Chapter XLII: French

Quand _Innocent_ tiendra le lieu de _Pierre_,
Le _Nizaram Sicilian_ se verra,
En grands honneurs, mais apres il cherra,
Dans le bourbier d’une Civile guerre.

English.

When _Innocent_ shall hold the place of _Peter_,
The _Sicilian Nizaram_ shall see himself
In great honours, but after that he shall fall
Into the dirt of a Civil war.

ANNOT.

Nothing can be more plain and true than this Prophecie, and those that deny it, may also deny the light of the Sun, but to make it more evident, we will examine it Verse by Verse.

_When ~Innocent~ shall hold the place of ~Peter~_; that is, when one named _Innocent_ shall be Pope, as he was that preceded the last.

_The ~Sicilian Nizaram~ shall see himself in great honours_; that is, the _Sicilian Nizarim_, for _Nizaram_, is the Annagramme of _Mazarin_, letter for letter, who was born in _Sicily_, shall see himself in great honours, as he did; for he was then in his greatest splendor.

_But after that he shall fall into the dirt of a Civil war_; As every one knows he did, having put in Prison the Prince of _Condé_, the Prince of _Conty_, and the Duke of _Congueiulle_, can any thing be more plain, and yet when I read this forty years ago, I took it to be ridiculous.

XLIII.

French.

_Lutece_ en _Mars_, Senateurs en credit,
Par une nuict _Gaule_ sera troublée,
Du grand _Cræsus_ l’Horoscope predit,
Par _Saturnus_, sa puissance exillée.

English.

_Lutetia_ in _Mars_, Senators shall be in credit.
In a night _France_ shall be troubled,
The Horoscope of the great _Cræsus_ foretelleth,
That by _Saturn_ his power shall be put down.

ANNOT.

_Lutetia_ in Latine is the City of _Paris_, after the death of _Henry_ IV. the Parliament of _Paris_ began to prick up their ears, and to go about to call the great ones to account, amongst whom was the Marquess d’_Ancre_, favourite of the Queen Regent, that had gathered great riches, and therefore is called here _Cræsus_, our Author saith, that his power shall be put down by _Saturnus_, which must here be understood mistically, which proved true, for by the Kings command, then _Lewis_ XIII. he was shot with three Pistols in the _Louvre_.

XLIV.

French.

Deux de poison saisis nouveaux Venus
Dans la cuisine du grand Prince verser,
Par le souillard tous deux au fait cogneus,
Prins qui cuidoit de mort l’aisné vexer.

English.

Two newly come being provided with poison,
To pour in the Kitchin of the great Prince,
By the Cooks Boy the fact shall be known,
And he taken, that thought by death to vex the elder.

ANNOT.

This came to pass in the time of _Henry_ IV. who was poisoned at _Melan_, by two unknown men, who were discovered by the Cooks Boy in the doing of it, and were both taken, the History is at large in _Peter Matthew_ his Historiographer, which I could not insert here for the satisfaction of the Reader; because I could not get the Book, the Reader may satisfie himself upon the place.

Other Stanzas, taken out of twelve, under the seventh Century, out of which eight have been rejected, because they were found in the foregoing Centuries.

LXXIII.

French.

Renfort de Sieges manubis & maniples,
Changez le sacre & passe sur le pronsne,
Prins & captifs n’arreste les prez triples,
Plus par fonds mis elevé, mis au Trosne.

English.

Recruit of Sieges, spoils and prizes,
_Corpus Christi_ day shall be changed, and the pronsne slighted,
They shall be taken and made Prisoners, do not stay in the threefold
Field,
Moreover, one put in the bottom shall be raised to the Throne.

LXXX.

French.

L’Occident libre les Isles _Britanniques_,
Le recogneu passer le bas, puis haut,
Ne content triste Rebel corss. _Escotiques_,
Puis rebeller par plui & par nuict chaut.

English.

The West shall be free, and the _Brittish_ Islands,
The discovered shall pass low, then high,
_Scottish_ Pirates shall be, who shall rebel,
In a rainy and hot night.

LXXXII.

French.

La stratageme simulte sera rare,
La Mort en voye rebelle par contrée,
Par le retour du voyage _Barbare_,
Exalteront la potestante entrée.

English.

The stratagem and grudge shall be scarce,
Death shall be in a rebellious way through the Countrey,
By the return from a _Barbarian_ travel,
They shall exalt the Protestant entrance.