Chapter 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_.