Chapter LXII: French

Au grand de _Cheramonagora_,
Seront croisez par rangs tous attachez,
Le _Pertinax Oppi_, & _Mandragora_,
_Raugon_ d’_Octobre_ le tiers seront laschez.

English.

To the great one of _Cheramonagora_,
Shall be crossed by Ranges, all tyed up,
the _Pertinax Oppi_, and _Mandragora_,
_Raugon_ the third of _October_ shall be set loose.

ANNOT.

The word _Cheramonagora_, is either altogether barbarous and insignificant, or must be derived from these three Greek words, χεὶρ, _manus_, μόνος, _folus_, and ἄγω, _duco_, and so it may signifie one than leadeth along by the hand, in which sense may be understood the King of _France_, who alone leadeth his people by the hand, without any help of Councel.

The second Verse signifieth the Oppositions he shall meet with among his Neighbours, combined together to hinder him.

By _Oppi_, he meaneth here _Opium_, the Juice of Poppies, which he calleth here _Pertinax_; because of its pertinacious quality in procuring sleep, as also _Mandragora_.

By _Raugon_, he meaneth some other soporiferous Herb; so that it seemeth that those three things shall be given upon the third of _October_ to some body, it seemeth to that _Cheramonagora_, by whom some understand the King of _France_, others _Oliver_ the last usurpator.

LXIII.

French.

Plaintes, & pleurs, cris, & grands hurlemens,
Pres de _Narbonne_, a _Bayonne_ & en _Foix_,
O quels horribles, calamitez, changemens,
Avant que _Mars_ revolu quelquefois.

English.

Complaints and tears, cries, and great howlings,
Near _Narbonne_, _Bayonne_ and in _Foix_,
O what horrid calamities and changes,
Before _Mars_ hath made sometimes his revolution.

ANNOT.

_Narbonne_, _Bayonne_, and _Foix_ are Towns of _Languedoc_, a Province in _France_; the rest is easie.

LXIV.

French.

L’_Æmathian_ passer Monts _Pyrenées_,
En _Mars Narbon_ ne fera resistance,
Par Mer & Terre sera si grand menée,
Cap. n’ayant Terre seure pour demeurance.

English.

The _Æmathian_ shall pass by the _Pyrenean_ Mountains,
In _March Narbon_ shall make no resistance,
By Sea and Land he shall make so much ado,
Cap. shall not have safe ground to live in.

ANNOT.

The _Æmathian_ properly should be the _Macedonian_, but by it is understood here the _Spaniard_, whose Countrey is on one side fenced by the _Pyrenean_ Mountains; the rest is plain.

LXV.

French.

Dedans le coing de _Luna_ viendra rendre,
Ou sera prins & mis en Terre estrange,
Les fruits immeurs seront a grand esclandre,
Grand vitupere, a l’un grande loüange.

English.

He shall come into the corner of _Luna_,
Where he shall be taken and put in a strange Land,
The green fruits shall be in great disorder,
A great shame, to one shall be great praise.

ANNOT.

This Stanza hath relation and connexion to the precedent, and by it ought to be understood, that the said _Æmathian_ or _Spaniard_ shall come as far as the corner of _Luna_, wherein he shall be taken and sent into a strange Countrey, at which time the green Fruits and Grass shall be much damaged, for which one of the parties shall receive great shame, and the other great praise. But what he meaneth by the Corner of _Luna_, I must leave the judgement of it to the Reader, for I do ingeniously confess that I neither know City nor Countrey of that name.

XLVI.

French.

Paix, union, sera & changement,
Estats, Offices, bas hault, & hault bien bas,
Dresser voiages, le fruit premier, torment,
Guerre cesser, civils proces, debats.

English.

Peace, union, shall be, and mutation,
States, and Offices, low high, and high low,
A journey shall be prepared for, the first fruit, pains,
War shall cease, as also, civil suits, and strifes.

ANNOT.

This is easie to be understood, many interpret it of the downfall of _Rome_, at which time all quarrels both of Religion and States would be laid aside, if the world were all of one mind.

LXVII.

French.

Du haut des Monts a lentour de _Dizere_,
Port a la Roche _Valent_, cent assemblez,
De _Chasteau-Neuf_, _Pierrelate_, en _Douzere_,
Contre le _Crest_, _Romans_ soy assemblez.

English.

From the top of the Mountains about _Dizere_
Gate at the Rock _Valence_, a hundred gathered together,
From _Chasteau-Neuf_, _Pierrelate_, in _Douzere_
Against the _Crest_, _Romans_, shall be gathered.

ANNOT.

This is a peculiar Prophecy for the Provinces of _Dauphiné_ and _Languedoc_, in which all the Towns and Rivers here mentioned are situated.

LXVIII.

French.

