Chapter IV: French

Dedans _Monech_ le Coq sera receu,
Le Cardinal de _France_ apparoistra,
Par _Logarion_ _Romain_ sera deceu,
Foiblesse a l’Aigle, & force au Coq croistra.

English.

Within _Monech_ the Cock shall be admitted,
The Cardinal of _France_ shall appear,
By _Logarion_, _Roman_ shall be deceived,
Weakness to the Eagle, and strength to the Cock shall grow.

ANNOT.

_Monech_ is false written here, it must be _Monaco_, which is a Principality and Town in _Italy_ by _Genoa_, belonging to the House of the _Grimaldi_, wherein the _French_ were admitted by the policy of Cardinal _Richelieu_, during the Wars between _France_ and _Spain_.

_Logarion_ is a Barbarous name, by which he meaneth some body unknown to us.

By the Eagle is meant the Emperour, who was very low at that time, and by the Cock, the King of _France_, who was very powerful, where it is to be observed, that by the Eagle the Emperour is always understood, because it is his Arms, and by the Cock is meant the King of _France_, because a _Frenchman_ is called in Latine _Galius_, which also signifieth a Cock.

V.

French.

Apparoistra Temple luisant orné,
La Lampe & Cierge a _Borne_ & _Bretueil_,
Pour la _Lucerne_ le Canton destourné,
Quand on verra le grand Coq au Cercueil.

English.

A shining adorned Temple shall appear,
The Lamp and wax Candle at _Borne_ and _Bretueil_,
For _Lucerne_ the Canton turned of,
When the great Cock shall be seen in his Coffin.

ANNOT.

_Borne_ and _Bretueil_ are two particular places, the first is one of the four Baronies of the River _Mase_, _viz._ _Petersem_, _Steen_, _Horne_, _Borne_, the other is a little Town in _Britany_.

_Lucerne_ is one of the Cantons of _Switzerland_. We have said before what is meant by the great Cock, _viz._ the King of _France_. Let the Reader make up the rest, according to his fancy.

VI.

French.

Charté fulgure a _Lyon_ apparente,
Luysant, print _Malte_, subit sera estainte,
_Sardon_, _Mauris_ traitera decevante,
_Geneve_ a _Londres_, a Coq trahison feinte.

English.

A thundering light at _Lyons_ appearing,
Bright, took _Maltha_, instantly shall be put out,
Sardon shall treat _Mauris_ deceitfully,
To _Geneva_, _London_, and the Cock a fained treason.

ANNOT.

_Maltha_ is an Island in the _Mediterranean_ Sea, famous for the Knights that inhabit it, and take their name from thence. _Sardon_ and _Mauris_ are barbarous words.

VII.

French.

_Verceil_, _Milan_ donra intelligence,
Dedans _Tycin_ sera faite la paye,
Courir par _Seine_ eau, sang, feu par _Florence_,
Unique choir d’hault en bas faisant maye.

English.

_Verceil_, _Milan_ shall give intelligence,
In the _Tycin_ shall the Peace be made,
Run through _Seine_ water, blood, fire through _Florence_,
The only one shall fall from top to bottom making maye.

ANNOT.

_Verceil_ and _Milan_ are two Cities in _Italy_, the _Tycin_, or rather _Thesin_ is a River of the same Countrey; _Seine_ is the River that runneth at _Paris_. _Florence_ is a famous City in _Italy_, and _maye_ a barbarous word, foisted up to patch up his Rime.

VIII.

French.

Pres de _Linterne_ dans des tonnes fermez,
_Chivas_ fera pour l’Aigle la menée,
L’Esleu cassé, luy ses ges enfermez,
Dedans _Turin_ rapt espouse emmenée.

English.

Near _Linterne_, enclosed within Tuns,
_Chivas_ shall drive the plot for the Eagle,
The Elect cashiered, he and his men shut up,
Within _Turin_, a rape, and Bride carried away.

ANNOT.

_Linterne_ is a small Town in _Italy_; by _Tuns_ are meant woodden Vessels, such as they put Rhenish wines and others in.

_Chivas_ is a Town in _Piemont_, and _Turin_ the chief Town of the said Countrey.

IX.

French.

Pendant que l’Aigle & le Coq a _Savone_,
Seront unis, Mer, _Levant_ & _Hongrie_,
L’Armée a _Naples_, _Palerme_, Marque d’_Ancone_,
_Rome_, _Venise_, par barbe horrible crie.

English.

Whilst the Eagle and the Cock at _Savona_,
Shall be united, Sea, _Levant_, and _Hungary_,
Army at _Naples_, _Palermo_, Mark of _Ancona_,
_Rome_, _Venice_, cry because of a horrid beard.

ANNOT.

By the Eagle is meant the Emperour, and by the Cock the King of _France_; the rest is easie.

X.

French.

