Chapter LXXIII: French

Persecutée sera de dien l’Eglise,
Et les Saints Temples seront expoliez,
L’Enfant la mere mettra nud en chemise,
Seront _Arabes_ au _Polous_ ralliez.

English.

The Church of God shall be persecuted,
And the holy Temples shall be spoiled,
The Child shall turn out his Mother in her Smock,
_Arrabians_ shall agree with the _Polonians_.

ANNOT.

The Author could not be mistaken in this Prophecie; for the Church of God shall always be persecuted, the Apostle confirmeth it, when he saith, _that all those that will live piously in Christ, must suffer persecution_: As for the spoiling of Churches, and other barbarous actions, it hath been seen so often in _France_, in the time of the Civil Wars for Religion, that it needeth no confirmation.

The last Verse concerning a peace between the _Turks_ and the _Polonians_, was fulfilled in the year 1623. when _Sigismundus_ King of _Poland_, by his Embassador the Duke _Šbarasky_, and by the mediation of the _English_ Embassador, concluded a Peace with the great Turk _Mustapha_, the Articles of which you may read at large in the _Turkish_ History.

LXXIV.

French.

De sang _Trojen_ naistra cœur _Germanique_,
Qui deviendra en si haute puissance,
Hors chassera gent estrange _Arabique_,
Tournant l’Eglise en pristine préeminence.

English.

Of _Trojan_ blood shall be born a _German_ heart,
Who shall attain to so high a power,
That he shall drive away the strange _Arrabian_ Nation,
Restoring the Church to her former splendor.

ANNOT.

It seemeth to signifie, that by Alliance made between a _German_ Emperour, and a Daughter of _France_, which derive their Pedigree from the _Trojans_, a Prince shall be born of so stout and valiant a heart, as shall drive away all the _Turkish_ power out of _Germany_, and shall restore the Church to her former splendor.

LXXV.

French.

Montera haut sur le bien plus a dextre,
Demourra assis sur la pierre carrée,
Vers le midy posé a la senestre,
Baston tortu en main, bouche ferrée.

English.

He shall go up upon the good more on the right hand,
He shall stay sitting upon the square stone,
Towards the South; being set, on the left hand,
A crooked stick in his hand, and his mouth shut.

ANNOT.

I do acknowledge my Ignorance in this.

LXXVI.

French.

En lieu libere tendra son Pavillon,
Et ne voudra en Citez prendre place,
_Aix_, _Carpentras_, _Lisle_, _Volce_, _Mont Cavaillon_,
Par tous ces lieux abolira sa trace.

English.

He shall pitch his Tent in the open air,
Refusing to lodge in the City,
_Aix_, _Carpentras_, _Lisle_, _Volce_, _Mont Cavaillon_,
In all those places, he shall abolish his trace.

ANNOT.

_Aix_, _Carpentras_, _Lisle_ _Volce_, _Mont Cavaillon_, are Cities of _Provence_.

LXXVII.

French.

Tous les degres d’honneur Ecclesiastique,
Seront changez en Dial Quirinal,
En Martial, quirinal, Flaminique,
Puis un Roy de _France_ le rendra Vulcanal.

English.

All the degrees of Ecclesiastical honour,
Shall be changed into a Dial Quirinal,
Into Martial, Quirinal, Flaminick;
After that, a King of _France_ shall make it Vulcanal.

ANNOT.

All what I can say upon this, is, that _Dialis_ in Latine is a Priest of _Jupiter_, and _Quirinal_ is a Priest of _Romulus_, _Martial Flamen_ is a Priest of _Mars_, _Vulcanal_ is a Priest of _Vulcan_, let the ingenious Reader make of all these the best construction he can.

LXXVIII.

French.

Les deux unis ne tiendront longuement,
Et dans treize ans au Barbare _Satrape_,
Aux deux costez feront tel perdement,
Qu’un benira la Barque & sa cappe.

English.

The two united shall not hold long,
Within thirteen years to the Barbarian _Satrape_,
They shall cause such loss on both sides,
That one shall bless the Boat and its covering.

ANNOT.

The word _Satrape_ is a _Persian_ word, signifying one of the Grandees at Court. By the last Verse is meant, one that shall save his life and make his escape, by the means of a covered Boat or Barge.

