determination of any precise time; as for example, I understand by that
_Barbarian conflict, near the black Corner_, to be some famous Battle
among the Infidels themselves, some where about the Black Sea; then he
saith, _that abundance of Blood shall be spilt, and ~Dalmatia~ shall
tremble_, which is a Province belonging to the _Venetians_, and bordering
upon _Græcia_; by great _Ismael_ he understandeth the great Sophy of
_Persia_, whose name hath been often so. By the Frogs it is not easie to
know whether he meaneth _France_ or _Spain_, for both abound in that kind
of Insects.
LXI.
French.
La pille faite a la Coste Marine,
_Incita nova_ & parens amenez,
Plusieurs de _Malthe_ par le fait de _Messine_,
Estroit serrez seront mal guerdonnez.
English.
The plunder made upon the Sea Coast,
_Incita nova_ and friends brought up,
Many of _Maltha_, for the fact of _Messina_,
Being close kept, shall be ill rewarded.
ANNOT.
It seemeth that this Plunder made upon the Sea Coast, shall be about
_Messina_, by the _Maltheses_, who afterwards shall rue for it, being
taken Prisoners, and severely punished.
As for the expression _Incita nova_, it is a barbarous derivation of the
Latine, to signifie the stirring of new troubles.
LXII.
French.
Au grand de _Cheramonagora_,
Seront croisez par rangs tous attachez,
Le _Pertinax Oppi_, & _Mandragora_,
_Raugon_ d’_Octobre_ le tiers seront laschez.
English.
To the great one of _Cheramonagora_,
Shall be crossed by Ranges, all tyed up,
the _Pertinax Oppi_, and _Mandragora_,
_Raugon_ the third of _October_ shall be set loose.
ANNOT.
The word _Cheramonagora_, is either altogether barbarous and
insignificant, or must be derived from these three Greek words, χεὶρ,
_manus_, μόνος, _folus_, and ἄγω, _duco_, and so it may signifie one than
leadeth along by the hand, in which sense may be understood the King of
_France_, who alone leadeth his people by the hand, without any help of
Councel.
The second Verse signifieth the Oppositions he shall meet with among his
Neighbours, combined together to hinder him.
By _Oppi_, he meaneth here _Opium_, the Juice of Poppies, which he
calleth here _Pertinax_; because of its pertinacious quality in procuring
sleep, as also _Mandragora_.
By _Raugon_, he meaneth some other soporiferous Herb; so that it seemeth
that those three things shall be given upon the third of _October_ to
some body, it seemeth to that _Cheramonagora_, by whom some understand
the King of _France_, others _Oliver_ the last usurpator.
LXIII.
French.
Plaintes, & pleurs, cris, & grands hurlemens,
Pres de _Narbonne_, a _Bayonne_ & en _Foix_,
O quels horribles, calamitez, changemens,
Avant que _Mars_ revolu quelquefois.
English.
Complaints and tears, cries, and great howlings,
Near _Narbonne_, _Bayonne_ and in _Foix_,
O what horrid calamities and changes,
Before _Mars_ hath made sometimes his revolution.
ANNOT.
_Narbonne_, _Bayonne_, and _Foix_ are Towns of _Languedoc_, a Province in
_France_; the rest is easie.
LXIV.
French.
L’_Æmathian_ passer Monts _Pyrenées_,
En _Mars Narbon_ ne fera resistance,
Par Mer & Terre sera si grand menée,
Cap. n’ayant Terre seure pour demeurance.
English.
The _Æmathian_ shall pass by the _Pyrenean_ Mountains,
In _March Narbon_ shall make no resistance,
By Sea and Land he shall make so much ado,
Cap. shall not have safe ground to live in.
ANNOT.
The _Æmathian_ properly should be the _Macedonian_, but by it is
understood here the _Spaniard_, whose Countrey is on one side fenced by
the _Pyrenean_ Mountains; the rest is plain.
LXV.
French.
Dedans le coing de _Luna_ viendra rendre,
Ou sera prins & mis en Terre estrange,
Les fruits immeurs seront a grand esclandre,
Grand vitupere, a l’un grande loüange.
English.
He shall come into the corner of _Luna_,
Where he shall be taken and put in a strange Land,
The green fruits shall be in great disorder,
A great shame, to one shall be great praise.
ANNOT.
