De _Saulne_, & Saint _Aubin_, & _Belœuvre_,
Paver de Marbre, de tours loing pluche,
Non _Bleteran_ resister & chef d’œuvre.
English.
A Dukedom shall be committed against _Oinde_,
Of _Saulne_, and Saint _Aubin_, and _Belœuvre_,
To pave with Marble, and of Towers well pickt,
Not _Bleteran_ to resist, and master-piece.
ANNOT.
I confess my Ignorance, and should be glad that a better _Oedipus_ than I
would undertake this.
XXXVII.
French.
La forteresse aupres de la _Thamise_,
Cherra par lors, le Roy dedans serré,
Aupres du pont sera veu en chemise,
Un devant mort, puis dans le fort barré.
English.
The strong Fort near the _Thames_
Shall fall then, the King that was kept within,
Shall be seen near the Bridge in his Shirt,
One dead before, then in the Fort kept close.
ANNOT.
_The Dream be to them that hate thee, and the Interpretation thereof to
thine Enemies_, Dan. 4, v. 10.
XXXVIII.
French.
Le Roy de _Blois_ dans _Avignon_ regner,
Un autrefois le peuple emonopole,
Dedans le _Rhosne_ par murs fera baigner,
Jusques a cinq, le dernier pres de _Nole_.
English.
The King of _Blois_ in _Avignon_ shall Reign
Another time the people do murmur,
He shall cause in the _Rhosne_ to be bathed through the Walls,
As many as five, the last shall be near _Nole_.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth that a King of _France_ shall take _Avignon_, which is
a City in _France_ belonging to the Pope. And that some of the people
beginning to murmur and mutiny, he shall cause five of them to be thrown
over the Walls into the _Rhosne_, which is a swift River that passeth by.
_Nole_ must be some place thereabouts.
XXXIX.
French.
Qu’aura esté par Prince _Bizantin_,
Sera tollu par Prince de _Tholose_,
La foy de _Foix_, par le chef _Tholentin_,
Luy faillira ne refusant l’espouse.
English.
What shall have been by a _Bizantin_ Prince,
Shall be taken away by the Prince of _Tholose_,
The faith of _Foix_ by the chief _Tholentin_,
Shall fail him, not refusing the Spouse.
ANNOT.
I can understand nothing else by Prince _Bizantin_, but some Prince of
the house of _Gonzague_, who derive their pedigree from that of the
_Palæologues_, formerly Emperours of _Constantinople_, called in ancient
time _Bizantium_. As for the Prince of _Tholose_, there having been none
this two or three hundred years since that Country was devolved to the
Crown of _France_; but the King himself, I suppose he must be understood
here; so that the sense of this Prophecie, (if any be) is, that the King
of _France_ shall take something from the Duke of _Mantua_, who is the
head of the _Gonzagues_, as he hath done formerly several times.
By the faith of _Foix_, is understood the late Duke of _Rohan_, who
descended from the house of _Foix_, and who did war against the said
Duke of _Mantua_ at that time, when the King of _France_, _Lewis_ XIII.
would not suffer his Brother the Duke of _Orleans_ to Marry the Princess
_Mary_, Daughter of the Duke of _Nevers_, of the house of _Gonzague_, and
lately Queen of _Poland_.
XL.
French.
Le sang du juste par _Taur_ & la _Dorade_,
Pour se vanger contre les _Saturnins_,
Au nouveau Lac plongeront la _Mainade_,
Puis marcheront contre les _Albanins_.
English.
The blood of the just by _Taur_ and _Dorade_,
To avenge themselves against the _Saturnins_,
In the new Lake shall sink the _Mainade_,
Then shall go forth against the _Albanins_.
ANNOT.
Here the Author hath kept his mind to himself, as for my part, being
ignorant of his barbarous words, I had rather leave the sense of this
to the judgment of the Reader, than by an incongruous and far fetched
interpretation make my self ridiculous.
XLI.
French.
Esleu sera Renard ne sonnant mot,
Faisant le Saint public, vivant pain d’orge,
Tyranniser apres tant a un cop,
Mettant le pied des plus grands sur la gorge.
