Chapter XLIV: French

Migrez, migrez de _Geneve_ tretous,
_Saturne_ d’Or en Fer se changera,
Le contre _Raypoz_ exterminera tous,
Avant l’advent le Ciel signes sera.

English.

Go forth, go forth out of _Geneva_ all,
_Saturn_ of gold, shall be changed into Iron,
They against _Raypos_ shall extermine them all,
Before it happeneth, the Heavens will shew signs.

ANNOT.

[Sidenote: _Called here against Raypos._]

This is a Prophecy concerning _Geneva_, out of which he warneth every one to come; his reason is, that the golden Age of that Town shall be changed into an Iron one; and that there shall be one against _Raypos_, that shall extermine them all, before which there shall appear some signs in Heaven. Now the Author being a rank Papist, it is to be supposed that he warneth out of _Geneva_ all those of his Faith, because of the coming of _Calvin_, whom he foresaw was to come into that Town, and to change the Government thereof, and to _extermine them all_, which is to be understood, in point of Religion, as for what prodigies did precede that change; I had no time to consult Authors upon it, the judicious Reader may chance to find them in those that have written of this matter.

XLV.

French.

Ne sera soul jamais de demander,
Grand _Mendosus_ obtiendra son Empire,
Loing de la Cour fera contremander,
_Piemont_, _Picard_, _Paris_, _Tyrhen_ le pire.

English.

He shall never be weary of asking,
Great _Mendosus_ shall obtain his dominion,
Far from the Court he shall cause him to be countermanded,
_Piemont_, _Picardy_, _Paris_, _Tyrhen_ the worse.

ANNOT.

By _Mendosus_, is Anagrammatically to be understood _Vendosme_; but who is that shall never be weary of asking, or whose Dominion _Vendosme_ shall have, or what is meant by the last two Verses, passeth my understanding.