereafter, it is more then I can tell. As
for winning of it by glistering Metal, it is no new thing or practice,
witness _Philippus_ of _Macedon_, who said no City was impregnable,
wherein might enter an Ass loaded with gold.
XX.
French.
Ambassadeurs de la _Toscane_ langue,
_Avril_ & _May_ _Alpes_ & Mer passer,
Celuy de Veau exposera l’harangue,
Vie _Gauloise_ en voulant effacer.
English.
The Embassadors of the _Tuscan_ tongue,
In _April_ and _May_, shall go over the _Alpes_ and the Sea,
One like a Calf shall make a speech:
Attempting to defame the _French_ customes.
ANNOT.
The sense and the words are plain.
XXI.
French.
Par pestilente inimitie _Volsicque_,
Dissimulée chassera le Tyran,
Au Pont de _Sorgues_ se fera la trafique,
De mettre a mort luy & son adherent.
English.
By a pestilent _Italian_ enmity,
The dissembler shall expel the Tyrant,
The bargain shall be made at _Sorgues_ Bridge,
To put him and his adherent to death.
ANNOT.
There is no difficulty in this.
XXII.
French.
Les Citoiens de _Mesopotamie_,
Irez encontre amis de _Tarragone_,
Jeux, Ris, Banquets toute gent endormie,
Vicaire au Prone, pris Cité, ceux d’_Ausone_.
English.
The Citizens of _Mesopotamia_,
Being angry with the friends of _Tarragone_,
Playes, laughter, feasts, every body being asleep,
The Vicar being in the Pulpit, City taken by those of _Ausone_.
ANNOT.
By the Citizens of _Mesopotamia_, is understood a people that live
between two Rivers, from the Greek words μέσος and ποταμὸς, the rest is
easie. We have said before, that by _Ausone_ the Author understands the
City of _Bourdeaux_, which he called _Ausone_, from the Poet and Consul
of _Rome_ _Ausonius_ who was born there.
XXIII.
French.
Le Roial Sceptre sera contraint de prendre,
Ce que ses Predecesseurs voient engagé,
Puis a Laigneau on fera mal entendre,
Lors qu’on viendra le Palais saccager.
English.
The Royal Scepter shall be constrained to take
What his Predecessors had morgaged;
After that, they shall mis-inform the Lamb,
When they shall come to plunder the Palace.
ANNOT.
This is obvious to every body’s capacity.
XXIV.
French.
L’Ensevely sortira du tombeau,
Fera de chaisnes lier le fort du pont,
Empoisoné avec œufs de Barbeau,
Grand de _Lorrain_ par le Marquis du pont.
English.
The buried shall come out of his Grave,
He shall cause the fort of the Bridge to be tied with Chains,
Poisoned with Barbels hard Row,
Shall a great one of _Lorrain_ be by the Marques du pont.
ANNOT.