English.
A Fox shall be elected that said nothing,
Making a publick Saint, living with Barley bread,
Shall tyrannise after upon a sudden,
And put his foot upon the Throat of the greatest.
ANNOT.
This Prophecy seemeth to regard particularly the Pope, who having played
the Hypocrite before his Election, eating nothing but Barley bread, that
he might be reputed a Spaint, shall after his Election shall tyrannise
upon a sudden, and trample upon the Throat of the greatest Monarchs, as
they have done formerly, and would do yet if they could.
XLII.
French.
Par avarice, par force & violence,
Viendra vexer les siens chefs d’_Orleans_,
Prez Saint _Memire_ assaut & resistance,
Mort dans sa Tente, diront quil dort leans.
English.
By avarice, by force and violence,
Shall come to vex his own chief of _Orleans_,
Near Saint _Memire_ assault and resistance,
Dead in his Tent, they’l say he sleepeth there.
ANNOT.
The construction of this must be thus made. The Chiefs of _Orleans_,
(which is a famous Town in _France_) shall come to vex their own (I
suppose) Citizens. And near that place called Saint _Memire_, shall be a
fight, where one of those chief ones shall be killed, or die in his Tent,
and shall be denyed under pretence of being asleep.
XLIII.
French.
Par le decide de deux choses Bastars,
Nepveu du sang occupera le Regne,
Dedans _Lectoure_ seront les coups de dards,
Nepveu par peur pleira l’Enseigne.
English.
By the decision of two things, Bastards,
Nephew of the Blood shall occupy the Kingdom,
Within _Lectoure_ shall be strokes of Darts,
Nephew through fear shall fold up his Ensign.
ANNOT.
I think that instead of decision it should be division, and then the
sense is easily made up, thus; that through the division of two Bastards,
the Nephew of the Blood shall occupy the Kingdom, which Nephew afterwards
in a fight at _Lectoure_, (which is a strong Town in _Gascony_) shall be
put to the worst, and compelled to fold up his Ensigns.
XLIV.
French.
Le procrée naturel d’_Ogmion_,
De sept a neuf du chemin destourner,
A Roy de longue & amy au my hom,
Doit a _Navarre_ fort de _Pau_ prosterner.
English.
The natural begotten of _Ogmyon_,
From seven to nine shall put out of the way,
To King of long, and friend to the half man,
Ought to _Navarre_ prostrate the fort of _Pau_.
ANNOT.
A man needeth a good pair of Spectacles to see through all this, what I
understand in it is that this Bastard of _Ogmyon_, by whom he meaneth the
King of _France_, ought to submit the Fort of _Pau_ to _Navarre_, and
good reason too; for _Navarre_ is the Kingdom, and _Pau_ only the chief
Town of one Province of it, called _Bearn_.
XLV.
French.
La main escharpe & la jambe bandée,
_Louis_ puisné de _Palais_ partira,
Au mot du guet la mort sera tardée,
Puis dans le Temple a Pasques seignera.
English.
The hand on a Scarf, and the leg swadled,
The younger _Lewis_ shall go from _Palais_,
At the Watch word his death shall be protracted,
Then afterwards at _Easter_ he shall bleed in the Temple.
ANNOT.
The Prince of _Condé_, whose name was _Lewis_, and the youngest of the
Children of _Charles_ of _Bourbon_, the first Duke of _Vendosme_, father
to _Anthony_ of _Bourbon_, King of _Navarre_, went away from the Court in
the time of _Francis_ the second King of _France_, and came into _Bearn_
to the King his Brother. He was summoned many times by _Francis_ II. to
come to Court; but finding his name to be amongst those that intended to
surprise _Lion_, he durst not venture.
Nevertheless he was perswaded by his Uncle the Cardinal of _Bourbon_, and
came to the Court at _Orleans_. It is easie to believe that he fained
himself to be hurt by a fall from his Horse, or that really he was so;
_having his Arm in a Scarf, and his Leg swadled up_, in which posture he
came to testifie his obedience to the Kings commands.
