Chapter XLIX: French

_Satur_ au Bœuf, _Jove_ en l’Eau, _Mars_ en fleche,
Six de _Fevrier_ mortalité donra,
Ceux de _Tardaigne_ a _Bruges_ si grand breche
Qu’a _Ponterose_ chef _Barbarin_ mourra.

English.

_Satur_ in Ox, _Jupiter_ in water, _Mars_ in arrow,
The sixth of _February_ shall give mortality,
Those of _Tardaigne_ shall make in _Bruges_ so great a breach,
That the chief _Barbarin_ shall die at _Pontrose_.

ANNOT.

_Satur in Ox_; that is, _Saturn_ in _Taurus_, _Jupiter in Water_; that is, _Jupiter_ in _Aquarius_; _Mars in arrow_, is _Mars_ in _Sagitarius_; when these things shall happen. _The sixth day of ~February~ shall bring a great mortality._ _Tardaigne_ is a fictitious name, unless he intended _Sardaigne_. _Bruges_ is a Town in _Flander_, _Ponterose_ is some place, where he saith, that the chief _Barbarin_ shall die, the chief Barbare was the Pope _Urban_ the eighth; but because I do not know the particularities of his death, and the place of it, I cannot make the rest good.

L.

French.

La Pestilence lentour de _Capadille_,
Un autre faim pres de _Sagunt_ sapreste,
La Chevalier Bastard de bon senille,
Au grand de _Thunes_ fera trancher la teste.

English.

The Plague shall be round about _Capadille_,
Another famine cometh near to that of _Sagunce_,
The Knight Bastard of the good old man,
Shall cause the great one of _Tunis_ to be beheaded.

ANNOT.

The difficulty here, is what is meant by that word _Cappadille_, for my part I think he meaneth _Italy_, for some times the _Italians_ use by way of admiration to say _Capoli_, or _Capadillo_. _Sagunce_ is a Town in _Spain_, which for the love of the _Carthaginians_ withstood the _Romans_ a great while, till they were brought to an extremity of famine, and then set fire in their Town.

LI.

French.

Le _Bizantin_ faisant oblation,
Apres avoir _Cordube_ a soy reprinse,
Son chemin long, repos, pamplation,
Mer passant proye par la _Cologne_ a prinse.

English.

The _Bizantin_, making an offering,
After he hath taken _Cordua_ to himself again,
His way long, rest, contemplation,
Crossing the Sea hath taken a prey by _Cologne_.

ANNOT.

This is an express delineation of _Charles_ the V. Empire, who at the latter end of his days retired into a Monastery, reserving unto himself for his subsistance the revenue of the Kingdom of _Castille_, expressed here by _Cordua_, which is a City of _Spain_.

LII.

French.

Le Roy de _Blois_ dans _Avignon_ Regner,
D’_Amboise_ & _Seme_ viendra le long de _Lindre_.
Ongle a _Poitiers_ Saintes aisles ruiner,
Devant _Bony_.

English.

The King of _Blois_ shall Reign in _Avignon_,
He shall come from _Amboise_ and _Seme_, along the _Linder_,
A Nail at _Poitiers_ shall ruine the Holy Wings,
Before _Bony_.

ANNOT.

The first Verse and the interpretation is easie.

_Amboise_ is a Town in _France_ upon the River of _Loire_.

The two last Verses being inperfect, admits of no interpretation, onely to let the Reader know that _Poitiers_ is a very great City in _France_, and Capital of the Province of _Poitou_.