And a little after it shall rain for a great while,
Many Countreys as _Flanders_ and _England_,
Shall by fire and Iron be afflicted,
And a good while Besieged by their Neighbours,
So that they shall be constrained to make War against them.
ANNOT.
What that great Lady was, that should die in the year 653. is not easie
to guess, there being many in every Countrey that died that year. The
rest is easie, and we have seen the truth of it in our days, and may see
it hereafter.
LV.
French.
Un peu devant ou apres tres grand’ Dame,
Son ame au Ciel, & son corps soubs la lame,
De plusieurs gens regretée sera,
Tous ses parens seront en grand tristesse,
Pleurs & souspirs d’une Dame en jeunesse,
Et a deux grands le dueil delaissera.
English.
A little while before, or after, a very great Lady,
Her soul in Heaven, and her body in the Grave,
Shall be lamented by many,
All her kindred shall be in great mourning,
Tears and sighs of a Lady in her youth,
And shall leave the mourning to two great ones.
ANNOT.
This may be understood of the death of _Anna_ of _Austria_, Queen of
_France_, who left in mourning two great ones, _viz._ her two Sons
_Lewis_ the XIV. King of _France_, and _Philip_ of _Bourbon_ Duke of
_Orleans_.
Or of the death of the Queen Dowager of _England_, _Henrietta Maria_,
who also was much lamented, and left in mourning two great ones, _viz._
_Charles_ the II. King of _England_, and _James_ Duke of _York_ his
Brother.
LVI.
French.
Tost l’Elephant de toutes parts verra,
Quand Pourvoyeur au Griffon se joindra,
Sa ruine proche, & _Mars_ qui tousiour gronde,
Fera grands faits aupres de _Terre Sainte_,
Grands Estendars sur la Terre & sur l’Onde,
Si la Nef a esté, de deux frere enceinte.
English.
Shortly the Elephant on all sides shall see,
When the Purveyor shall joyn with the Griffin,
His ruine at hand, and _Mars_ which always grumbleth,
Shall do great feats near the _Holy Land_,
Great Standarts upon the Earth and the Sea,
If the Ship hath been with Child of two Brothers.
ANNOT.
The Elephant is the Emperor, the Purveyor the King of _France_, the
Griffin the _Hollanders_; the meaning then is that the Emperor shall go
to ruine, when the _French_ and the _Hollanders_ shall joyn together.
And that there shall be great Wars and Fightings in the Holy Lands, both
by Sea and Land, when two Brothers of great quality shall go in one Ship.
LVII.
French.
Peu apres l’Alliance faite,
Avant solemnises la Feste,
L’Empereur le tout troublera,
Et la nouvelle Mariée,
Au _Franc_ Païs par sort liée,
Dans peu de temps apres mourra.
English.
A little after the Alliance made,
Before the Feast be Solemnized,
The Emperor shall trouble all,
And the new Bride,
Being by fate tied to the _French_ Countrey,
A little while after shall die.
ANNOT.
This is concerning a match that shall be made between the _French_ King,
and some Lady of another Countrey, which Match shall be disturbed by the
Emperour, and the Bride shall die a little while after her Marriage.
LVIII.
French.
Sangsue en peu de temps mourra,
Sa mort bon signe nous donra,
Pour l’accroissement de la _France_,
Alliances se trouveront,
Deux grands Roiaumes se joindront,
_Francois_ aura sur eux puissance.
English.
The Leech within a little while shall die,
His death shall be a good sign to us,
For the augmentation of _France_,
Alliances shall be found,
Two great Kingdoms shall joyn together,
The _French_ shall have power over them.
ANNOT.
The _Leech_ was _Philip_ the IV. the last King of _Spain_, who died a
little while after he had Married his Daughter to _Lewis_ the XIV. now
King of _France_, by which Marriage the Peace was made between the two
Kingdoms, in the Island of the _Conference_, upon the Borders of _France_
and _Spain_. By his death and that Match is foretold the encrease and
happy condition of the Kingdom of _France_.
_FINIS._