“You shall see the British nation, inundated with blood, change seven times in 290 years. But France not so, thanks to the firmness of her Germanic kings. The sign of the Ram shall no longer recognise the north of Europe (son pole Bastarnan) it will so have changed.”[55] Here we have to notice that 1501 plus 290 equals 1791, which may if you like be taken as the date of the commencement of the French Revolution, though commonly it is reckoned from 1789, the taking of the Bastille. The Germanic kings are the descendants of Hugh Capet. Bastarnia stands for Poland as its ancient name. The first dismemberment of Poland took place in 1772. Then Russia grew into power, Peter ascended the throne 1682, and Lutheranism triumphed in Germany. Such changes might well startle the Ram from all recognition of the northern world. 1501 is the date of the Renaissance, and from that to 1792 England is to undergo seven revolutions. 1. In England Henry VIII. breaks free from Rome, and the Church of England is set up in 1532. 2. 1553 Mary restores the Papal religion. 3. 1558 Elizabeth re-establishes Anglican independence. 4. In 1649 Charles I. is beheaded, and the Republic established under Cromwell’s Protectorate. 5. In 1660 Charles II. is restored. 6. In 1689 James II. abdicating, is displaced by William III., his son-in-law. 7. In 1714 George I., of the House of Hanover, is called to the throne. The brevity with which all this is inferred is as remarkable as the curious precision with which it was fulfilled. The accession of James I. to the death of Charles I. (1603-1649) is set forth in CENTURY X. QUATRAIN 40. “Le jeune nay au regne Britannique, Qu’ aura ce père mourant recommandé, Iceluy mort, _Lonole_[56] donra topique,[57] Et à son fils le regne demandé.”[58] “The young prince[59] of the kingdom of Britain (then first called Great Britain) is born, whose father (Henry Darnley, assassinated by Bothwell) in dying commended him to the protection of the principal Scottish nobility. When this prince (James I. of England, and VI. of Scotland) is dead, _Lonole_ by the employment of Puritanical eloquence (or canting rhetoric) will despoil his son (Charles I.) of his kingdom.” Le Pelletier thinks it is quite clear that _Lonole_ Ολλὑων stands for Cromwell, but a further coincidence arises, namely, that _Lonole_ is an all but correct anagram of _Ole Nol_ or _Old Noll_, the Protector’s nickname. Garencières prints _Londre_ for _Lonole_, and so renders what at best is obscure entirely unintelligible, and fancies that he clearly discerns it to be a prophecy concerning Charles II., because he was commended to the care of his subjects by Charles I. on the scaffold. CENTURY III. QUATRAIN 80 (in some Eds. 82).