This Stanza hath relation and connexion to the precedent, and by it ought
to be understood, that the said _Æmathian_ or _Spaniard_ shall come as
far as the corner of _Luna_, wherein he shall be taken and sent into a
strange Countrey, at which time the green Fruits and Grass shall be much
damaged, for which one of the parties shall receive great shame, and the
other great praise. But what he meaneth by the Corner of _Luna_, I must
leave the judgement of it to the Reader, for I do ingeniously confess
that I neither know City nor Countrey of that name.
XLVI.
French.
Paix, union, sera & changement,
Estats, Offices, bas hault, & hault bien bas,
Dresser voiages, le fruit premier, torment,
Guerre cesser, civils proces, debats.
English.
Peace, union, shall be, and mutation,
States, and Offices, low high, and high low,
A journey shall be prepared for, the first fruit, pains,
War shall cease, as also, civil suits, and strifes.
ANNOT.
This is easie to be understood, many interpret it of the downfall of
_Rome_, at which time all quarrels both of Religion and States would be
laid aside, if the world were all of one mind.
LXVII.
French.
Du haut des Monts a lentour de _Dizere_,
Port a la Roche _Valent_, cent assemblez,
De _Chasteau-Neuf_, _Pierrelate_, en _Douzere_,
Contre le _Crest_, _Romans_ soy assemblez.
English.
From the top of the Mountains about _Dizere_
Gate at the Rock _Valence_, a hundred gathered together,
From _Chasteau-Neuf_, _Pierrelate_, in _Douzere_
Against the _Crest_, _Romans_, shall be gathered.
ANNOT.
This is a peculiar Prophecy for the Provinces of _Dauphiné_ and
_Languedoc_, in which all the Towns and Rivers here mentioned are
situated.
LXVIII.
French.
Du Mont _Aymar_ sera noble obscurcie,
Le mal viendra au joint de _Saone_ & _Rhosne_,
Dans bois cachez Soldats jour de _Lucie_,
Qui ne fut onc un si horrible Throsne.
English.
From Mount _Aymar_ shall proceed a Noble obscurity,
The evil shall come to the joyning of the _Saone_ and _Rhosne_,
Soldiers shall be hid in the Wood on St. _Lucy_’s day,
So that there was never such an horrid Throne.
ANNOT.
There is a notable fault in the impression of the first Verse of this
Stanza, for instead of Mount _Aymar_, it must be _Montlimar_, which is
a Town in _Provence_ or _Languedoc_, situated by the River _Rhosne_,
the sense therefore of this, is, that from _Montlimar_ shall proceed
some notable and obscure design, and that shall reach as far as _Lyons_,
which is the City where the _Saone_ and _Rhosne_ meet, and that for that
purpose, there shall be hidden a great many Souldiers in a Wood on St.
_Lucy_’s day, which is the _13th._ of _December_.
LXIX.
French.
Sur le Mont de _Bailly_ & la _Bresse_,
Seront cachez de _Grenoble_ les fiers,
Outre _Lyon_, _Vien._ cula si grand gresle,
Langoult en Terre n’en cessara un tiers.
English.
Upon the Mount of _Bailly_, and the Countrey of _Bresse_,
Shall be hidden the fierce ones of _Grenoble_,
Beyond _Lyons_, _Vienna_, upon them shall fall such a hail,
That languishing upon the ground, the third part shall not be left.
ANNOT.
The Mount _Bailly_, and the Countrey of _Bressia_, are by _Savoy_, in
which place (our Author saith) the fierce ones; that is, the stout men of
_Grenoble_, the chief Town of _Dauphiné_, shall be hidden, and that such
a Hail shall fall upon them, as not one third part shall be left.
LXX.
French.
Harnois trenchans dans les flambeaux cachez,
Dedans _Lyon_ le jour du Sacrement,
Ceux de _Vienne_ seront tretous hachez,
Par les _Cantons_ Latins, _Mascon_ eront.
English.
Sharp Weapons shall be hidden in burning Torches,
In _Lyons_ the day of the Sacrament,
Those of _Vienna_ shall be all cut to pieces,
By the Latin _Cantons_, after the example of _Mascon_.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth a notable Treason that shall be acted at _Lyons_, upon
the Sacraments day, otherwise called _Corpus Christi_ day, upon which the
_Roman_ Catholicks are wont to make a Procession with the Sacrament about
the Town, with abundance of burning Torches, of fearful bigness, insomuch
that some (as at _Angeirs_) require 20 or 24 men to carry them, in those
Torches (our Author saith) shall Weapons be hidden, by means of which the
fact shall be committed. The rest is easie.