In this posture of a wounded man, whether really and fictitiously he came
from _Palais_, which by mistake is printed _Calais_; the Printer being
ignorant, that in _Bearn_, where the Prince had sheltered himself, there
is a Castle called _Palais_, which was the place that the Prince used to
live in.
Being come to Court he was presently arrested, arraigned and condemned to
death. Nevertheless the Kings sickness proving mortal, the execution was
suspended, and his life saved. After that the Prince sought all occasions
to revenge himself, and began about _Easter_ in _April_ following. It
was not by an open Rebellion against the King, but under pretence to
maintain the Protestant Religion: therefore the Author saith, _that this
life saved shall bleed in the Temple_; because the Princes pretext was
the Temple and the Church; that is Religion. Hence the fourth Verse is
clearly understood. Resteth the third Verse, which saith, that his life
was differred till the _Watch word_; because the Queen seeing the King
her Son upon his death bed, caused secretly the execution of the Sentence
to be differred, that she might make use of the King of _Navarre_, and
of the Prince his Brothers favour, against the house of _Guise_, for the
obtaining of the Regency.
Moreover I observe, that in the year 1562. the Prince of _Condé_ began
openly to rebel, surprising the City of _Orleans_ the 29 of _March_,
which was _Easter day_ that year, which sheweth the truth of the fourth
Verse.
XLVI.
French.
_Pol Mensolée_ mourra trois lieues du _Rhosne_,
Fuis les deux prochains _Tarare_ destrois,
Car _Mars_ sera le plus horrible Throsne,
De Coq & d’Aigle, de _France_ frere trois.
English.
_Paul Mensolée_ Shall die three Leagues from the _Rhosne_,
Avoid the two straights near the _Tarare_;
For _Mars_ shall keep such a horrible throsne,
Of Cock and Eagle, of _France_ three Brothers.
ANNOT.
By this _Pol Mensolée_, he meaneth some proper name. _Tarare_ is a great
Mountain near the City of _Lions_, that hath two principal ways to go
through, which here he calleth Straights; for indeed they are very
dangerous for Thieves and Murderers. The rest is but a threating of War
between the Emperour and _France_, when there shall be three Brothers in
_France_.
XLVII.
French.
Lac _Trasmenien_ portera tesmoignage,
Des conjurez ferrez dedans _Perouse_,
Un _Despolle_ contrefera le sage,
Tuant _Tedesque_ de _Sterne_ & _Minuse_.
English.
_Trasmenian_ Lake shall bear witness
Of the Conspirators shut up in _Perugia_,
A _Despolle_ shall counterfeit the wise,
Killing _Tedesque_ of _Sterne_ and _Minuse_.
ANNOT.
I think that the Impression is false here; for instead of _Despolle_,
which is a barbarous word, and signifieth nothing, I would have it in
_French_ _Despoville_, in _English_ robbed of all; so that _Trasmenian_
Lake is that Lake in _Italy_ not far from the Town of _Perugia_, where
_Hannibal_ gave that notable overthrow to the _Romans_, and killed above
20000. of them, with their consul _Flaminius_.
That man whom he calleth here robbed of all, shall kill some _Germans_;
for _Tudesco_ in _Italian_, is a _German_, the two last words are
barbarous.
XLVIII.
French.
_Saturne_ en _Cancer_, _Jupiter_ avec _Mars_,
Dedans _Fevrier_ _Caldondon_, _Salvaterre_,
_Sault_, _Castalan_, assailly des trois parts,
Pres de _Verbiesque_, conflict mortelle guerre.
English.
_Saturn_ in _Cancer_, _Jupiter_ with _Mars_,
In _February_ _Caldondon_, _Salvaterre_,
_Sault_, _Castalon_, assaulted on three sides,
Near _Verbiesque_, fight and mortal War.
ANNOT.
The multiplicity of barbarous and insignificant words, makes this
incapable of any construction, if any body will exercise his wit
thereupon, I shall willingly lend him my ear.
XLIX.
French.
_Satur_ au Bœuf, _Jove_ en l’Eau, _Mars_ en fleche,
Six de _Fevrier_ mortalité donra,
Ceux de _Tardaigne_ a _Bruges_ si grand breche
Qu’a _Ponterose_ chef _Barbarin_ mourra.
