Chapter LI: French

_Paris_ conjure un grand meurtre commettre,
_Blois_ le fera sortir en plein effet,
Ceux d’_Orleans_ voudront leur Chef remettre,
_Angers_, _Troyes_, _Langres_, leur seront un mes fait.

English.

_Paris_ conspireth to commit a great murder,
_Blois_ will cause it to come to pass,
Those of _Orleans_ will set up their head again,
_Angers_, _Troyes_, _Langres_ will do them a mischief.

ANNOT.

The Prophecy contained in the two first Verses came to pass in the time of _Henry_ the III. King of _France_, when the _Parisians_ did rebel against him, and made Barricadoes in the streets, thinking to have taken him, who was compelled to run away for his life, and fly to _Chartres_. This rebellion was raised and fomented by _Henry_ of _Lorraine_ Duke of _Guise_, whom the King afterwards caused to be murdered, with his brother the Cardinal of _Lorraine_, at the Convention of the three Estates kept at _Blois_.

_Orleans_, _Angers_, _Troyes_, _Langres_, are remarkable Cities in _France_.

LII.

French.

En la _Campagne_ sera si longue pluye,
Et en l’_Apoville_ si grande siccité,
Coq verra l’Aigle l’aisle mal accomplie,
Par Lion mise sera en extremité.

English.

In _Campania_ shall be so long a rain,
And in _Apulia_ so great a drought,
The Cock shall see the Eagle with his wing disordered,
And by the Lion brought to extremity.

ANNOT.

_Campania_, and _Apulia_ are two Provinces of the Kingdom of _Naples_.

The last two Verses of the Prophecy came to pass about the years 1630 and 1631. when _Gustavus Adolphus_ King of _Swedeland_, called here the Lion, brought the Empire (signified by the Eagle) to extremity; the King of _France_ signified by the Cock, looking upon, and underhand assisting him.

LIII.

French.

Quand le plus grand emportera le prix,
De _Nuremberg_, d’_Ausbourg_, & ceux de _Basle_,
Par _Agripine_ Chef de _Frankfort_ repris,
Traverseront par _Flandres_ jusqu’en _Gale_.

English.

When the great one shall carry the prize,
Of _Nuremberg_, _Ausbourg_, and _Basil_,
By _Agrippina_ the Chief of _Frankfort_ shall be taken,
They shall go through _Flanders_ as far as _France_.

ANNOT.

_Nuremberg_, _Ausbourg_, and _Basil_ are Cities of _Germany_.

By _Agrippine_ is understood the City of _Cologne_, called in Latine _Colonia Agrippina_, from the Founderess of it _Agrippina_, Mother of the Emperour _Nero_, or from _M. Agrippa_ favourite of _Augustus Cæsar_.

LIV.

French.

L’un des plus grands fuira aux _Espagnes_,
Qu’en longue playe apres viendra seigner,
Passant Copies par les hautes Montagnes,
Devastant tout, & puis apres regner.

English.

One of the greatest shall run away into _Spain_,
That shall cause a wound to bleed long,
Leading Armies over the high Mountains,
Destroying all, and afterwards shall Raign.

ANNOT.

This is so plain, that it needeth no interpretation.

LV.

French.

En l’an qu’un œil en _France_ Regnera,
La Cour sera en un bien fascheux trouble,
Le grand de _Blois_ son amy tuera,
Le Regne mis en mal & doubte double.

English.

In the year that one eye shall Reign in _France_,
The Court shall be in a very hard trouble,
The great one of _Blois_ shall kill his friend,
The Kingdom shall be in an ill case, and double doubt.

ANNOT.

The meaning of the first Verse is, when a King having but one eye shall Reign in _France_.

_Blois_ is a City in _France_ upon the River _Loire_.

LVI.

French.

_Montauban_, _Nismes_, _Avignon_ & _Besier_,
Peste, Tonnerre & Gresle a fin de _Mars_,
De _Paris_ Pont, de _Lion_ Mur, _Monpelier_,
Depuis six cens & sept vingt, trois parts.

English.

_Montauban_, _Nismes_, _Avignon_ and _Besier_,
Plague, Lightning and Hail at the end of _March_,
The Bridge of _Paris_, the Wall of _Lion_, and _Monpelier_, shall fall,
From six hundred and seven score, three parts.

ANNOT.

_Montauban_ is a Town in _Gascony_, _Nismes_ and _Besiers_ are Towns in _Languedoc_; _Avignon_ is a Town in _France_ belonging to the Pope, which shall suffer these damages by Lightning at the end of _March_.