LXXI.
French.
Au lieux Sacrés, animaux veus a _Trixe_,
Avec celuy qui nosera le jour,
A _Carcassonne_ pour disgrace propice,
Sera posé pour plus ample sejonr.
English.
In the Sacred places, Animals shall be seen at _Trixe_,
With him that shall not dare in the day,
In _Carcassonne_ for a favourable disgrace,
He shall be set to make a longer stay.
ANNOT.
Whether the Author did understand himself here I know not, I am sure I do
not; _Carcassonne_ is a City of _Languedoc_, and _Trixe_ is a barbarous
word.
LXXII.
French.
Encor seront les Saints Temples pollus,
Et expilez par Senat _Tholosain_,
_Saturne_ deux trois Siecles revolus,
Dans _Auril_, _May_, gens de nouveau Levain.
English.
Once more shall the Holy Temples be polluted,
And depredated by the Senate of _Thoulouze_,
_Saturn_ two three Ages finished,
In _April_, _May_, people of a new Leaven.
ANNOT.
This is, when the Planet _Saturn_ hath finished twice three Ages;
that is, 600 years from the time that this Prophecy was written, then
the Senates of _Thoulouze_, being men of a new Leaven (meaning being
Protestants) shall cause the _Romish_ Churches to be polluted and
depredated in the Months of _April_ and _May_.
LXXIII.
French.
Dans _Foix_ entrez Roy Cerulée Turban,
Et regnera moins evolu _Saturne_,
Roy Turban Blanc, _Bizance_ cœur ban,
_Sol_, _Mars_, _Mercure_, pres la Hurne.
English.
In _Foix_ shall come a King with a Blew Turbant,
And shall Reign before _Saturn_ is revolved,
Then a King with a White Turbant shall make _Bizance_ to quake,
_Sol_, _Mars_, _Mercury_, being near the top of the Mast.
ANNOT.
_Foix_ is a Countrey of _France_, near _Gascony_, where the Author saith,
a King with a Blew Turbant shall come, and shall govern less then an Age,
that is 100 years, after which another King with a White Turbant shall
come, and shall Conquer _Bizance_ (which in Latine is _Constantinople_)
the Blew or Green Turbant is attributed to the great _Turk_, and the
White one to the King of _France_, by whom the _Turks_ have a Prophecie,
their Monarchy shall be subverted.
LXXIV.
French.
Dans la Cité de _Fertsod_ homicide,
Fait & fait multe Bœuf arant ne macter,
Retour encore aux honneurs d’_Artemide_,
Et a _Vulcan_ corps morts sepulturer.
English.
In the City of _Fertsod_ one murdered,
Causeth a Fine to be laid for killing a plowing Oxe,
There shall be a return of the honours due to _Artemide_,
And _Vulcan_ shall bury dead bodies.
ANNOT.
What is that City of _Fertsod_, is hard to guess, there being none of
this name in _Europe_ that I know. The rest of the words are plain,
though the sense be abstruce enough, therefore we shall leave them to the
liberty of the Reader.
LXXV.
French.
De l’_Ambraxie_ & du pais de _Thrace_,
Peuple par Mer, Mal, & secours _Gaulois_,
Perpetuelle en _Provence_ la Trace,
Avec vestiges de leur Coustumes & Loix.
English.
From _Ambraxia_, and from the Countrey of _Thracia_,
People by Sea, Evil, and _French_ succours,
The Trace of it shall be perpetual in _Provence_,
The footsteps of their Customs and Laws remaining.
ANNOT.
What Countrey this _Ambraxia_ should be, is yet unknown, for my part I
take it to be a forged word, as for _Thracia_ it is a Countrey between
_Hungary_ and _Greece_.
Observe here that Evil is not an Epithete, to either People or Sea, but a
word of admiration by it self, as _malum_ in Latine, which is called _vox
admirantis_.
LXXVI.
French.
Avec le noir _Rapax_ & sanguinaire,
Yssu du peaultre de l’inhumain _Neron_,
Emmy deux Fleuves main gauche Militaire,
Sera meurtry par _Joyn Chaulveron_.
English.