LXXIX.

French.

La sacree Pompe viendra baisser les aisles,
Par la venue de grand Legislateur,
Humble haussera, vexera les rebelles,
Naistra sur Terre aucun Æmulateur.

English.

The sacred Pomp shall bow down her wings,
At the coming of the great Lawgiver,
He shall raise the humble and vex the rebellious,
No Emulator of his shall be born.

ANNOT.

This seemeth to have a relation to the birth of Christ, or Christmas-day.

LXXX.

French.

L’_Ogmion_ grande _Bizance_ approchera,
Chassée sera la Barbarique ligue,
Des deux Loix l’une unique lachera,
_Barbare_ & _France_ en perpetuelle brigue.

English.

The _Ogmion_ shall come near great _Bizance_,
And shall expel the Barbarian League,
Of the two Laws, the wicked one shall yeild,
The _Barbarian_, and the _French_ shall be in perpetual jar.

ANNOT.

By the word _Ogmion_, every where in his Book, the Author meaneth the King of _France_, who according to his words shall come near _Constantinople_, and shall break the Barbarian League, and of the two Laws, that is, the Christian and the Mahometan, the Mahometan shall yield to the other.

LXXXI.

French.

L’Oyseau Royal sur la Cité solaire,
Sept mois devant fera nocturne augure:
Mur d’Orient cherra Tonnerre esclaire,
Sept jours aux Portes les ennemies a l’heure.

English.

The Royal Bird upon the solar City,
Seven Months together shall make a nocturn augury,
The Eastern Wall shall fall, the Lightning shall shine,
Then the enemies shall be at the Gate for seven days.

ANNOT.

By the Royal Bird is meant an Eagle, which for seven days together shall be observed upon some Eastern City, and shall be taken for a presage, that the Eastern Wall of that City shall fall by Lightning, at which time the enemies shall be at the Gate for seven days together.

LXXXII.

French.

Au conclud pache hors de la Forteresse,
Ne sortira celuy en desespoir mis:
Quand ceux d’_Arbois_, de _Langres_, contre _Bresse_,
Auront mis _Dolle_ bouscade d’ennemis.

English.

Upon the agreement made, out of the Fort,
Shall not come he that was in despair,
When those of _Arbois_, of _Langres_, against _Bresse_,
Shall have put in _Dolle_ an Ambuscado of foes.

ANNOT.

The sense is, that according to the Articles or agreement made between the Besieger of a Fort, and the Governour of it, the said Governour by despair will not come out, and this shall happen, when those of _Arbois_ and _Langres_, shall be against those of _Bressia_, and shall have put an Ambuscado in the City of _Dolle_.

LXXXIII.

French.

Ceux qui auront entreprins subvertir,
Nompareil Regne, puissant & invincible,
Feront par fraude, nuicts trois advertir,
Quand le plus grand a Table lira Bible.

English.

Those that shall have undertaken to subvert
The Kingdom that hath no equal in power and victories,
Shall cause by fraud, notice to be given for three nights together,
When the greatest shall be reading a Bible at the Table.

ANNOT.

What place is meant by the unparalell’d Kingdom, the Author hath hid as well from me as the Reader.

LXXXIV.

French.

Naistre du Gouphre & Cité immesurée,
Nay de parens obscurs & tenebreux:
Qui la puissance du grand Roy reverée,
Voudra destruire par _Rouen_ & _Eureux_.

English.

One shall be born out of the Gulf and the unmeasurable City,
Born of Parents obscure and dark,
Who by the means of _Rouen_ and _Eureux_,
Will go about to destroy the power of the great King.

ANNOT.

Without doubt by this Gulf and unmeasured City the Author means _Paris_, by reason of its greatness, and the multitude of its Inhabitants.

LXXXV.

French.

Par les _Sueves_ & lieux circonvoisins,
Seront en guerre pour cause des nuées:
Gammares, locustes & cousins,
Du _Leman_ fautes seront bien desnuées.

English.

Through _Swedeland_ and the Neighbouring places,
By reason of the Clouds shall fall to War,
The Lobstars, Grass-hoppers and Gnats,
The faults of _Leman_ shall appear very naked.

ANNOT.

By _Leman_ is meant the City of _Geneva_, the rest needeth no further interpretation.