Towns, Cities, Castles and other buildings shall be burnt, desolate, and
destroyed with a great effusion of Vestal blood, Married Women and Widows
ravished, sucking Children dashed against the Walls of the Towns, and so
many evils shall be committed by the means of the Infernal prince Satan,
that almost the universal world shall be undone and desolate, and before
these events many unusual Birds shall cry through the Air, _Huy, Huy_,
and a little while after shall vanish away: And after that time shall
have lasted a good while, there shall be renewed a Kingdom of _Saturn_
and Golden Age. God the Creator shall say, hearing the affliction of
his people, Satan shall be put, and tied in the bottom of the deep,
and there shall begin an universal peace between God and men, and the
Ecclesiastical power shall be in its greater force, and Satan shall be
left bound for the space of a thousand years, and then shall be loosed
again. All these Figures are justly fitted by the sacred Scripture, to
the visible Cœlestial things, _viz._ _Saturn_, _Jupiter_, and _Mars_,
and others joyned with them, as more at large may be seen in some of my
Stanza’s. I would have calculated it more deeply, and compared one with
the other, but seeing (most excellent King) that some stand ready to
censure me, I shall withdraw my Pen to its Nocturnal repose. _Multa etiam
O Rex potentissime præclara, & sane in brevi ventura, sed omnia in hac
tua Epistola innectere non possumus, nec volumus, sed ad intelligenda
quedam facta, horrida fata pauca libanda sunt, quamvis tanta sit in omnes
tua amplitudo & humanitas homines, deosque pietas, ut solus amplissimo
& Christianissimo regis nomine, & ad quem summa totius Religionis
authoritas deferatur, dignus esse videare._ But only I shall beseech you
O most Merciful King, through your singular and prudent goodness, to
understand rather the desire of my Heart, and the earnest desire I have
to obey your most excellent Majesty, since my Eyes were so near your
Royal Splendor, than the greatness of my work can deserve or require.
_From ~Selin~ this 27 ~June~, 1558._
_Faciebat ~Michael Nostradamus~,
~Salonæ Petreæ~, Provinciæ._
THE PROPHECIES OF Michael Nostradamus.
_CENTURY_ VIII.
I.
French.
_Pau_, _Nay_, _Loron_, plus feu qu’a sang sera,
_Laude_ nager, fuir grands aux _Surrez_,
Les _Agassas_ entrée refusera,
_Pampon_, _Durance_, les tiendront enserrez.
English.
_Pau_, _Nay_, _Loron_, more in fire then blood shall be,
_Lauda_ to swim, great ones run to the _Surrez_,
The _Agassas_ shall refuse the entry,
_Pampon_, _Durance_ shall keep them enclosed.
ANNOT.
The Prophecies of this, and of the remaining Centuries being for the
most part so obscure, as no man is able to make any sense of them, the
judicious Reader must not expect from me, what no man else can do; let
him suffice if I give him as much light as I can, and leave the rest to
his own judgement and industry.
_Pau_ is the chief Town of the Province of _Bearn_, in the Kingdom of
_Navarre_, where _Henry_ the IV. King of _France_ and _Navarre_ was born.
_Nay_ and _Loron_ are barbarous words, so are _Surrez_, _Agassas_ and
_Pampon_. _Durance_ is a River of _France_.
II.
French.
_Condon_ & _Aux_, & autour de _Mirande_,
Je voy du Ciel feu qui les environne,
_Sol_, _Mars_, conjoint au _Lion_, puis _Marmande_,
Foudre, grand guerre, mur tomber dans _Garonne_.
English.
_Condon_ and _Aux_, and about _Mirande_,
I see a fire from Heaven that encompasseth them,
_Sol_, _Mars_, in conjunction with the Lion, and then _Marmande_,
Lightning, great War, Wall falls into the _Garonne_.
ANNOT.
_Condon_, _Aux_, _Mirande_, and _Marmande_ are Towns in the Province of
_Guyenne_ and _Languedoc_, _Garonne_ is the River of _Bourdeaux_.
III.
French.
Au fort Chasteau de _Vigilanne_ & _Resviers_,
Sera serré les puisnay de _Nancy_,
Dedans _Turin_ seront ards les premiers,
Lors que de dueil _Lyon_ sera transy.
English.
In the strong Castle of _Vigilanne_ and _Resviers_,
Shall be kept close the youngest son of _Nancy_,
Within _Turin_ the first shall be burnt up,
When _Lyon_ shall be overwhelmed with sorrow.