With the Black and bloody _Rapax_,
Descended from the paultry of the inhumane _Nero_,
Between two Rivers, on the left Military hand,
He shall be murdered by _Joyne Caulveron_.
ANNOT.
This Prophecie portendeth the death of a black, bloody, and ravenous man
(which in Latine is _Rapax_) who shall be murdered between two Rivers, by
one whose proper name shall be _Joyne Chaulveron_.
LXXVII.
French.
Le Regne prins le Roy conviera,
La Dame prinse a mort jurez a sort,
La vie a Royne Fils on desniera,
Et la pellix au fort de la consort.
English.
The Kingdom being taken, the King shall invite,
The Lady taken to death,
The Life shall be denyed unto the Queens Son,
And the Pellix shall be at the height of the Consort.
ANNOT.
You must observe, that there is a word false printed, which is _Pellix_,
instead of which should be _Pellex_, which in Latine signifieth a Whore
or Concubine.
The sense therefore of this is, that a certain King having taken another
Kingdom, shall put the Queen of it to death, as also her own Son, after
which, he shall make his Concubine Queen.
LXXVIII.
French.
La Dame _Grecque_ de Beauté laydique,
Heureuse faite de proces innumerable,
Hors translatée au Regne _Hispanique_,
Captive prinse mourir mort miserable.
English.
The _Græcian_ Lady of exquisite Beauty,
Made happy from innumerable quarrels,
Being translated into the _Spanish_ Kingdom,
Shall be made a Prisoner, and die a miserable death.
ANNOT.
This Stanza is concerning the Lady _Elizabeth_ of _France_, Daughter to
_Henry_ the II. and Sister to _Charles_ the IX. who being promised first
to _Don Carlo Infante_ of _Spain_, was afterwards Married to his Father
_Philip_ the II. at which the young man being vexed and discontented,
began to raise combustions in the State, for which, and his too much
familiarity with his Mother in Law, he was strangled by his Fathers
command, and she poisoned.
LXXIX.
French.
Le Chef de Classe par fraude, stratageme,
Fera timides sortir de leurs Galeres,
Sortis meurdris chef renieux de Cresme,
Puis par l’Embusche luy rendront les salaires.
English.
The Commander of a Fleet by fraud and stratagem,
Shall cause the fearful ones to come forth of their Galleys,
Come out murdered, chief renouncer of Baptism,
After that by an Ambuscado they’l give him again his salary.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses are plain, the third signifieth, that these fearful
ones being come out of their Galleys, part of them shall be murdered, and
among them the Captain, a renouncer of his Baptism, or Renegado, and the
rest afterwards by an Ambuscado, shall requite in the same Coin those
that had used them so.
LXXX.
French.
Le Duc voudra les siens exterminer,
Envoyera les plus forts, lieux estranges,
Par tyrannie _Bize_ & _Luc_ ruiner,
Puis les _Barbares_ sans Vin feront Vendanges.
English.
The Duke shall endeavour to exterminate his own,
And shall send away the strongest of them into remote places,
He shall also ruinate _Bize_ and _Luc_,
The _Barbarians_ shall make Vintage without Wine.
ANNOT.
There is a great fault in the impression of the _French_ Copy in this
Stanza, which maketh the sense altogether inexplicable, it must then in
stead of _Bize_ and _Luc_, be written _Pise_ and _Lucques_, which are two
Towns in _Italy_, near the Duke of _Florence_’s Dominions; one of these
Towns, _viz._ _Pisa_ he hath taken already, and from a Common-Wealth made
it subject to himself; the other though several times attempted by him,
hath preserved its liberty to this day. The last Verse signifieth, that
after this is come to pass, the _Barbarians_, that is, the _Florentins
shall make Vintage without Wine_; that is, shall plunder and spoil at
their pleasure.
LXXXI.
French.
LeRoy rusé entendra ses Embusches,
De trois quartiers Ennemis assaillir,
Un nombre estrange Larmes de coqueluches,
Viendra _Lamprin_ du traducteur faillir.
English.
The crafty King shall hear of his Ambuscadoes,
And shall assail his Enemies on three sides,
A strange number of Friers, mens Tears,
Shall cause _Lamprin_ to desert the Traitor.
ANNOT.
