Chapter XVIII: French

Le Lys _Dauffois_ portera dans _Nancy_,
Jusques en _Flanders_ Electeur de l’Empire,
Neusve obturée au grand _Montmorency_,
Hors lieux pronez delivre a clere peyne.

English.

_Dauffois_ shall carry the Lillie into _Nancy_,
As far as _Flanders_ the Elector of the Empire,
New hinderance to great _Montmorency_,
Out of proved places, delivered to a clear pain.

ANNOT.

Although the words and sense of this Prophecy be most obscure, nevertheless we shall endeavour as much as we can to render them something intelligible to the Reader.

By the first Verse is to be understood that _Dauffois_, or rather _Dauphinois_, which is the Title of the Kings of _France_ eldest Son shall carry the Lillie, which is the Arms of _France_ into _Nancy_, the chief Town in _Lorrain_, which came to pass in the time of the last King _Lewis_ the XIII.

By the second Verse is understood the Elector of _Triers_, who was taken by the _Spaniards_ in his own Town, and carried prisoner to _Bruxelles_.

By the third and fourth is expressed the ill luck of the Duke of _Montmorency_, who having taken part with the Duke of _Lorrain_, and the Duke of _Orleans_ the Kings Brother, was routed in a Battle, taken prisoner, and afterwards beheaded at _Thoulouse_.

XIX.

French.

Dans le milieu de la Forest _Mayenne_,
_Sol_ au _Lion_ la Foudre tombera,
Le grand Bastard issu du grand _du Maine_,
Ce jour _Fougeres_ pointe en sang entrera.

English.

In the middle of the Forrest of _Mayenne_,
_Sol_ being in _Leo_ the Lightning shall fall,
The great Bastard begot by the great _du Main_,
That day _Fougeres_ shall enter its point into blood.

ANNOT.

_Fougeres_ is either the name of a Town in little _Britanny_, or that of a Noble House, the words are very plain, therefore I leave the sense to every ones capacity.

XX.

French.

De nuit viendra par la Forest de _Rennes_,
Deux parts _Voltorte Herne_, la pierre blanche,
Le Moine noir en gris dedans _Varennes_,
Esleu Cap. cause tempeste, feu, sang tranche.

English.

By night shall come through the Forrest of _Rennis_,
Two parts _Voltorte Herne_, the white stone,
The black Monk in gray within _Varennes_,
Elected Cap. causeth tempest, fire, blood cutteth.

ANNOT.

_Rennes_ is the chief Town of little _Britanny_; the second Verse being made of barbarous words, is impossible to be understood. The third and fourth Verse signifieth, that when a black Monk in that Town of _Varennes_ shall put on a gray sute, he shall be elected Captain, and cause a great tempest or broils by fire and blood.

XXI.

French.

Au Temple hault de _Blois_ sacre _Salonne_,
Nuict Pont de _Loire_, Prelat, Roy pernicant,
Cuiseur victoire aux marests de la _Lone_,
D’ou Prelature de blancs abormeant?

English.

At the high Temple of _Blois_ sacred _Salonne_,
In the night the Bridge of _Loire_, Prelat, King mischievous,
A smarting Victory in the Marsh of _Lone_,
Whence Prelature of white ones shall be abortive.

ANNOT.

There is a mistake in the first Verse, for instead of _Salonne_, it must be written _Soulaire_, which is a _Priory_ and Church at the top of _Blois_, all the rest signifieth that in one night these shall happen, _viz._ that the Bridge, the Prelat, and a pernicious King with a smart victory shall perish, whence the Prelature, that is the place of Command upon the white ones, _viz._ Canons and Prebends in their Surplices, shall be void and empty.

XXII.

French.

Roy & sa Cour au lieu de la _langue halbe_,
Dedans le Temple vis a vis du Palais,
Dans le Jardin Duc de _Montor_ & d’_Albe_,
_Albe_ & _Mantor_, poignard, langue, en Palais.

English.

King and his Court in the place of _langue halbe_,
Within the Church over against the _Pallace_,
In the Garden Duke of _Montor_ and _Albe_,
_Albe_ and _Mantor_, dagger, tongue and Pallate.

ANNOT.

This Stanza is very obscure, for, first no body can tell what he meaneth by _langue halbe_, which is the foundation of all the rest of the sense; Secondly, what this Duke of _Montor_ and _Mantor_ should be, which has been unknown in the Histories hitherto; and thirdly, what construction and sense can be made of these disjunctives: _Albe_, _Mantor_, _Dagger_, _Tongue_, _Palate_. Therefore i’le leave it free to every bodies opinion to make his construction.

XXIII.

French.

Puisnay jouant au fresch dessous la tonne,
Le haut du toit du milieu sur la teste,
Le Pere Roy au Temple Saint _Solonne_,
Sacrifiant sacrera sum de feste.

English.

The youngest Son playing under the tun,
The top of the House shall fall upon his head,
The King his Father in the Temple of Saint _Soulaine_,
Sacrificing shall make festival smoak.

ANNOT.

