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Chapter LVIII: French

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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._

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