ANNOT.
_Vigilanne_ and _Resviere_ being falsly writen here, it must be set down
_Veillane_ and _Riuiere_, which are two strong Castles, the first being
seated in _Piemont_, and the last in _Burgundy_.
_Nancy_ is the chief Town of _Lorrain_, and _Turin_ of _Piemont_, _Lyon_
is a famous City in _France_, so that the sense of this Prophecy seemeth
to be, that the youngest Son of _Nancy_, (that is of _Lorrain_) shall be
kept close Prisoner in those two Castles of _Veillane_ and _Riuiera_, and
that the chief men of _Turin_ shall be burnt, when the City of _Lyon_
shall be oppressed with sorrow.
IV.
French.
Dedans _Monech_ le Coq sera receu,
Le Cardinal de _France_ apparoistra,
Par _Logarion_ _Romain_ sera deceu,
Foiblesse a l’Aigle, & force au Coq croistra.
English.
Within _Monech_ the Cock shall be admitted,
The Cardinal of _France_ shall appear,
By _Logarion_, _Roman_ shall be deceived,
Weakness to the Eagle, and strength to the Cock shall grow.
ANNOT.
_Monech_ is false written here, it must be _Monaco_, which is a
Principality and Town in _Italy_ by _Genoa_, belonging to the House of
the _Grimaldi_, wherein the _French_ were admitted by the policy of
Cardinal _Richelieu_, during the Wars between _France_ and _Spain_.
_Logarion_ is a Barbarous name, by which he meaneth some body unknown to
us.
By the Eagle is meant the Emperour, who was very low at that time, and by
the Cock, the King of _France_, who was very powerful, where it is to be
observed, that by the Eagle the Emperour is always understood, because
it is his Arms, and by the Cock is meant the King of _France_, because a
_Frenchman_ is called in Latine _Galius_, which also signifieth a Cock.
V.
French.
Apparoistra Temple luisant orné,
La Lampe & Cierge a _Borne_ & _Bretueil_,
Pour la _Lucerne_ le Canton destourné,
Quand on verra le grand Coq au Cercueil.
English.
A shining adorned Temple shall appear,
The Lamp and wax Candle at _Borne_ and _Bretueil_,
For _Lucerne_ the Canton turned of,
When the great Cock shall be seen in his Coffin.
ANNOT.
_Borne_ and _Bretueil_ are two particular places, the first is one of the
four Baronies of the River _Mase_, _viz._ _Petersem_, _Steen_, _Horne_,
_Borne_, the other is a little Town in _Britany_.
_Lucerne_ is one of the Cantons of _Switzerland_. We have said before
what is meant by the great Cock, _viz._ the King of _France_. Let the
Reader make up the rest, according to his fancy.
VI.
French.
Charté fulgure a _Lyon_ apparente,
Luysant, print _Malte_, subit sera estainte,
_Sardon_, _Mauris_ traitera decevante,
_Geneve_ a _Londres_, a Coq trahison feinte.
English.
A thundering light at _Lyons_ appearing,
Bright, took _Maltha_, instantly shall be put out,
Sardon shall treat _Mauris_ deceitfully,
To _Geneva_, _London_, and the Cock a fained treason.
ANNOT.
_Maltha_ is an Island in the _Mediterranean_ Sea, famous for the Knights
that inhabit it, and take their name from thence. _Sardon_ and _Mauris_
are barbarous words.
VII.
French.
_Verceil_, _Milan_ donra intelligence,
Dedans _Tycin_ sera faite la paye,
Courir par _Seine_ eau, sang, feu par _Florence_,
Unique choir d’hault en bas faisant maye.
English.
_Verceil_, _Milan_ shall give intelligence,
In the _Tycin_ shall the Peace be made,
Run through _Seine_ water, blood, fire through _Florence_,
The only one shall fall from top to bottom making maye.
ANNOT.
_Verceil_ and _Milan_ are two Cities in _Italy_, the _Tycin_, or rather
_Thesin_ is a River of the same Countrey; _Seine_ is the River that
runneth at _Paris_. _Florence_ is a famous City in _Italy_, and _maye_ a
barbarous word, foisted up to patch up his Rime.
VIII.
French.
Pres de _Linterne_ dans des tonnes fermez,
_Chivas_ fera pour l’Aigle la menée,
L’Esleu cassé, luy ses ges enfermez,
Dedans _Turin_ rapt espouse emmenée.
English.
