Chapter XXXV: French

Dans deux Logis de nuit le feu prendra,
Plusieurs dedans estoufez & rostis,
Pres de deux Fleuves pour seur il adviendra,
Sol, l’Arc, & Caper, tous seront amortis.

English.

The fire shall take by night in two Houses,
Many shall be stifled and burnt in it;
Near two Rivers it shall for certain happen,
Sun, Arc, Caper, they shall all be mortified.

ANNOT.

By _Sun_, _Arc_, _Caper_, he meaneth the Sun being in the Signs of _Sagitarius_ and _Capricornus_.

This Prophecy was fulfilled about 90. years ago in the City of _Lion_, seated upon two Rivers, _viz._ the _Rhosne_ and the _Saone_, for about that time several Merchants coming to the Fair, some went to lodge at the Silver Head, in the street _de la Grenete_, where being in an upper room, as they were talking of their businesses, and passing the time merrily, the fire took in the Kitchen where was abundance of Oil, which did burn so suddenly and so violently, that the lower part of the House was presently consumed. Those Merchants that were in the upper room towards the street, begun to look for their Clock-bags, that were lockt up in a Trunk; but while they were busie about opening the Trunk, the Stair-case fell, and the fire got into their Room, then begun they to cry for help through the Windows. They would willingly have thrown themselves down the Windows, but they were barred with Iron, so that they could not save themselves, the House being a fire on all sides; Moreover, the neighbours taking more care of their own Houses, then of those Strangers, did run every one to his own concerns, so that they all miserably perished. _Parradin_ in his 3. Book of the History of _Lyon_, _Chap. 22._

XXXVI.

French.

Du grand Prophete les Lettres seront prinses,
Entre les Mains du Tyran deviendront,
Frauder son Roy seront ses entreprinses,
Mais ses rapines bien tost le troubleront.

English.

The Letters of the great Prophet shall be intercepted,
They shall fall into the hands of the Tyrant,
His undertakings shall be to deceive his King,
But his extortions shall trouble him soon.

ANNOT.

It is some eminent Churchman, whose Letters shall be intercepted, by which he intended to betray his King, therefore his actions shall be called in question, and being found guilty of extortion, he shall suffer for it.

XXXVII.

French.

De ce grand nombre que l’on envoiera,
Pour secourir dans le fort assiegez,
Peste & Famine tous les devorera,
Horsmis septante qui seront profligez.

English.

Of that great number which shall be sent,
To succour the besieged in the Fort,
Plague and Famine shall devour them all,
Except seventy that shall be beaten.

ANNOT.

This is so plain, that it needeth no explication.

XXXVIII.

French.

Des Condamnez sera fait un grand nombre,
Quand les Monarques seront conciliez,
Mais l’un deux viendra si mal encombre,
Que guere ensemble ne seront raliez.

English.

There shall be a great number of condemned men,
When the Monarchs shall be reconciled,
But one of them shall come to such misfortune,
That their reconciliation shall not last long.

ANNOT.

The words and sense of this are easie to be understood.

XXXIX.

French.

Un an devant le conflict _Italique_,
_Germains_, _Gaulois_, _Espagnols_ pour le Fort,
Cherra l’Escole maison de republique,
Ou horsmis peu, seront suffoquez morts.

English.

One year before the _Italian_ fight,
_Germans_, _French_, _Spaniards_ for the Fort,
The School-house of the Common-wealth shall fall,
Where, except few, they shall be suffocated, and dead.

ANNOT.

It seemeth there should be a Battle between the _Italians_, _Germans_, _French_, _Spaniards_ for a Fort, which I suspect to have been that of _Serizoles_, wherein all those Nations were engaged, and that one year before that Battle, the publick house of a _Common-wealth_ should fall, and kill abundance of people; But of this I could find nothing in History.

XL.

French.

Un peu apres non point long intervalle,
Par Mer & Terre sera fait grand tumulte,
Beaucoup plus grande sera pugne Navalle,
Feu, Animaux, qui plus feront d’Insulte.

English.

A little while after, without any great distance of time,
By Sea and Land shall a great tumult be made,
The Sea fight shall be much greater,
Fire and Beasts which shall make greater insult.

ANNOT.

This hath a Relation to a foregoing Stanza, and likewise is not hard to be understood.

XLI.

French.

La grand Estoile par sept jours bruslera,
Nuce fera deux Soleils apparoir,
Le gros mastin toute nuit hurlera,
Quand grand Pontife changera de terroir.

English.

The great Star shall burn for the space of seven days,
A Cloud shall make two Suns appear,
The big Mastif shall houl all night,
When the great Pope shall change his Countrey.

ANNOT.

The meaning of this is, that those three Prodigies, contained in the first three Verses, shall appear when a _Pope_ changeth his Countrey.

XLII.

French.

A Coq, Chiens, & Chats de sang seront repeus,
Et de la playe du Tyran trouvé Mort,
Au lict d’un autre, Jambes & Bras rompus,
Qui n’avoit peu mourir de cruel Mort.

English.

A Cock, Dogs, and Cats shall be fed with Blood,
And with the wound of the Tyrant found dead,
In the bed of another, with Legs and Arms broken,
Who could not die before by a cruel Death.

ANNOT.

These words signifie, that a great man or Tyrant shall be found dead in another mans Bed, having his _Legs_ and _Arms_ broken, the body of which shall be devoured by these three kinds of Creatures, a _Cock_, a _Dog_, and a _Cat_. The last Verse signifieth that this Tyrant had escaped a _cruel Death_.