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Chapter LXV: French

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A tenir fort par fureur contraindra,
Tout cœur trembler, _Langon_ advent terrible,
Le coup de pied mille pieds te rendra,
_Girond._ _Garon._ ne furent plus horribles.

English.

He shall by fury compel them to hold out,
Every heart shall tremble, _Langon_ shall have a terrible event,
The kick shall return to thee a thousand kicks,
_Girond._ _Garon._ are no more horrid.

ANNOT.

The two last Verses seem to have a relation to the foregoing Stanza, and to import, that the Governour of _Bourdeaux_ shall compel them to hold out, and because _Langon_, a Town 20 or 30 Miles distant from _Bourdeaux_, was of the contrary party, and did annoy sometimes those of _Bourdeaux_, it is threatned here to have a thousand kicks for one.

_Gironde_ and _Garonne_ are the two Rivers of _Bourdeaux_.

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