Near _Linterne_, enclosed within Tuns,
_Chivas_ shall drive the plot for the Eagle,
The Elect cashiered, he and his men shut up,
Within _Turin_, a rape, and Bride carried away.
ANNOT.
_Linterne_ is a small Town in _Italy_; by _Tuns_ are meant woodden
Vessels, such as they put Rhenish wines and others in.
_Chivas_ is a Town in _Piemont_, and _Turin_ the chief Town of the said
Countrey.
IX.
French.
Pendant que l’Aigle & le Coq a _Savone_,
Seront unis, Mer, _Levant_ & _Hongrie_,
L’Armée a _Naples_, _Palerme_, Marque d’_Ancone_,
_Rome_, _Venise_, par barbe horrible crie.
English.
Whilst the Eagle and the Cock at _Savona_,
Shall be united, Sea, _Levant_, and _Hungary_,
Army at _Naples_, _Palermo_, Mark of _Ancona_,
_Rome_, _Venice_, cry because of a horrid beard.
ANNOT.
By the Eagle is meant the Emperour, and by the Cock the King of _France_;
the rest is easie.
X.
French.
Puanteur grande sortira de _Lausane_,
Qu’on ne scaura l’origine du fait,
L’on mettra hors toute la gent loingtaine,
Feu veu au Ciel peuple estranger deffait.
English.
A great stink shall come forth out of _Lausane_,
So that no body shall know the ofspring of it,
They shall put out all the Forreiners,
Fire seen in Heaven, a strange people defeated.
ANNOT.
_Lausane_ is a City situated in _Savoy_, by the Lake of _Geneva_, but now
as I take it in the possession of the _Switzers_.
XI.
French.
Peuple infiny paroistre a _Vicence_,
Sans force feu brusler la _Basilique_,
Pres de _Lunage_ des fait grand de _Valence_,
Lors que _Venise_ par morte prendre pique.
English.
Infinite deal of people shall appear at _Vicence_,
Without force, fire shall burn in the _Basilick_,
Near _Lunage_ the great one of _Valence_ shall be defeated,
When _Venice_ by death shall take the pique.
ANNOT.
_Vicenza_ is a Town in _Italy_, under the dominion of the _Venetians_.
_Basilick_ is the name of the biggest sort of Canons or pieces of
Ordinance. As for _Valence_ there is three Cities of that name, one in
_Spain_, the second in _France_, and the third in _Italy_; instead of
_Lunage_, it must be _Lignago_ which is a Town in _Italy_.
XII.
French.
Apparoistra aupres du _Bufalore_,
L’haut & procere entré dedans _Milan_,
L’Abbé de _Foix_ avec ceux de Saint _Maure_,
Feront la fourbe habillez en vilain.
English.
Near the _Bufalore_ shall appear,
The high and tall, come into _Milan_,
The Abbot of _Foix_ with those of Saint _Maure_,
Shall make the trumpery being cloathed like rogues.
ANNOT.
_Bufalore_ is a barbarous word; _Foix_ is a Countrey in _France_, and St.
_Maure_ a little Town in the said Countrey.
XIII.
French.
Le croisé Frere par amour effrenée,
Fera par _Praytus_ _Bellerophon_ mourir,
Classe a mil ans, la femme forcenée,
Beu le breueage, tous deux apres perir.
English.
The crossed Brother through unbridled love,
Shall cause _Bellerophon_ to be killed by _Praytus_,
Fleet to thousand years, the woman out of her wit,
The drink being drunk, both after that, perish.
ANNOT.
_Bellerophon_ and _Praytus_ are two supposed and fictitious names.
XIV.
French.
Le grand credit, d’or, d’argent l’abundance,
Aveuglera par _Libide_ l’honneur,
Cogneu sera d’adultere l’offence,
Qui parviendra a son grand deshonneur.
English.
The great credit, the abundance of Gold and Silver
Shall blind honour by lust,
The offence of the Adulterer shall be known,
Which shall come to his great dishonour.
ANNOT.
This is easie to be understood; for it is frequently seen, that Honour is
made blind by lust, and chiefly if that lust be propped up with credit;
and abundance of Gold and Silver.
XV.
French.
Vers Aquilon grands efforts par hommasse,
Presque l’_Europe_, l’Univers vexer,
Les deux Eclipses mettra en telle chassé,
Et aux _Pannons_ vie & mort renforcer.
English.