Puanteur grande sortira de _Lausane_,
Qu’on ne scaura l’origine du fait,
L’on mettra hors toute la gent loingtaine,
Feu veu au Ciel peuple estranger deffait.

English.

A great stink shall come forth out of _Lausane_,
So that no body shall know the ofspring of it,
They shall put out all the Forreiners,
Fire seen in Heaven, a strange people defeated.

ANNOT.

_Lausane_ is a City situated in _Savoy_, by the Lake of _Geneva_, but now as I take it in the possession of the _Switzers_.

XI.

French.

Peuple infiny paroistre a _Vicence_,
Sans force feu brusler la _Basilique_,
Pres de _Lunage_ des fait grand de _Valence_,
Lors que _Venise_ par morte prendre pique.

English.

Infinite deal of people shall appear at _Vicence_,
Without force, fire shall burn in the _Basilick_,
Near _Lunage_ the great one of _Valence_ shall be defeated,
When _Venice_ by death shall take the pique.

ANNOT.

_Vicenza_ is a Town in _Italy_, under the dominion of the _Venetians_. _Basilick_ is the name of the biggest sort of Canons or pieces of Ordinance. As for _Valence_ there is three Cities of that name, one in _Spain_, the second in _France_, and the third in _Italy_; instead of _Lunage_, it must be _Lignago_ which is a Town in _Italy_.

XII.

French.

Apparoistra aupres du _Bufalore_,
L’haut & procere entré dedans _Milan_,
L’Abbé de _Foix_ avec ceux de Saint _Maure_,
Feront la fourbe habillez en vilain.

English.

Near the _Bufalore_ shall appear,
The high and tall, come into _Milan_,
The Abbot of _Foix_ with those of Saint _Maure_,
Shall make the trumpery being cloathed like rogues.

ANNOT.

_Bufalore_ is a barbarous word; _Foix_ is a Countrey in _France_, and St. _Maure_ a little Town in the said Countrey.

XIII.

French.

Le croisé Frere par amour effrenée,
Fera par _Praytus_ _Bellerophon_ mourir,
Classe a mil ans, la femme forcenée,
Beu le breueage, tous deux apres perir.

English.

The crossed Brother through unbridled love,
Shall cause _Bellerophon_ to be killed by _Praytus_,
Fleet to thousand years, the woman out of her wit,
The drink being drunk, both after that, perish.

ANNOT.

_Bellerophon_ and _Praytus_ are two supposed and fictitious names.

XIV.

French.

Le grand credit, d’or, d’argent l’abundance,
Aveuglera par _Libide_ l’honneur,
Cogneu sera d’adultere l’offence,
Qui parviendra a son grand deshonneur.

English.

The great credit, the abundance of Gold and Silver
Shall blind honour by lust,
The offence of the Adulterer shall be known,
Which shall come to his great dishonour.

ANNOT.

This is easie to be understood; for it is frequently seen, that Honour is made blind by lust, and chiefly if that lust be propped up with credit; and abundance of Gold and Silver.

XV.

French.

Vers Aquilon grands efforts par hommasse,
Presque l’_Europe_, l’Univers vexer,
Les deux Eclipses mettra en telle chassé,
Et aux _Pannons_ vie & mort renforcer.

English.

Towards the North great endeavours by a manly woman,
To trouble _Europe_, and almost all the world,
She shall put to flight the two Eclipses,
And shall re-inforce life and death to the _Pannons_.

ANNOT.

By the _Pannons_ is meant the _Hungarians_. The rest is easie.

XVI.

French.

Au lieu que _Hieson_ fit sa nef fabriquer,
Si grand Deluge sera & si subite,
Qu’on n’aura lieu ne Terre sattaquer,
L’onde monter _Fesulan Olympique_.

English.

In the place where _Jason_ caused his Ship to be built,
So great a Flood shall be, and so sudden,
That there shall be neither place nor Land to save themselves,
The Waves shall climb upon the _Olympick Fesulan_.

ANNOT.

_Jason_ was Son to King _Æson_, who built a Ship called _Argos_, in which he went to _Colchos_, to Conquer the Golden Fleece.

_Fesulan_ here is to be understood of some high and eminent place, which therefore he calleth _Olympick_, from _Olympus_ a high Mountain in _Grecia_. The place where _Jason_ builded his Ship.

XVII.

French.

Les bien aisez subit seront desmis,
Le monde mis par les trois freres en trouble,
Cité Marine saisiront ennemis,
Faim, feu, sang, peste, & de tous maux le double.

English.

Those that were at ease shall be put down,
The world shall be put in trouble by three Brothers,
The Maritine City shall be seized by its enemies,
Hunger, fire, blood, plague, and the double of all evils.

ANNOT.

It is not easie to tell what them three Brothers have been, or shall be, nor that Maritine or Sea City, therefore we leave it to the liberty of every ones judgement, the words being plain enough.