Chapter XV: French

Pere Duc vieux d’ans & de soif chargé,
Au jour extreme fils desniant l’esguiere,
Dedans le puis vif, mort viendra plongé,
Senat au fils la mort longue & legere.

English.

A Father Duke, aged and very thirsty,
In his extremity, his son denying him the Ewer,
Alive into a Well, where he shall be drowned,
For which the Senate shall give the son a long and easie death.

ANNOT.

It is a Duke very aged who shall die of a Dropsie, or of some other burning disease, which will make him very thirsty, the Physitians shall forbid any water to be given him, therefore this Duke shall press his son very much to give him the Ewer, that he may drink his fill, but his son refusing, the Father shall fall into such a rage, that being alone he will go and throw himself into a Well, where he shall be drowned.

This unhappy death will be the cause of much murmuring, and the Senate or Parliament of that place will make enquiry after it, by which enquiry the son will be found guilty, therefore for his punishment, he shall be condemned to a long and easie death, as to live all his days in some Monastery.

XVI.

French.

Heureux au Regne de _France_ heureux de vie,
Ignorant sang, mort, fureur, rapine,
Par non flatteurs seras mis en envie,
Roy desrobé, trop de foy en cuisine.

English.

Happy in the Kingdom of _France_, happy in his Life,
Ignorant of blood, death, fury, of taking by force,
By no flatterers shall be envied,
King robbed, too much faith in Kitchin.

ANNOT.

This is a Prognostication of a King of _France_, who though happy in his Reign and Life, and being given to no great vices, as blood, fury, or taking by force, yet shall be much envied and robbed by his Subjects, and chiefly by those he trusteth about his Kitchin.

XVII.

French.

La Reyne _Ergaste_ voiant sa fille blesme,
Par un regret dans l’estomach enclos,
Cris lamentables seront lors d’_Angolesme_,
Et au germain mariage forclos.

English.

Queen _Ergaste_ seeing her Daughter pale,
By a regret contained in her Breast,
Then shall great cries come out of _Angolesme_,
And the Marriage shall be denyed to the Cousin German.

ANNOT.

It is unknown what Queen he meaneth by the name of _Ergaste_; the rest is easie. _Angolesme_ is a City of _Gascony_ or _Languedoc_.