Towards the North great endeavours by a manly woman,
To trouble _Europe_, and almost all the world,
She shall put to flight the two Eclipses,
And shall re-inforce life and death to the _Pannons_.
ANNOT.
By the _Pannons_ is meant the _Hungarians_. The rest is easie.
XVI.
French.
Au lieu que _Hieson_ fit sa nef fabriquer,
Si grand Deluge sera & si subite,
Qu’on n’aura lieu ne Terre sattaquer,
L’onde monter _Fesulan Olympique_.
English.
In the place where _Jason_ caused his Ship to be built,
So great a Flood shall be, and so sudden,
That there shall be neither place nor Land to save themselves,
The Waves shall climb upon the _Olympick Fesulan_.
ANNOT.
_Jason_ was Son to King _Æson_, who built a Ship called _Argos_, in which
he went to _Colchos_, to Conquer the Golden Fleece.
_Fesulan_ here is to be understood of some high and eminent place, which
therefore he calleth _Olympick_, from _Olympus_ a high Mountain in
_Grecia_. The place where _Jason_ builded his Ship.
XVII.
French.
Les bien aisez subit seront desmis,
Le monde mis par les trois freres en trouble,
Cité Marine saisiront ennemis,
Faim, feu, sang, peste, & de tous maux le double.
English.
Those that were at ease shall be put down,
The world shall be put in trouble by three Brothers,
The Maritine City shall be seized by its enemies,
Hunger, fire, blood, plague, and the double of all evils.
ANNOT.
It is not easie to tell what them three Brothers have been, or shall be,
nor that Maritine or Sea City, therefore we leave it to the liberty of
every ones judgement, the words being plain enough.
XVIII.
French.
De _Flore_ issue de sa mort sera cause,
Un temps devant par jeusne & vieille bueyre,
Car les trois lis luy feront telle pause,
Par son fruit sauve comme chair crüe mueyre.
English.
Issued from _Flora_ shall be the cause of her own death,
One time before, through fasting and old drink,
For the three Lillies shall make her such a pause,
Saved by her fruit, as raw flesh dead.
ANNOT.
This is one of those, wherein the Author would not be understood, and may
be did not understand himself.
XVIX.
French.
A soustenir la grand cappe troublée,
Pour l’esclaireir les rouges marcheront,
De mort famille sera presqu’accablée,
Les rouges rouges, le rouge assommeront.
English.
To maintain up the great troubled Cloak,
The red ones shall march for to clear it,
A family shall be almost crushed to death,
The red, the red, shall knock down the red one.
ANNOT.
This seemeth to carry no other sense than a conspiracy of the Cardinals,
called here by the name of the _Red_, the _Red_ against the Pope, who is
called the _Red one_.
XX.
French.
Le faux message par election feinte,
Courir par Urbem rompue pache arreste,
Voix acheptées de sang chappelle teinte,
Et a un autre qui l’Empire conteste.
English.
The contract broken, stoppeth the message,
From going about the Town, by a fained election,
Voices shall be bought, and a Chappel died with blood,
By another, who challengeth the Empire.
ANNOT.
This was so falsely printed, and so preposterously set in order, that I
had much ado to pick out this little sense of it, which amounteth to no
more, than that by reason of an agreement broken, the Messenger, that
went to publish a faigned election (it seemeth of the Empire) shall be
hindred, and that one of the Competitors to the said Empire, shall be
killed in or near a Chappel, that shall be soiled by his Blood.
XXI.
French.
Au port de _Agde_ trois fustes entreront,
Portant infection avec soy, pestilence,
Passant le pont mil milles embleront,
Et le pont rompre a tierce resistance.
English.
Three Galleys shall come into the harbour of _Agde_,
Carrying with them infection and Pestilence,
Going beyond the Bridge, they shall carry away thousands,
At the third resistance the Bridge shall be broken.
ANNOT.
_Agde_ is a Sea Town in _France_ upon the _Mediterranean_ Sea, which is
threatned here of three Galleys, that shall come into the Harbour of
it, and shall bring with them infection and Plague; and besides carry
away thousands of Captives, by which it seemeth, that these should be
_Turkish_ Galleys, till at last upon the third resistance of the Townsmen
the Bridge shall be broken.
XXII.
French.
_Gorsan_, _Narbonne_, par le Sel advertir,
_Tucham_, la Grace _Perpignan_ trahie,
La ville rouge ny voudra consentir,
Par haute _Voldrap_, Gris vie faillie.
English.