By this is meant, that the youngest Son of a King, shall be knocked in the head, while he is a playing under a tun; his Father being at the same time in the Temple of Saint _Soulaine_ at Mass.

XXIV.

French.

Sur le Palais au Rocher des Fenestres,
Seront ravis les deux petits Roiaux,
Passer _Aurelle_, _Lutece_, _Denis_ cloistres,
_Nonnain_, _Mollods_ avaler verts noiaux.

English.

Upon the Pallace at the Rock of the Windows;
Shall be carried the two little Royal ones,
To pass _Aurele_, _Lutece_, _Denis_ Cloisters,
_Nonnain_, _Mollods_ to swallow green stones of fruit.

ANNOT.

These two or three last Stanzas have been concerning the City of _Blois_, to which it seemeth that this hath also relation, for he saith that two little Royal Children shall be carried at the top of the Castle, and shall be conveyed beyond _Aurelle_ (which is _Orleans_ in Latine _Aurelianum_) _Lutece_, which is _Paris_; S. _Denis_ Cloisters, which is beyond _Paris_, and a Nunnery besides, where it is like they shall be left to eat green stones of fruit, which is not easie to be understood, no more then the word _Mollods_.

XXV.

French.

Passant les Ponts, venir prez de Roziers,
Tard arrivé plustost quil cuidera,
Viendront les noves _Espagnols_ a _Beziers_,
Qui icelle chasse emprinse cassera.

English.

Going over the Bridge to come near the Rose-trees,
Come late, and sooner then he thought,
The new _Spaniards_ shall come to _Beziers_,
Who shall cashiere this new undertaken hunting.

ANNOT.

_Beziers_ is a City in _Languedoc_; the rest may be construed by the meanest capacity.

XXVI.

French.

Nise sortie sur nom des Lettres aspres,
La grande Cappe fera present non sien,
Proche de _Vultry_ aux murs des vertes capres,
Apres _Plombin_ le vent a bon escient.

English.

A silly going out, caused by sharp Letters
The great Cap shall give what is not his,
Near _Vultry_ by the Walls of green Capers,
About _Piombino_ the wind shall be in good earnest.

ANNOT.

This signifieth that there shall be a silly surrendring of a Town, caused by sharp and threatning Letters that shall be sent into it. By the great _Cap_ he useth to understand the _Pope_, who he saith shall give what is not it, as he hath done many times; _Vultry_, in Latine _Velitrum_, and _Piombino_ are two Cities in _Italy_, which are threatned here with mighty winds.

XXVII.

French.

De bois la garde vent clos ront Pont sera,
Haut le receu frappera le _Dauphin_,
Le vieux _Teccon_ bois unis passera,
Passant plus outre du Duc le droit confin.

English.

The Fence being of Wood, close Wind, Bridge shall be broken,
He that’s received high, shall strike at the _Dolphin_,
The old _Teccon_ shall pass over smooth Wood,
Going over the right confines of the Duke.

ANNOT.

The first Verse signifieth that a woodden Bridge shall be broken by a close wind, as did happen to the Millers Bridge, and the Birds Bridge in _Paris_.

The second Verse seemeth to foretel the conspiracy of the Mareshal of _Biron_, against _Henry_ IV. his Dolphin and Estate.

The third and fourth, the Wars and Conquest which the said King (whom he called old _Teccon_), made upon the Duke of _Savoy_, who had corrupted the said Marshal of _Biron_.

XXVIII.

French.

Voile _Symacle_, Port _Massiliolique_,
Dans _Venise_ Port marcher aux _Pannons_,
Partir du Goulfre & sinus _Illirique_,
Vast a _Sicile_, _Ligurs_ coups de Canon.

English.

_Symaclian_ Sail, _Massilian_ Port,
In _Venice_ to march towards the _Hungarians_,
To go away from the Gulf and _Illirick_ Sea,
Toward _Sicily_, the _Genoeses_ with Cannon shots.

ANNOT.

What he meaneth by _Symaclian Sail_, is not easie to determine; _Massilian Port_ is that of _Marseilles_ in _France_, called in Latine _Massilia_, the sense of this Prophecy then if any be, is, that a great Fleet shall go from thence to _Venice_, to carry succours to the _Hungarians_, who it seemeth shall be much distressed at that time by the _Turks_, and that _Sicily_ and _Genoa_ shall add to this Fleet a considerable succour of Men, and Warlike Munition.

XXIX.

French.

Lors que celuy qu’a nul ne donne lieu,
Abandonner voudra lieu prins non pris,
Feu, Nef, par faignes, bitument a _Charlieu_,
Seront _Quintin_, _Bales_ repris.

English.

When he that giveth place to no body,
Shall forsake the place taken, and not taken,
Fire, Ship, by bleeding bituminous at _Charlieu_,
Then _Quintin_ and _Bales_ shall be taken again.

ANNOT.

_He that giveth place to no body_ is the Pope; as for the last Verse, I had rather read St. _Quintin_ and _Gales_, which are two considerable Towns in _France_, then otherwise.

