Chapter V: French
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Celuy qui la Principauté,
Tiendra par grande cruauté,
A la fin verra grand _Phalange_,
Par coup de feu tres dangereux,
Par accord pourroit faire mieux,
Autrement boira suc d’Orenge.
English.
He that the Principality,
Shall keep by great cruelty,
At last shall see a great Army,
By a fire blow most dangerous,
He should do better by agreement.
Otherways he shall drink juyce of Orenge.
ANNOT.
This is concerning a Governour of the Principality of _Orenge_, under the authority of a Prince, which Governour having been long in possession of that Government, and the Prince being busie in the Wars of the _Netherlands_, the said Governour plaid _Rex_ in his absence, so that the Prince was forced to have him made away privately.
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