_Gorsan_, _Narbonne_, by the Salt shall give notice,
To _Tucham_, the Grace _Perpignan_ betrayed,
The red Town will not give consent to it,
By high _Woldrap_, Gray, life ended.
ANNOT.
This is another, wherein my best skill faileth me; for take away
_Narbonne_, which is a City of _France_, in the Province of _Languedoc_,
and _Perpignan_, which is another in the County of _Roussilon_ near
_Spain_. The rest are either barbarous words or nonsensical to me.
XXIII.
French.
Lettres trouvées de la Reyne les Coffres,
Point de subscrit, sans aucun nom d’Autheur,
Par la police seront cachez les offres,
Qu’on ne scaura qui sera lamateur.
English.
Letters found in the Queens Coffers,
No superscription, no name of the Author,
By policy shall be concealed the offers,
So that no body shall know who shall be the lover.
ANNOT.
This needeth no great explication, being pretty plain, and foretelleth
only that a Queens Trunks shall be opened, wherein many love Letters
shall be found without subscription, with many great offers, which by
policy being suppressed, or no notice taken of. The lover was never known.
XXIV.
French.
Le Lieutenant a l’entrée l’huis,
Assommera le grand de _Perpignan_,
En se cuidant sauver a _Montpertuis_,
Sera deceu Bastard de _Lusignan_.
English.
The Lieutenant shall at the doors entry.
Knock down the great one of _Perpignan_:
And the Bastard of _Lusignan_ shall be deceived,
Thinking to save himself at _Montpertuis_.
ANNOT.
The words and the sense are clear, though the meaning is hard to be
understood.
XXV.
French.
Cœur de l’Amant ouvert d’amour furtive,
Dans le ruisseau sera ravir la Dame,
Le demy mal contrefaira lascive,
Le Pere a deux privera corps de l’Ame.
English.
The Lovers heart being by a stoln love,
Shall cause the Dame to be ravished in the Brook,
The lascivious shall counterfeit half a discontent,
The Father shall deprive the bodies of both of their souls.
ANNOT.
This signifieth nothing but a Lover, who meeting in or by a Brook, his
Mistress shall enjoy her, for which she shall fain a little discontent,
as if she had been ravished against her will, but her jealous Father not
contented therewith, shall kill them both, which is an ordinary _Italian_
trick.
XXVI.
French.
De _Carones_ trouvez en _Barcelonne_,
Mys descouvers, lieu terrouers & ruine,
Le grand qui tient ne voudra _Pampelone_,
Par l’Abbaye de _Montferrat_ bruine.
English.
The _Carones_ fond in _Barcelona_,
Put discovered, place soil and ruine,
The great that hold will not _Pampelona_,
By the Abbaye of _Montferrat_, mist.
ANNOT.
_Barcelona_ is a Town of a Province in _Spain_, called _Catalonia_.
_Pampelona_ is the chief Town of the Kingdom of _Navarre_. _Montferrat_
is an Abbaye in the Mountains of _Catalonia_; the rest is insignificant.
XXVII.
French.
La voye _Auxelle_ l’un sur l’autre fornix,
Du muy de fer hors mis brave & genest,
L’Escrit d’Empereur la Phœnix,
Veu en celuy ce qu’a nul autre nest.
English.
The way _Auxelle_, one Arch upon another,
Being brave and gallant put out of the Iron vessel,
The writing of the Emperour the Phœnix,
In it shall be seen, what no where else is.
ANNOT.
I can find nothing in this worth interpretation.
XXVIII.
French.
Les Simulachres d’or & d’argent enflez,
Qu’apres le rapt, Lac au feu furent jettez,
Au descouvert estaints tous & troublez,
Au Marbre escripts, prescripts interjettez.
English.
The Images sweld with Gold and Silver,
Which after the rape were thrown into the Lake and fire,
Being discovered after the putting out of the fire,
Shall be written in Marble, prescripts being intermixed.
ANNOT.
It seemeth that this gold and silver Idols having been stoln, were
afterwards thrown into a Lake and a fire, which fire being put out, those
Idols were found, and the memorial engraven in Marble.
XXIX.
French.
Au quart pilier ou l’on sacre a _Saturne_,
Par tremblant Terre & Deluge fendu,
Soubs l’edifice _Saturnin_ trouvée Urne,
D’or _Capion_, ravy puis tost rendu.
English.