English.
_Satur_ in Ox, _Jupiter_ in water, _Mars_ in arrow,
The sixth of _February_ shall give mortality,
Those of _Tardaigne_ shall make in _Bruges_ so great a breach,
That the chief _Barbarin_ shall die at _Pontrose_.
ANNOT.
_Satur in Ox_; that is, _Saturn_ in _Taurus_, _Jupiter in Water_; that
is, _Jupiter_ in _Aquarius_; _Mars in arrow_, is _Mars_ in _Sagitarius_;
when these things shall happen. _The sixth day of ~February~ shall bring
a great mortality._ _Tardaigne_ is a fictitious name, unless he intended
_Sardaigne_. _Bruges_ is a Town in _Flander_, _Ponterose_ is some
place, where he saith, that the chief _Barbarin_ shall die, the chief
Barbare was the Pope _Urban_ the eighth; but because I do not know the
particularities of his death, and the place of it, I cannot make the rest
good.
L.
French.
La Pestilence lentour de _Capadille_,
Un autre faim pres de _Sagunt_ sapreste,
La Chevalier Bastard de bon senille,
Au grand de _Thunes_ fera trancher la teste.
English.
The Plague shall be round about _Capadille_,
Another famine cometh near to that of _Sagunce_,
The Knight Bastard of the good old man,
Shall cause the great one of _Tunis_ to be beheaded.
ANNOT.
The difficulty here, is what is meant by that word _Cappadille_, for my
part I think he meaneth _Italy_, for some times the _Italians_ use by way
of admiration to say _Capoli_, or _Capadillo_. _Sagunce_ is a Town in
_Spain_, which for the love of the _Carthaginians_ withstood the _Romans_
a great while, till they were brought to an extremity of famine, and then
set fire in their Town.
LI.
French.
Le _Bizantin_ faisant oblation,
Apres avoir _Cordube_ a soy reprinse,
Son chemin long, repos, pamplation,
Mer passant proye par la _Cologne_ a prinse.
English.
The _Bizantin_, making an offering,
After he hath taken _Cordua_ to himself again,
His way long, rest, contemplation,
Crossing the Sea hath taken a prey by _Cologne_.
ANNOT.
This is an express delineation of _Charles_ the V. Empire, who at the
latter end of his days retired into a Monastery, reserving unto himself
for his subsistance the revenue of the Kingdom of _Castille_, expressed
here by _Cordua_, which is a City of _Spain_.
LII.
French.
Le Roy de _Blois_ dans _Avignon_ Regner,
D’_Amboise_ & _Seme_ viendra le long de _Lindre_.
Ongle a _Poitiers_ Saintes aisles ruiner,
Devant _Bony_.
English.
The King of _Blois_ shall Reign in _Avignon_,
He shall come from _Amboise_ and _Seme_, along the _Linder_,
A Nail at _Poitiers_ shall ruine the Holy Wings,
Before _Bony_.
ANNOT.
The first Verse and the interpretation is easie.
_Amboise_ is a Town in _France_ upon the River of _Loire_.
The two last Verses being inperfect, admits of no interpretation, onely
to let the Reader know that _Poitiers_ is a very great City in _France_,
and Capital of the Province of _Poitou_.
LIII.
French.
Dedans _Boulogne_ voudra laver ses fautes,
Il ne poura au Temple du Soleil,
Il volera faisant choses si hautes,
En _Hierarchie_ n’en fut onc un pareil.
English.
He shall desire to wash his faultes in _Bulloin_,
In the Church of the Sun, but he shall not be able,
He shall fly doing so high things,
That the like was never in _Hierarchy_.
ANNOT.
There is two Towns called _Bolloin_, one is in _Italy_, the other in
_France_, the last is that which is meant here; for Cardinal _Richelieu_
who is the man that did so high things, and the like of which was never
in _Hierarchy_ (that is in the Clergy) a little afore his death had vowed
if he recovered his health to go in Pilgrimage to _Bulloin_, where there
is a famous Temple for Miracles, (as they say) dedicated to our Lady,
which is called here the Sun, by an allusion to that passage of the
Revelation: _And there appeared a Woman cloathed with the Sun_; but the
said Cardinal was prevented by death.