Du Mont _Aymar_ sera noble obscurcie,
Le mal viendra au joint de _Saone_ & _Rhosne_,
Dans bois cachez Soldats jour de _Lucie_,
Qui ne fut onc un si horrible Throsne.

English.

From Mount _Aymar_ shall proceed a Noble obscurity,
The evil shall come to the joyning of the _Saone_ and _Rhosne_,
Soldiers shall be hid in the Wood on St. _Lucy_’s day,
So that there was never such an horrid Throne.

ANNOT.

There is a notable fault in the impression of the first Verse of this Stanza, for instead of Mount _Aymar_, it must be _Montlimar_, which is a Town in _Provence_ or _Languedoc_, situated by the River _Rhosne_, the sense therefore of this, is, that from _Montlimar_ shall proceed some notable and obscure design, and that shall reach as far as _Lyons_, which is the City where the _Saone_ and _Rhosne_ meet, and that for that purpose, there shall be hidden a great many Souldiers in a Wood on St. _Lucy_’s day, which is the _13th._ of _December_.

LXIX.

French.

Sur le Mont de _Bailly_ & la _Bresse_,
Seront cachez de _Grenoble_ les fiers,
Outre _Lyon_, _Vien._ cula si grand gresle,
Langoult en Terre n’en cessara un tiers.

English.

Upon the Mount of _Bailly_, and the Countrey of _Bresse_,
Shall be hidden the fierce ones of _Grenoble_,
Beyond _Lyons_, _Vienna_, upon them shall fall such a hail,
That languishing upon the ground, the third part shall not be left.

ANNOT.

The Mount _Bailly_, and the Countrey of _Bressia_, are by _Savoy_, in which place (our Author saith) the fierce ones; that is, the stout men of _Grenoble_, the chief Town of _Dauphiné_, shall be hidden, and that such a Hail shall fall upon them, as not one third part shall be left.

LXX.

French.

Harnois trenchans dans les flambeaux cachez,
Dedans _Lyon_ le jour du Sacrement,
Ceux de _Vienne_ seront tretous hachez,
Par les _Cantons_ Latins, _Mascon_ eront.

English.

Sharp Weapons shall be hidden in burning Torches,
In _Lyons_ the day of the Sacrament,
Those of _Vienna_ shall be all cut to pieces,
By the Latin _Cantons_, after the example of _Mascon_.

ANNOT.

This foretelleth a notable Treason that shall be acted at _Lyons_, upon the Sacraments day, otherwise called _Corpus Christi_ day, upon which the _Roman_ Catholicks are wont to make a Procession with the Sacrament about the Town, with abundance of burning Torches, of fearful bigness, insomuch that some (as at _Angeirs_) require 20 or 24 men to carry them, in those Torches (our Author saith) shall Weapons be hidden, by means of which the fact shall be committed. The rest is easie.

LXXI.

French.

Au lieux Sacrés, animaux veus a _Trixe_,
Avec celuy qui nosera le jour,
A _Carcassonne_ pour disgrace propice,
Sera posé pour plus ample sejonr.

English.

In the Sacred places, Animals shall be seen at _Trixe_,
With him that shall not dare in the day,
In _Carcassonne_ for a favourable disgrace,
He shall be set to make a longer stay.

ANNOT.

Whether the Author did understand himself here I know not, I am sure I do not; _Carcassonne_ is a City of _Languedoc_, and _Trixe_ is a barbarous word.

LXXII.

French.

Encor seront les Saints Temples pollus,
Et expilez par Senat _Tholosain_,
_Saturne_ deux trois Siecles revolus,
Dans _Auril_, _May_, gens de nouveau Levain.

English.

Once more shall the Holy Temples be polluted,
And depredated by the Senate of _Thoulouze_,
_Saturn_ two three Ages finished,
In _April_, _May_, people of a new Leaven.

ANNOT.

This is, when the Planet _Saturn_ hath finished twice three Ages; that is, 600 years from the time that this Prophecy was written, then the Senates of _Thoulouze_, being men of a new Leaven (meaning being Protestants) shall cause the _Romish_ Churches to be polluted and depredated in the Months of _April_ and _May_.

LXXIII.

French.

Dans _Foix_ entrez Roy Cerulée Turban,
Et regnera moins evolu _Saturne_,
Roy Turban Blanc, _Bizance_ cœur ban,
_Sol_, _Mars_, _Mercure_, pres la Hurne.

English.

In _Foix_ shall come a King with a Blew Turbant,
And shall Reign before _Saturn_ is revolved,
Then a King with a White Turbant shall make _Bizance_ to quake,
_Sol_, _Mars_, _Mercury_, being near the top of the Mast.

ANNOT.