At the fourth Pillar where they sacrifice to _Saturn_,
Cloven by an Earth-quake and a Flood,
An Urne shall be found under that _Saturnian_ building,
Full of _Capion_ gold stoln, and then restored.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth, that at the fourth Pillar of a Temple that was
dedicated to _Saturn_, which Pillar shall be split by an Earth-quake
and a Flood, there shall be found an Urne, (which is an Earthen Vessel,
wherein the ancient _Romans_ used to keep the ashes of their dead
friends) full of gold, that shall be carried away, and then restored.
XXX.
French.
Dedans _Tholose_ non loin de _Beluzer_,
Faisant un puis loing Palais d’espectacle,
Thresor trouvé un chacun ira vexer,
Et en deux locs tout aupres des _Vesacle_.
English.
Within _Tholose_ not far from _Beluzer_,
Digging a Well, for the Pallace of spectacle,
A treasure found that shall vex every one,
In two parcels, in, and near the _Basacle_.
ANNOT.
_Tholose_ is the chief City of _Languedoc_, _Beluzer_ is a private place
within its precinct, Spectacle is insignificant, and is onely foisted in,
to Rime with _Basacle_, which is a place in _Tholose_, where there is
aboundance of Water-mills, that make a hideous and fearful noise.
XXXI.
French.
Premier grand fruit le Prince de _Pesquiere_,
Mais puis viendra bien & cruel malin,
Dedans _Venise_ perdra sa gloire fiere,
Et mis a mal par plus joyve _Celin_.
English.
The first great fruit the Prince of _Pesquiere_,
But he shall become very cruel and malicious,
He shall loose his fierce pride in _Venice_,
And shall be put to evil by the younger _Celin_.
ANNOT.
_Pescaire_ is a Town in the Kingdom of _Naples_, belonging to the noble
_Spanish_ Family of _Avalos_, of which it seemeth one shall prove cruel
and malicious; but he shall be killed in _Venice_ by one young _Celin_,
by which formerly, and in other places the Author understandeth the
_Turk_.
XXXII.
French.
Garde toy Roy _Gaulois_ de ton Nepveu,
Qui fera tant que ton unique filz,
Sera meurtry a _Venus_ faisant vœu,
Accompagné de nuit que trois & six.
English.
Take heed O _French_ King of thy Nephew,
Who shall cause that thine only Son
Shall be murdered making a vow to _Venus_,
Accompanied with three and six.
ANNOT.
This is a plain warning to a _French_ King to beware of his Nephew, who
accompanied with nine others, shall cause his Son to be murdered when he
went about some venereal employment.
XXXIII.
French.
Le grand naistra de _Verone_ & _Vicence_,
Qui portera un surnom bien indigne,
Qui a _Venise_ voudra faire vengeance,
Luy mesme prins homme du guet & signe.
English.
The great one of _Verona_ and _Vicenza_ shall be born,
Who shall bear a very unworthy surname,
Who shall endeavour at _Venice_ to avenge himself,
But he shall be taken by a Watch-man.
ANNOT.
_Verona_ and _Vicenza_ are two famous Cities in _Italy_, under the
dominion of the _Venetians_; the rest is easie.
XXXIV.
French.
Apres victoire du Lion au Lion,
Sur la Montagne de _Jura Secatombe_,
_Delues_, & _Brodes_ septiesme milion,
_Lyon_ Ulme a _Mausol_ mort & tombe.
English.
After the Victory of the Lion against the Lion,
Upon the Mountain _Jura Secatomb_,
_Delues_, and _Brodes_ the seventh Million,
_Lyons_, Ulme fall dead at _Mausol_.
ANNOT.
The Mount _Jura_ is in _Switzerland_; _Lyon_ is a great City in _France_;
and _Ulme_ another in _Germany_; the rest is either barbarous or
insignificant.
XXXV.
French.
Dedans l’entree de _Garonne_ & _Blaye_,
Et la Forest non loing de _Damazan_,
De _Marsaves_ gelées, puis gresle & _Bize_,
_Dordonois_ gelé par erreur de _Mezan_.
English.
Within the entrance of _Garonne_ and _Blaye_,
And the Forrest not far from _Damazan_,
Of _Marsaves_ frosts, then Hail and North wind,
_Dordonois_ frozen by the error of _Mezan_.
ANNOT.
_Garonne_ is the River that runneth at _Bourdeaux_, and _Blaye_ is the
Port Town that lieth at the mouth of it; I should think that instead
of _Dordonois_, it should be Printed _Dordone_, which is another River
thereabouts, and is here threatned to be frozen.
XXXVI.
French.