LIV.
French.
Soubs la couleur du traité mariage,
Fait magnanime par grand _Chiren Selin_,
_Quintin_, _Arras_, recouvrez au voiage,
D’_Espagnols_ fait second banc _Macelin_.
English.
Under pretence of a Treaty of Marriage,
A Magnanimous act shall be done by the great _Cheiren Selin_,
_Quintin_, _Arras_ recovered in the journey,
Of _Spaniards_ shall be made a second _Macelin_ Bench.
ANNOT.
This is a Prognostication concerning a King of _France_, meant here by
the great _Cheiren Selin_, who under pretence of a Treaty of Marriage,
shall recover in his journey these two Towns Saint _Quintin_ and _Arras_,
for the Shambles are called in Latine _Macellum_. _Quod ibi mactentur
pectora quæ mercatoribus venundantur._
LV.
French.
Entre deux Fleuves se verra enserré,
Tonneaux & caques unis a passer outre,
Huit Pont rompus chef a tant enferré,
Enfans parfaits sont jugulez en coultre.
English.
Between two Rivers he shall find himself shut up,
Tuns and Barrels put together to pass over,
Eight Bridges broken, the chief at last in Prison,
Compleat children shall have their throat cut.
ANNOT.
It is an accident that hath often happened to a Commander of an Army,
to find himself either by his own oversight, or by the policy of his
enemies, shut up between two Rivers, having upon neither of them a Bridge
at his command; as it did happen once to the Prince of _Condé_, the
Grandfather of this, in the time of the Civil war for Religion, who was
forced by it to dissolve his Army, and bid every one shift for himself,
so that they almost all escaped by several small parties, some going one
way some another, at such time it is an ordinary shift to make use of
empty Vessels and Caskes to make a Bridge, as our Author doth mention
here.
LVI.
French.
La bande foible la Terre occupera,
Ceux du haut lieu feront horribles cris,
Le gros troupeau d’estre coin troublera,
Tombe pres _D. nebro_ descouvert les escrits.
English.
The weak party shall occupy the ground,
Those of the high places shall make fearful cries,
It shall trouble the great flock in the right corner,
He falleth near _D. nebro_ discovereth the writings.
ANNOT.
I dare not comment upon this, for fear it should be said of me, what was
said of the Glose of _Accurtius_; _obscura per obscurius_.
LVII.
French.
De Soldat simple parviendra en Empire,
De Robe courte parviendra a la longue,
Vaillant aux Armes, en Eglise ou plus pire,
Vexer les Prestres comme l’eau fait l’esponge.
English.
From a simple Souldier he shall come to have the supreme command,
From a short Gown he shall come to the long one,
Vaillant in Arms, no worse man in the Church,
He shall vex the Priests, as water doth a Spunge.
ANNOT.
I never knew nor heard of any body to whom this Stanza might be better
applied, then to the late Usurper _Cromwel_, for from a simple Souldier,
he became to be Lord Protector, and from a Student in the University he
became a graduate in _Oxford_, he was valliant in Arms, and the worse
Churchman that could be found; as for vexing the Priests, I mean the
Prelatical Clergy, I believe none went beyond him.
LVIII.
French.
Regne en querelle aux freres divisé,
Prendre les Armes & les nom _Britannique_,
Tiltre _Anglican_ sera tard advisé,
Surprins de nuit, mener a l’air _Gallique_.
English.
A Kingdom in dispute, and divided between the Brothers,
To take the Arms and the _Britannick_ name,
And the _English_ title, he shall advise himself late,
Surprised in the night and carried into the _French_ air.
ANNOT.
This prognosticateth a great division in _England_ between Brothers,
about the Title and Kingdom of _England_, insomuch, that in conclusion
one shall be surprised by night, and carried away into _France_.
LIX.
French.
Par deux fois haut, par deux fois mis a bas,
L’Orient aussi l’Occident foiblira,
Son adversaire apres plusieurs combats,
Par Mer chassé au besoin faillira.
English.