The only difficulty here is to know who that _Lamprin_ should be, who
shall be diverted from following a Traitor (which he meaneth here by the
_French_ word _Traducteur_) and shall be diverted from it by the Tears of
Fryers, which are meant here by the ancient _French_ word _Coqueluches_,
which signifieth a Fryers Cool or Capuchon.
LXXXII.
French.
Par le Deluge & pestilence forte,
La Cité grande de long temps Assiegée,
La Sentinelle & Garde de main morte,
Subite prinse mais de nul outragée.
English.
The great City having been long Besieged,
By an Innundation and violent Plague,
The Sentinal and Watch being surprised,
Shall be taken on a sudden, but hurt by no body.
ANNOT.
This is very plain, if by the great City you understand _Paris_, who is
subject to frequent Innundations and Plagues.
LXXXIII.
French.
Sol Vingt de _Taurus_, si fort terre tremblera,
Le grand Theatre remply ruinera,
L’Air, Ciel, & Terre, obscurcir & troubler,
Lors l’Infidele Dieu, & Saints voguera.
English.
The Sun being in the _20th_ of _Taurus_, the Earth shall so quake,
That it shall fill and ruinate the great Theater
The Air, the Heaven, & the Earth shall be so darkened, and troubled,
That the unbelievers shall call upon God, and his Saints.
ANNOT.
This famous Earth-quake having not yet happened in _Europe_, it is like
to happen within few years, for our Authors Prophecies (by his own
confession) do not extend further than the year 1700.
LXXXIV.
French.
Roy exposé parfaira l’Hecatombe,
Apres avoir trouve son Origine,
Torrent ouvrir de Marbre & Plomb la Tombe,
D’un grand _Romain_ d’Enseigne _Medusin_.
English.
The King exposed shall fulfill the Hecatombe,
After he hath found out his Offspring,
A Torrent shall open the Sepulcher, made of Marble and Lead,
Of a great _Roman_, with a _Medusean_ Ensign.
ANNOT.
This Prophecie is divided into two parts, The first two Verses are
concerning a King, who shall perform the Funeral Rites and Ceremonies
to his Parents, when he is come to the knowledge of them, having been
exposed for lost before.
The two last Verses are concerning an ancient Sepulcher of a _Roman_,
that shall be digged up and found out by a Torrent, and the Arms of the
said _Roman_ shall be something like the head of _Medusa_, whose Hairs
were Serpents, and was so fearful to behold, that by seeing of it, the
beholders were turned into stones.
LXXXV.
French.
Passer _Guenne_, _Languedoc_, & le _Rhosne_,
D’_Agen_ tenants, de _Marmande_ & la _Reole_,
D’Ouvrir par foy parroy, _Phocen_ tiendra son Throne,
Conflict aupres Saint _Pol_ de _Manseole_.
English.
They shall pass over _Gascony_, _Languedoc_, and the _Rhosne_,
From _Agen_ keeping _Marmande_, and the _Reole_,
To open the Wall by Faith, _Phocen_ shall keep his Throne,
A Battle shall be by St. _Paul_ of _Manseole_.
ANNOT.
The whole of this Prophecie signifieth no more, but that an Army shall
pass through all these places, and that at last there will be a Battle
fought by that place, called St. _Paul de Manseole_.
LXXXVI.
French.
Du _Bourg la Reyne_ parviendront droit a _Chartres_,
Et feront pres du _Pont Antony_ pose,
Sept pour la paix cauteleux comme _Martres_,
Feront entrée d’Armée a _Paris_ clause.
English.
From _Bourg la Reyne_ they shall come straight to _Chartres_,
And shall make a stand near _Pont Antony_,
Seven for Peace as crafty as _Martres_,
They shall enter in _Paris_ besieged with an Army.
ANNOT.
_Bourg la Reyne_ is a little town within six Miles of _Paris_, _Chartres_
is the chief City of the Province _Beausse_, _Pont Antony_ is a little
Town between them both, so that the sense of the whole is this, that
seven men, crafty like _Martres_ (which are those _Russia_ Foxes that
afford the richest Furres, called _Martres Zibellines_) shall go from
_Bourg la Reyne_ to _Chartres_, making a little stay at _Pont Antony_,
and then shall come with an Army into _Paris_, which shall be besieged at
that time, I believe this Prophecy is come to pass already in the time of
the Civil Wars of _France_; but for want of the History I could not quote
the time.
LXXXVII.
French.
