Chapter LXXXVII: French

_Ennosigee_ feu du Centre de Terre
Fera trembler autour de Cité Neuve,
Deux grands Rochers long temps feront la guerre,
Puis _Arethuse_ rougira nouveau fleuve.

English.

_Ennosigee_, fire of the Center of the Earth,
Shall make quake about the New City,
Two great Rocks shall a great while War one against the other,
After that, _Arethusa_ shall colour red a new River.

ANNOT.

_Ennosigee_ is a Greek word εννοσίγαιος, in Latin _Terræ quassator_, from ἔνίω _moveo_, and γαῖα _Terra_, and is an Epithete of _Neptune_. The meaning then of this Stanza is, that the Sea shall make the Earth quake, and fire come out of the Earth about _Naples_, which in Greek is called _Neapolis_, that is, a _New City_.

_Arethusa_ is a Fountain in _Sicily_, which a little way from its Spring, groweth into a River. The rest is left to the interpretation of the Reader.

LXXXVIII.

French.

Le Divin mal surprendra un grand Prince,
Un peu devant aura femme espousée,
Son appuy & credit a un coup viendra mince,
Conseil mourra pour la teste rasée.

English.

The Divine sickness shall surprise a great Prince,
A little while after he hath married a woman,
His support and credit shall at once become slender,
Council shall die for the shaven head.

ANNOT.

By the Divine sickness, he meaneth the _falling sickness_, called by the Greeks _Epilepsia_, and by the Latines _Morbus Sacer_. By the shaven head, he meaneth some Ecclesiastical person of the _Romish_ Religion; the construction of the whole is easie.

LXXXIX.

French.

Tous ceux d’_Illerde_ seront dans la _Moselle_,
Mettant a mort tous ceux de _Loire_ & _Seine_,
Le course Marin viendra pres d’_Hautevelle_,
Quand _Espagnols_ ouvrira toute veine.

English.

All those of _Illerde_ shall be in the _Mosel_,
Putting to death all those of _Loire_ and _Seine_,
The Sea course shall come near _Hautevelle_,
When the _Spaniard_ shall open all veins.

ANNOT.

By _Illerde_ he meaneth the City of l’_Isle_ in _Flanders_, the _Mosel_ is a River that runneth through _Lorrain_, the _Loire_ and _Seine_ are two other Rivers of _France_, the first of which passeth at _Orleans_, and the second at _Paris_; the two last Verses are too hard for me to interpret.

XC.

French.

_Bourdeaux_, _Poitiers_, au son de la Campane,
A grande classe ira jusqu’a _Langon_,
Contre _Gaulois_ sera leur _Tramontane_,
Quand Monstre hideux naistra pres de _Orgon_.

English.

_Bourdeaux_, _Poitiers_, at the sound of the Bell,
With a great Navy shall go as far as _Langon_,
Against the _French_ shall their _Tramontane_ be,
When an hideous Monster shall be born near _Orgon_.

ANNOT.

_Tramontana_, in _Italian_, is the North-wind. _Orgon_, is the name of a Town in _Gascony_, the rest of the construction is not difficult.

XCI.

French.

Les dieux feront aux humains apparence,
Ce quils seront auteurs de grand conflict,
Avant ciel veu serain, Espée & Lance,
Que vers main gauche sera plus grande affliction.

English.

The Gods shall make it appear to Man-kind,
That they are the Authors of a great War;
For the Heaven that was Serene, shall shew Sword and Lance,
Signifying, that on the left hand the affliction shall be greater.

ANNOT.

He foretelleth here some Prodigies that shall be in the Air, as _Swords_ and _Lances_ after fair weather, which shall be forerunners of great Wars, and chiefly in those Countries that shall be situated on the left hand of these Prodigies.

XCII.

French.

Soubs un la paix, par tout sera clemence,
Mais non long temps, pille & rebellion,
Par refus Ville, Terre & Mer entamée,
Morts & Captifs le liers d’un Million.

English.

Under one shall be peace, and every where clemency,
But not a long while, then shall be plundering and Rebellion,
By a denyal shall Town, Land and Sea be assaulted,
There shall be Dead and taken Prisoners the third part of a Million.

ANNOT.

The words and sense are plain.

XCIII.

French.

Terre _Italique_ des Mons tremblera,
_Lion_ & _Coq_ non trop confederez,
en lieu & peur l’un l’autre saidera,
Seul _Catulon_ & _Celtes_ moderez.

English.

The _Italian_ Land of the Mountains shall tremble,
The _Lion_ and the _Cock_ shall not agree very well together,
Shall for fear help one another,
The only _Catulon_ and _Celtes_ shall be moderate.

ANNOT.

By the _Lion_ he understandeth the _English_, because of their Arms, and by the _Cock_ the _French_, called in Latin _Gallus_, which signifieth a Cock; _Catulon_ is the _Spaniards_, as if he should say _Castilian_; the _Celtes_ are the _Dutch_ of the Low-Countries.