Twice set up high, and twice brought down,
The East also the West shall weaken,
His adversary after many fights,
Expelled by Sea, shall fail in need.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth of some considerable person, who shall be twice set up,
and brought down again. The second Verse is pronounced after the manner
of the old Oracles, as
_Aio te Æacida Romanos vincere posse_,
For no body can tell here whither the East shall weaken the West, or
otherways. The last two Verses are easie.
LX.
French.
Premier en _Gaule_, premier en _Romanie_,
Par Mer & Terre aux _Anglois_ & _Paris_,
Merveilleux faits par cette grand mesgnie,
Violant, _Terax_ perdra le _Norlaris_.
English.
The first in _France_, the first in _Romania_,
By Sea and Land to the _English_ and _Paris_,
Wonderful deeds by that great company,
By ravishing, _Terax_ shall spoil the _Norlaris_.
ANNOT.
The first in _France_ is the King, the first in _Romania_ is the _Pope_,
who it seemeth shall joyn together by Sea and Land, and come against
_Paris_, who shall call the _English_ to its help, insomuch, that strange
deeds shall be done by that great company. As for _Terax_, it seemeth to
be the proper name of some man, who by ravishing a woman called here the
_Norlaris_, shall spoil her and cause sad consequences. _Norlaris_ by
transposition of Letters is _Lorrain_.
LXI.
French.
Jamais par le decouvrement du jour,
Ne parviendra au signe Sceptrifere,
Que tous Sieges ne soient en sejour,
Portant au Coq don du _Tag_ a misere.
English.
Never by the discovering of the day,
He shall attain to the Sceptriferous sign,
Till all his seats be settled,
Carrying to the Cock a gift from the _Tag_ to misery.
ANNOT.
This signifieth that one pretending to a Kingdom, shall never attain to
it by often removing his place, until all his seats be settled, that is,
untill his wandring be ceased. And a gift brought by him to the King of
_France_ from _Portugal_, signified here by the _Tag_, which is the River
of _Lisbon_ the Capital City of it, from which gift shall proceed misery.
LXII.
French.
Lors qu’on verra expiler le Saint Temple,
Plus grand du _Rhosne_, & sacres prophaner:
Par eux naistra pestilence si grande,
Roy fait injuste ne sera condamner.
English.
When one shall see spoiled the Holy Temple,
The greatest of the _Rhosne_, and sacred things prophaned,
from them shall come so great a pestilence,
That the King being unjust shall not condemn them.
ANNOT.
The greatest Temple of the _Rhosne_, is that of the City of _Lion_,
which is seated upon that River of _Rhosne_, which when it shall be
robbed and spoiled, then shall come a horrid Pestilence, which our Author
attributeth to the injustice of the King then Reigning, who shall neglect
to punish those Sacriledges.
LXIII.
French.
Quand l’adultere blessé sans coup aura,
Meurdry la femme & le fils par depit,
Femme assomée l’Enfant estranglera,
Huit captifs prins sestoufer sans respit.
English.
When the Adulterer wounded without a blow,
Shall have murdered the wife and son by spight,
The woman knocked down, shall strangle the child,
Eight taken prisoners, and stifled without tarrying.
ANNOT.
This is the description of a sad Tragedy, which to understand, you must
joyn all the Verses together, and make it one sense. The Adulterer
wounded without a blow, is one that shall get a disease, (suppose the
_Pox_) his wife finding fault with it, he shall murder her, and her
Son; she not being quite dead shall strangle another Child (which it
seemeth she had by this Adulterer) and for this fact eight shall be taken
prisoners and immediately hanged, by which you must suppose the fact to
be done in _France_, for there they Judge and Hang immediately, whereby
in _England_ they must stay till Sessions-time.
LXIV.
French.
Dedans les Isles les enfans transportez,
Les deux de sept seront en desespoir,
Ceux de terrouer en seront supportez,
_Nompelle_ prins, des ligues fuy l’espoir.
English.
In the Islands the Children shall be transported,
The two of seven shall be in despair,
Those of the Countrey shall be supported by,
_Nompelle_ taken, avoid the hope of the League.
ANNOT.