Par la Forest du _Touphon_ essartée
Par Hermitage sera posé le Temple,
Le Duc d’_Estampes_ par sa ruse inventée,
Du _Montlehery_ Prelat donra exemple.
English.
By the Forrest _Touphon_ cut off,
By the Hermitage shall the Temple be set,
The Duke of _Estampes_ by his invented trick,
Shall give example to the Prelat of _Montlehery_.
ANNOT.
Here is a fault in the Impression, for instead of _Touphon_, it must be
written _Torfou_, which is a Forrest some 30 Miles from _Paris_ towards
_Beausse_, near which is seated the Town of _Montlehery_, in the said
Forrest is seated an Hermitage, and not far from thence the City of
_Estampes_, which carryeth the Title of Dutchy; so that the sense of
it is this, that this Forrest being cut off (as it is now for the most
part) in the place where that Hermitage was, shall be built a Church or
Convent, as it is now _Cælestins friars_, called _Marcoussy_, and that
the said Hermitage shall be taken from the jurisdiction of the Town of
_Montlehery_, under which it was before.
LXXXVIII.
French.
_Calais_, _Arras_, secours a _Theroanne_,
Paix & semblant simulera l’escoute,
Soulde d’_Allobrox_ descendra par _Roane_,
Destornay peuple qui defera la routte.
English.
_Calais_, _Arras_, shall give succours to _Theroanne_,
Peace or the like, shall dissemble the hearing,
Souldiers of _Allobrox_ shall descend by _Roane_,
People perswaded, shall spoil the March.
ANNOT.
This Prophecy did happen in the time of _Henry_ the II. King of _France_,
about the year 1559.
The last Verse saith, that those two Towns _Calais_ and _Arras_ gave
succours to _Theroanne_, that is to the Countrey where _Therouenne_ was
seated, which was destroyed by _Charles_ the V. Emperour. This Countrey
was called _Ponthieu_, of which _Therouenne_ was the chief Town.
The second Verse doth determine the time whereabout this came to pass,
when he saith, _peace or the like shall dissemble the hearing_; because
in the year 1556. in the beginning of _February_ there was a Truce for
five years between the two Crowns of _France_ and _Spain_, concerning
the Low Countreys, and this Truce signified not much, nor was well
cemented, so that the Author saith, _Peace or the like shall dissemble
the hearing_; that is, shall fain not to hear that the Cardinal _Caraffa_
did endeavour in _France_ to have the Truce broken.
The third Verse is obscure, because of a fault in the Impression,
wherein they have put _Ronane_ instead of _Noanne_, that is _Hannone_ by
transposition of letters, but that being corrected, the Verse is clear,
supposing that _Philibertus Emanuel_ Duke of _Savoy_ was General of the
Army, against _France_ in the _Low-Countreis_, and wandering about to do
some notable exploit, he came down through the Province of _Hainault_,
called in Latine _Hannonia_, and came to _Mariembourg_, as if he would
have Besieged it, but after some light skirmishes he laid Siege to
_Rocroy_, and this is the meaning of the third Verse, when he saith,
_Souldiers of ~Allobrox~ shall descend by ~Noanne~_, that is, Souldiers
in the Army of the Duke of _Savoy_, which in Latine is _Allobrox_, came
down to _Mariembourg_, and turned back again to _Rocroy_.
The fourth Verse mentioneth what did happen at the Siege of _Rocroy_;
that place being not yet very well fortified; the King was unwilling to
put any of his best Souldiers therein, but the Duke of _Nevers_ undertook
the defence of it, which he did really and gloriously perform, in so
much, that the Duke of _Savoy_ was compelled to raise up the Siege, and
going back towards St. _Quentin_, he took _Vervins_ by storm, and gave
the booty of it to his Souldiers, who took heart upon it, having been
much discouraged before by the resistance of the Duke of _Nevers_. This
is the sense of the fourth Verse, _People persuaded shall spoil the
march_; that is, the people of _Rocroy_ persuaded to hold out by the
courage and presence of the Duke of _Nevers_, spoiled the march that the
Duke of _Savoy_ had propounded to himself, insomuch, that raising the
Siege he went to _Vervins_, and from thence to St. _Quentin_.
LXXXIX.
French.
Sept ans _Philip_ fortune prospere,
Rabaissera des _Barbares_ l’effort,
Puis son midy perplex rebours affaire,
Jeune _Ogmion_ abysmera son fort.
English.