Chapter LXXIV: French

Le dechassé au regne tournera,
Ses ennemis trouvez des conjurez,
Plus que jamais son temps triomphera,
Trois & septante a mort trop asseurez.

English.

The expelled shall come again to the Kingdom,
Her enemies shall be found to be the Conspirators,
More than ever his time shall triumph,
Three and seventy appointed for death.

ANNOT.

This is a clear and express prediction of the happy restauration of his sacred Majesty, and our dread Sovereign _Charles_ II. now Reigning, who after a long exile is come again to enjoy his own Kingdom, and to flourish more than ever he did before, by these seventy appointed to death, are meant the Judges and murderers of his Father, who with some few others of the same gang made about that number, and some of which have payed their shot by the hand of publick Justice, others have prevented their shame by dying before hand, others have been their own Executioners, and those that remain, lead a life worse then death it self; so true it is that vengeance dances the round.

LXXV.

French.

Le grand Pilot sera par Roy mandé,
Laisser la classe pour plus haut lieu atteindre,
Sept ans apres sera contrebandé,
_Barbare_ Armée viendra _Venise_ craindre.

English.

The great Pilot shall be sent for by the King,
To leave the Fleet, and be preferred to a higher place,
Seven years after he shall be countermanded,
A _Barbarian_ Army shall put _Venice_ to a fright.

ANNOT.

This needeth no further explanation.

LXXVI.

French.

La Cité antique d’_Antenorée_ forge,
Plus ne pouvant le Tyran supporter,
Le manche feint au Temple couper gorge,
Les siens le peuple a mort viendra bouter.

English.

The ancient City founded by _Antenor_,
Being not able to bear the Tyrant any longer,
With a fained haft, in the Church cut a throat,
The people will come to put his servants to death.

ANNOT.

The City founded by _Antenor_ (who was Companion and came into _Italy_ with _Æneas_) is _Padua_, a University of the _Venetians_, of which it is said here, that being no longer able to bear a Tyrant, the said Tyrant shall be murdered in the Church with a knife hidden in a haft, and all his Men and Servants killed by the people of the Town.

LXXVII.

French.

Par la victoire du deceu fraudulente,
Deux classes une, la revolte _Germaine_,
La Chef meurtry & son fils dans la Tente,
_Florence_, _Imole_ pourchassez dans _Romaine_.

English.

By the deceitful victory of the deceived,
One of the two Fleets shall revolt to the _Germans_,
The Chief and his Son murdered in their Tent,
_Florence_, _Imole_ persecuted in _Romania_.

ANNOT.

The three first Verses are plain. _Florence_ and _Imole_ are two Cities of _Italy_, seated in the Province of _Romania_.

LXXVIII.

French.

Crier victoire du grand _Selin_ croissant,
Par les _Romains_ sera l’Aigle clamé,
_Ticin_, _Milan_, & _Gennesny_ consent
Puis par eux mesmes _Basil_ grand reclamé.

English.

They shall cry up the victory of the great _Selins_ half Moon,
By the _Romans_ the Eagle shall be claimed,
_Ticin_, _Milan_ and _Genoa_, consent not,
Then by themselves the great _Basil_ shall be claimed.

ANNOT.

The first Verse foretelleth some conquests of the _Turks_, whose Arms is the half Moon. The second Verse signifies, the _Romans_ shall move the Emperour to succour them, which is the Eagle. _Ticin_, _Milan_ and _Genoa_ shall refuse to give help, and afterwards they shall call the great _Basil_ (which in Greek signifies the great King, from βασίλευς) to their help.

LXXIX.

French.

Pres de _Tesin_ les habitants de _Logre_,
_Garonne_ & _Saone_, _Seine_, _Tar_, & _Gironde_:
Outre les Monts dresseront promonitoire,
Conflict donné, _Pau_ franchi, submerge onde.

English.

Near the _Tesin_ the Inhabitants of _Logre_,
_Garonne_ and _Saone_, _Seine_, _Tar_ and _Gironde_,
Shall erect a promontory beyond the Mountains,
A Battle shall be fought, the _Po_ shall be passed over, some
shall be drowned in it.

ANNOT.

_Tesin_ is the River that passeth by _Milan_. _Garonne_, _Saone_, _Seine_, _Tar_, and _Gironde_ are Rivers of _France_. _Po_ is the greatest River of _Italy_.

LXXX.

French.

De _Fez_ le Regne parviendra a ceux d’_Europe_,
Feu leur Cité, & Lame tranchera,
Le grand d’_Asie_ Terre & Mer a grand troupe,
Que bleux, pars, Croix a mort dechassera.

English.

The Kingdom of _Fez_ shall come to those of _Europe_,
Fire and Sword shall destroy their City,
The great one of _Asia_ by Land and Sea with a great troop,
So that blews, greens, Crosses to death he shall drive.

ANNOT.

This is strange Prophecy if it prove true, _viz._ that the Kingdom of _Fez_ (which is in _Africa_) shall be taken by those of _Europe_, and the Town put to Fire and Sword, after which the great one of _Asia_ (meaning the great Turk) shall come by Land and by Sea with an innumerable Army, and shall drive and destroy all before him.

LXXXI.

French.

Pleurs, cris & plaincts, heurlemens, effrayeur,
Cœur inhumain, cruel, noir & transy:
_Leman_, les Isles de _Gennes_ les majeurs,
Sang espancher, tochsain, a nul mercy.

English.

Tears, cryes and complaints, howlings, fear,
An inhumane heart, cruel, black, astonished,
_Leman_, the Islands the great ones of _Genoa_,
Shall spill blood, the Bell shall ring out, no mercy shall be given.

ANNOT.

This foretels bloody Wars only, and needs no interpretation.

LXXXII.

French.

Par les Deserts de lieu libre & farouche,
Viendra errer Neveu du grand Pontife,
Assomme a sept avec lourde souche,
Par ceux qu’apres occuperont le _Scyphe_.

English.

Through the Deserts of a free and ragged place,
The Nephew of the Pope shall come to wander,
Knockt in the head by seven with a heavy Club,
By those who after shall obtain the _Scyphe_.

ANNOT.

This signifies that the Nephew of a Pope shall be driven away, and shall wander in a desert place, where he shall be knockt in the head by seven men, one of which shall afterwards enjoy the Papacy; for _Scyphe_ is a Latine word, signifying a Cup or Chalue, such as the _Romish_ Priests say Mass with, and take the Sacrament.