Chapter IX: French

De l’Orient viendra le cœur punique,
Fascher _Adrie_, & les hoirs _Romulides_,
Accompagné de la classe Libique,
Trembler _Melites_, & proches Isles vuides.

English.

From the East shall come the _African_ heart,
To vex _Adria_, and the Heirs of _Romulus_,
Accompanied with the _Libian_ fleet
_Melites_ shall tremble, and the Neighbouring Islands be empty.

ANNOT.

This was a clear and true Prognostication of that famous Invasion made upon _Maltha_, by the grand Signor _Solyman_ the magnificent, in the year of our Lord 1565. and just ten years after the writing of this Prophecy, wherein that Island, and some of the Neighbouring ones were wholly depopulated by the _Turks_, to the terror of _Venice_, called here _Adria_, and of all the Islands of the _Adriatick_ Sea. For the better understanding of this, the Reader must observe, that _Punicus_ in Latin signifieth _Africa_, so that the _African_ heart signifieth the help the _Turk_ had from _Tunis, Tripoly_, and _Algier_, Cities seated in _Africa_, and under the Turkish Dominion; by which not only _Maltha_ (which in Latin is _Melita_) but _Venice_ and _Rome_ were put into a great fright; the conclusion of this Siege was, that after six weeks time, and the loss of 26000. Men, the _Turks_ were constrained shamefully to retire. _Vide_ _the Turkish History_.

X.

French.

Sergens transmis dans la Cage de Fer,
Ou les Enfans septains du Roy sont pris,
Les vieux & Peres sortiront bas d’Enfer,
Ains mourir voir de son fruit mort & cris.

English.

Sergeants sent into an Iron Cage,
Where the seven Children of the King are,
The old Men and Fathers shall come out of Hell,
And before they die shall see the death and cries of their fruit.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy signifieth, that some Sergeants or Executioners shall be sent into a Prison, to put to death seven Children, servants of a King that were Imprisoned there, and that some old Men their Fathers, shall see their death, and hear their cries.