Chapter 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.