The Author foretelleth, that they shall find their Graves near _Tuscany_, because the Territory of _Rome_ joyneth to that Province. Then in the 3 and 4 Verse he specifieth the time by two marks; one is, _when ~Mars~ shall be near the German corner_; the other, _when he shall be in the Territory of the Mantuan people_, and the War was then in that Territory; for the Duke of _Ferrara_ to shew he would not stand still, sent his son _Alphonso d’Este_ to make incursions there, and to take some places. Moreover the War was then near the _German corner_, which is _Lorrain_, when _Henry_ II. besieged _Thionville_ in the year 1558. _Paradin_ sheweth, that _Mars_ was in the _German corner_ two years before, sith about the end of the year 1555; the Duke of _Nevers_ by an extraordinary endeavour in the middle of the Winter, did relieve _Mariembourg_: and the following years the _French_ Garrisons kept the fields to avoid surprises. And in the year 1557. when the Duke of _Guise_ fought in _Italy_, the Duke of _Savoy_ brought his Army against _Mariembourg_; so it proved true that _Mars_, _viz._ the War was in the _German corner_; for that Town is in the borders of _Germany_, and was in that corner till the taking of _Thionville_. XXXIII. French. En la Cité ou le loup entrera, Bien pres de la les ennemis seront, Copie estrange grand pais gastera, Aux Monts des _Alpes_ les amis passeront. English. In the City wherein the Wolf shall go, Near that place the enemies shall be, An Army of strangers shall spoil a great Countrey, The friends shall go over the Mountains of the _Alpes_. ANNOT. The two last Verses make me think that this Prophesie was fulfilled in the time of _Henry_ II. King of _France_, because the _French_ being then friends to the Pope, went over the _Alpes_ to serve him. This Stanza might also be applyed to _Lewis_ 13, who caused his Army to go beyond the _Alpes_, but that word _Friends_ is more convenient to the time of _Henry_ II. because the _French_ went then over the _Alpes_ in quality of friends to serve the Pope. According to this conjecture, the _wolf_ which signifieth the _Spaniard_, came _anno_ 1556. into many Towns, which the Duke of _Alba_ took, as we have said in another place, and because among those Towns _Neptune_ was one of the most considerable, being seated by the Sea side near _Rome_: I believe that by this word _City_ he meaneth that Town which belonged to the _Colonese_. And to say truth, the _French_ were then very near it, to endeavour the relief of it. Afterwards came the Duke of _Guise_’s Army, which is named by the Author, _an Army of strangers_, because the _French_ and _Germans_ are strangers to _Italy_. _This Army shall spoil a great Countrey_; for in that year it went through all _Italy_, and where an Army passeth, nothing but ruine can be expected. XXXIV. French.