The first Verse signifieth, that there shall be some _Fugitives_, upon whose _Pikes_ the Lightning shall fall. The second, that when a multitude of _Ravens shall be sporting_, a great fight shall be near hand. The third, that there shall be a great exclamation and prayers, when the Souldiers shall come near the wall to give an assault. VIII. French. Les _Cimbres_ joints avecques leurs voisins, Depopuler viendront presque l’_Espagne_, Gens ramassez, _Guienne_ & _Limosins_, Seront en ligue & leur feront Compagne. English. The _Cimbres_ joyned with their neighbours, Shall come to depopulate almost all _Spain_, People gathered from _Guienna_ and _Limosin_, Shall be in league with them, and keep them Company. ANNOT. The _Cimbres_ and _Teutons_ were a Northern people, _viz_: the _Swedes_ and _Danes_, who came once out of their Countrey to sack _Rome_, and were overcome by _Marius_, near the Town of _Orenge_, in a place where his Triumphal Arch is seen to this day. The rest is easie. IX. French. _Bourdeaux_, _Rouan_ & la _Rochelle_ joints, Tiendront autour la grand Mer Occeane, _Anglois Bretons_, & les _Flamans_ conjoints, Les chasseront jusque aupres de _Rouane_. English. _Bourdeaux_, _Rouan_, and _Rochel_ joyned together, Will range about upon the great Ocean, _English Brittans_, and _Flemings_ joyned together, Shall drive them away as far as _Rouane_. ANNOT. By mentioning _Bourdeaux_, _Rouan_, and _Rochel_, the Author understandeth the whole Naval forces of _France_, which (he saith) shall be defeated, by the _English_, _Brittains_, and _Hollanders_, and pursued as far as _Rouane_, which is a Town at the head of the River _Loire_, from whence it runneth down for the space of 500 Miles to _Nantes_, and a while after dischargeth it self into the Ocean. X. French. De sang & faim plus grand calamité, Sept fois sapreste a la Marine plage, _Monech_ de faim, lieu pris, captivité, Le grand mené, _Croc_, enserré en cage. English. Of blood and famine, what a great calamity! Seven times is ready to come upon the Sea Coast, _Monech_ by hunger, the place taken, captivity, The great one carried away, _Croc_, shut up in a Cage. ANNOT. _Monech_ or _Monaco_ is a Town and Principality belonging to the Family of the _Grimaldi_ of _Genua_, and is seated by the Sea side, between _Provence_ and _Genoa_; that place is threatned here with many afflictions, as is plain in this Stanza. XI. French. Les Armées battre au Ciel longue saison, L’Arbre au milieu de la Cité tombé, Vermine, Rogne, Glaive en face tison, Lors le Monarque d’_Adrie_ succombé. English. Armies shall fight in the Air a great while, The tree shall fall in the middle of the City, Vermin, Scabs, Sword, fire-brand in the face, When the Monarck of _Adria_ shall fall. ANNOT.