That place taken, not taken was the City of _Noyon_ in _Picardy_, which was taken by the _Spanish_ Cavalry, cloathed after the _French_ Mode, which stratagem deceived the Citizens and Soldiers that defended it: so he saith taken, because it fell into the hands of the _Spaniards_, and _not taken_, because it was by a stratagem or deceit.

XXX.

French.

Au Port de _Puola_ & de St. _Nicolas_,
Perir _Normande_ au Gouffre _Phanatique_,
Cap de _Bizance_ rues crier Helas!
Secours de _Gaddes_ & du grand _Philippique_.

English.

At the Harbour of _Puola_ and of St. _Nicolas_,
A _Norman_ Ship shall perish in the Phanatick Gulf,
At the Cape of _Byzantium_ the streets shall cry Alas!
Succours from _Cadis_ and from the great _Philippe_.

ANNOT.

_Puola_ is for _Paulo_ here, and by it is understood the port of _Malta_, which being Besieged by the _Turks_, _Philip_ the II. King of _Spain_, sent an Army to relieve it, which made those of _Byzantium_ (which is _Constantinople_) cry alas, _&c._

XXXI.

French.

Le tremblement de Terre a _Mortara_,
_Cassich_, St. _George_ a demy perfondrez,
Paix assoupie la guerre esuaillera,
Dans Temple a Pasques abysmes enfondrez.

English.

There shall be an Earthquake at _Mortara_,
_Cassich_, St. _George_ shall be half swallowed up,
The War shall awake the sleeping pace,
Upon Easterday shall be a great hole sunk in the Church.

ANNOT.

_Mortara_ is a Town in _Italy_, by _Cassich_ and St. _George_ he meaneth two other places.

XXXII.

French.

De fin _Porphire_ profond Collon trouvée
Dessoubs la laze escrits Capitolin,
Os, poil retors, _Romain_ force prouvée,
Classe agiter au Port de _Methelin_.

English.

A deep Column of fine _Porphyry_ shall be found,
Under whose Basis shall be _Roman_ writings,
Bones, haires twisted, _Roman_ force tried,
A Fleet a gathering about the Port of _Methelin_.

ANNOT.

_Porphiry_ is a kind of hard red Marble speckled with white spots, which is very scarce, and chiefly in great pieces; our Author then saieth that a great Colomn of that stuff shall be found, and about the Basis of it some words in Roman Characters, and that about that time a great Fleet shall be a gathering at the Port of _Methelin_, which is an Island in the _Archipelago_, belonging now to the _Turks_, as for the third Verse, I cannot tell what to make of it.

XXXIII.

French.

_Hercules_ Roy de _Rome_ & _Dannemark_,
De _Gaule_ trois _Gayon_ surnommé,
Trembler l’_Itale_ & l’un de Saint _Marc_,
Premier sur tous Monarque renommée.

English.

_Hercules_ King of _Rome_, and _Denmark_,
Of _France_ three _Guyon_ surnamed,
Shall cause _Italy_ to quake and one of St. _Marck_,
He shall be above all a famous Monarch.

ANNOT.

All these intricated words and sense foretell that, when a King of _Danmarck_ named _Hercules_ shall be made King of the _Romans_, that then _Italy_ and _Venice_ it self shall stand in great fear of him; and that he shall be as great a Prince or Monarch as ever was in _Europe_; and that very likely, for by his dignity of King of the _Romans_ he consequently shall attain to the Empire.

XXXIV.

French.

Le part solus Mary sera Mitré;
Retour conflict passera sur la tuille,
Par cinq cens un trahir sera tultré,
_Narbon_ & _Saulce_ par coutaux avons d’huile.

English.

The separated Husband shall wear a Miter,
Returning, Battle he shall go over the Tyle,
By five hundred one dignified shall be betrayed,
_Narbon_ and _Salces_ shall have Oil by the Quintal.

ANNOT.

The first Verse signifieth, that some certain man who was married, shall be parted from his wife, and shall attain to some great Ecclesiastical Dignity.

The second Verse is, that in coming back from some place or entreprise, he shall be met and fought with, and compelled to escape over the Tyles of a House.

The third Verse is, that a man of great account shall be betrayed by five hundred of his men.

And the last, that when these things shall come te pass, _Narbon_ and _Salces_, which are two Cities of _Languedoc_, shall reap and make a great deal of Oil.

XXXV.

French.

Et _Ferdinand_ blonde sera descorte,
Quitter la fleur suivre le _Macedon_,
Au grand besoing defaillira sa routte,
Et marchera contre le _Myrmidon_.

English.

And _Ferdinand_, having a Troop of faire men,
Shall leave the flower to follow the _Macedonian_,
At his great need his way shall fail him,
And he shall go against the _Myrmidon_.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy ought to be understood of an Emperour of _Germany_, whose name shall be _Ferdinand_, who being accompanied with many _Germans_, that for the most part are faire haired people shall come and War against _Græcia_, which is expressed here by the names of _Macedon_ and _Myrmidon_, the first of which is a Countrey, and the last a Nation, both in _Græcia_.