Chapter LXXX: French

Apres conflit du læse l’Eloquence,
Par peu de temps se trame Saint repos,
Point l’on admet les grand a delivrance.
Des ennemis sont remis a propos.

English.

After the Battle, the eloquency of the wounded man,
Within a little while shall procure a holy rest,
The great ones shall not be delivered,
But shall be left to their Enemies will.

ANNOT.

After the Battle of St. _Laurence_, the Prisoners taken by the _Spaniard_ were the Constable of _France_, the Dukes of _Montpensier_, of _Longueville_, the Marshal S. _André_, _Ludovic_ Prince of _Mantua_, the _Rhingrave_ Colonel of the _Germans_, the Earl of _la Rochefoucaud_, and several other persons of quality.

They were Prisoners from the _10th_ of _August_ 1557. to the third of _April_ 1559. that is, one year and eight Months; during which time the Pope’s _Nuncios_, _Christierne_ Dutchess Dowager of _Lorraine_, the Constable, and Marshal St. _André_ endeavoured to make the peace.

Among them the Constable was chief, and _Philip_ the II. King of _Spain_ gave him leave to go to and fro upon his Paroll; and of him it is our Author speaketh in the first Verse; _After the Battle the eloquency of the wounded man_, that is after the Battle of _Saint Laurence_, where the Constable of _Monmorency_ was wounded in the hip. His eloquency procured the peace, which was concluded in a short time, for had it not been for the death of Queen _Mary_ of _England_, that happened upon the 15 of _November_ 1558. it should have been concluded three Months after the conference that was begun in the Abbey of _Cercamp_ near _Cambray_.

The third Verse saith, that _the great ones shall not be delivered_, because during the Treaty of Peace, _Philip_ the II. would not hearken to take any Ransom, but they were kept Prisoners till the Peace. It is the meaning of the fourth Verse, when it saith, _but shall be left to the Enemies will_, _viz._ the _Spaniards_ who gave them liberty after the Peace.

LXXXI.

French.

Par feu du Ciel la Cité presqu’aduste,
L’Urne menace encor _Deucalion_,
Vexée _Sardaigne_ par la punique fuste,
Apres le _Libra_ lairra son _Phaeton_.

English.

By fire from Heaven the City shall be almost burnt,
The Waters threatens another _Deucalion_,
_Sardaigne_ shall be vexed by an _African_ Fleet,
After that _Libra_ shall have left her _Phaeton_.

ANNOT.

All is plain but the last Verse, the sense of which is, that the things before spoken, shall happen when the Sun is newly come out of the sign of _Libra_.

LXXVII.

French.

Par faim la proye fera Loup prisonier,
L’Assaillant lors en extresme detresse,
Lesnay ayant au devant le dernier,
Le grand neschape au milieu de la presse.

English.

By hunger, the prey shall make the Wolf prisoner,
Assaulting him then in a great distress,
The eldest having got before the last,
The great one doth not escape in the middle of the crowd.

ANNOT.

The two first Verses signifie, that an hungry Wolf seeking for a Prey, shall be caught in some trap, where being almost famished, the Prey shall assault him. The last two Verses being obscure and not material to any thing I have neglected them.

LXXXIII.

French.

Le gros Traffic d’un grand Lion changé,
La pluspart tourne en pristine ruine,
Proye aux Soldats par playe vendangé,
Par _Jura Mont_, & _Sueve_ bruine.

English.

The great Trade of a great Lion alter’d,
The most part turneth into its former ruine,
Shall become a Prey to Soldiers and reaped by wound,
In _Mont-Jura_, and _Suaube_ great Foggs.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy is concerning the City of _Lion_ in _France_, which is a Town of an exceeding great Trade, and is threatned to suffer an alteration, and a decay by War.

The last Verse is concerning a great Mist or Fogg, which shall be upon _Mont-Jura_ and in _Suabeland_.

LXXXIV.

French.

Entre _Campagne_, _Sienne_, _Pise_ & _Ostié_,
Six mois neuf jours ne pleuvra une goute,
L’Estrange Langue en Terre _Dalmatie_,
Courira sus vastant la Terre toute.

English.

Between _Campania_, _Sienna_, _Pisa_ and _Ostia_,
For six Months and nine days there shall be no rain,
The strange Language in _Dalmatia_’s Land,
Shall overrun, spoiling all the Countrey.

ANNOT.

All those places mentioned, in the first Verse are seated in _Italy_; the Author saith that in that Countrey it shall not rain for the space of six Months and nine days, which if it be past, or to come, I know not.

The two last Verses signifie, that a strange Nation shall come into _Dalmatia_, and overrun and spoil all that Countrey.

LXXXV.

French.

Le vieux plein barbe soubs le statut severe,
A Lion fait dessus l’Aigle Celtique,
Le petit grand trop outre persevere,
Bruit d’Arme au Ciel, Mer rouge _Ligustique_.

English.

The old plain beard under the severe Statute,
Made at _Lion_ upon the _Celtique_ Aigle,
The little great persevereth too far,
Noise of Arms in the Skie, the _Ligustrian_ Sea made red.

ANNOT.

I could scrape no sense out of the first three Verses; the last signifieth, that a noise of Arms shall be heard in the Skies, and that the _Ligustrian_ Sea, which is that of _Genoa_, shall be made red with blood, when the former prodigy hath appeared.

LXXXVI.

French.

Naufrage a classe pres d’Onde _Adriatique_,
La Terre tremble emeue sur l’Air en Terre mis
_Ægypt_ tremble augment Mahometique,
L’Heraut soy rendre a crier est commis.

English.

A Fleet shall suffer Shipwrack near the _Adriatick_ Sea,
The Earth quaketh, a motion of the Air cometh upon the Land,
_Ægypt_ trembleth for fear of the Mahometan increase.
The Herald surrendring shall be appointed to cry.

ANNOT.

In the two first Verses is foretold a great storm by the _Adriatick_ Sea, in which a Fleet shall be dispersed, and many suffer Shipwrack.

The two last Verses relate the great fear _Ægypt_ was in, when the great Turk _Sultan Selyn_ went to conquer it.

The last Verse is concerning a Herald, which was surrendered to the contrary party, and by them was appointed to perform that office in their behalf.