_Foix_ is a Countrey of _France_, near _Gascony_, where the Author saith, a King with a Blew Turbant shall come, and shall govern less then an Age, that is 100 years, after which another King with a White Turbant shall come, and shall Conquer _Bizance_ (which in Latine is _Constantinople_) the Blew or Green Turbant is attributed to the great _Turk_, and the White one to the King of _France_, by whom the _Turks_ have a Prophecie, their Monarchy shall be subverted.

LXXIV.

French.

Dans la Cité de _Fertsod_ homicide,
Fait & fait multe Bœuf arant ne macter,
Retour encore aux honneurs d’_Artemide_,
Et a _Vulcan_ corps morts sepulturer.

English.

In the City of _Fertsod_ one murdered,
Causeth a Fine to be laid for killing a plowing Oxe,
There shall be a return of the honours due to _Artemide_,
And _Vulcan_ shall bury dead bodies.

ANNOT.

What is that City of _Fertsod_, is hard to guess, there being none of this name in _Europe_ that I know. The rest of the words are plain, though the sense be abstruce enough, therefore we shall leave them to the liberty of the Reader.

LXXV.

French.

De l’_Ambraxie_ & du pais de _Thrace_,
Peuple par Mer, Mal, & secours _Gaulois_,
Perpetuelle en _Provence_ la Trace,
Avec vestiges de leur Coustumes & Loix.

English.

From _Ambraxia_, and from the Countrey of _Thracia_,
People by Sea, Evil, and _French_ succours,
The Trace of it shall be perpetual in _Provence_,
The footsteps of their Customs and Laws remaining.

ANNOT.

What Countrey this _Ambraxia_ should be, is yet unknown, for my part I take it to be a forged word, as for _Thracia_ it is a Countrey between _Hungary_ and _Greece_.

Observe here that Evil is not an Epithete, to either People or Sea, but a word of admiration by it self, as _malum_ in Latine, which is called _vox admirantis_.

LXXVI.

French.

Avec le noir _Rapax_ & sanguinaire,
Yssu du peaultre de l’inhumain _Neron_,
Emmy deux Fleuves main gauche Militaire,
Sera meurtry par _Joyn Chaulveron_.

English.

With the Black and bloody _Rapax_,
Descended from the paultry of the inhumane _Nero_,
Between two Rivers, on the left Military hand,
He shall be murdered by _Joyne Caulveron_.

ANNOT.

This Prophecie portendeth the death of a black, bloody, and ravenous man (which in Latine is _Rapax_) who shall be murdered between two Rivers, by one whose proper name shall be _Joyne Chaulveron_.

LXXVII.

French.

Le Regne prins le Roy conviera,
La Dame prinse a mort jurez a sort,
La vie a Royne Fils on desniera,
Et la pellix au fort de la consort.

English.

The Kingdom being taken, the King shall invite,
The Lady taken to death,
The Life shall be denyed unto the Queens Son,
And the Pellix shall be at the height of the Consort.

ANNOT.

You must observe, that there is a word false printed, which is _Pellix_, instead of which should be _Pellex_, which in Latine signifieth a Whore or Concubine.

The sense therefore of this is, that a certain King having taken another Kingdom, shall put the Queen of it to death, as also her own Son, after which, he shall make his Concubine Queen.

LXXVIII.

French.

La Dame _Grecque_ de Beauté laydique,
Heureuse faite de proces innumerable,
Hors translatée au Regne _Hispanique_,
Captive prinse mourir mort miserable.

English.

The _Græcian_ Lady of exquisite Beauty,
Made happy from innumerable quarrels,
Being translated into the _Spanish_ Kingdom,
Shall be made a Prisoner, and die a miserable death.

ANNOT.

This Stanza is concerning the Lady _Elizabeth_ of _France_, Daughter to _Henry_ the II. and Sister to _Charles_ the IX. who being promised first to _Don Carlo Infante_ of _Spain_, was afterwards Married to his Father _Philip_ the II. at which the young man being vexed and discontented, began to raise combustions in the State, for which, and his too much familiarity with his Mother in Law, he was strangled by his Fathers command, and she poisoned.

LXXIX.

French.

Le Chef de Classe par fraude, stratageme,
Fera timides sortir de leurs Galeres,
Sortis meurdris chef renieux de Cresme,
Puis par l’Embusche luy rendront les salaires.

English.

The Commander of a Fleet by fraud and stratagem,
Shall cause the fearful ones to come forth of their Galleys,
Come out murdered, chief renouncer of Baptism,
After that by an Ambuscado they’l give him again his salary.

ANNOT.

The two first Verses are plain, the third signifieth, that these fearful ones being come out of their Galleys, part of them shall be murdered, and among them the Captain, a renouncer of his Baptism, or Renegado, and the rest afterwards by an Ambuscado, shall requite in the same Coin those that had used them so.