This is concerning the Town of St. _Quentin_, which was taken by the _Spaniards_ in the year 1557. upon the 27 of _August_, and 17 days after the Battle of St. _Laurence_, it was taken by assault, and all the Inhabitants put to the Sword. LXXXV. French. La Cité prinse par tromperie fraude, Par le moyen d’Un bean jeune attrapé, Assaut donné, _Raubine_ pres de _Laude_, Luy & touts morts pour avoir bien trompé. English. The City shall be taken by cheat and deceit, By the means of a fair young one caught in it, Assault shall be given, _Raubine_ near _Laude_, He, and all shall die, for having deceived. ANNOT. It is a City that shall be taken by the cheat and deceit of a young fair man, who himself shall be taken in his craft. The difficulty lyeth in the third Verse, _viz._ what he meaneth by _Raubine_ and _Laude_. I could find nothing by transposition of Letters: therefore I suppose the Author had a mind to reserve the exposition to himself, and to one that should be clearer sighted than I. LXXXVI. French. Un chef d’_Ausonne_ aux _Espagnes_ ira, Par Mer, sera arrest dedans _Marseilles_, Avant sa mort un long temps languira, Apres sa mort on verra grand merveille. English. A chief man of _Ausone_ shall go into _Spain_ By Sea, he shall stay at _Marseilles_, He shall languish a great while before his death, After his death great wonders shall be seen. ANNOT. Here is nothing obscure but the word _Ausone_, by which is meant the City of _Bordeaux_, so named by the Author every where, for having brought forth that famous Latine Poet, and Counsul of _Rome_, _Ausonius_. LXXXVII. French. Classe _Gauloise_ naproche de _Corsegne_, Moins de _Sardaigne_ tu ten repentiras, Tretous mourrez frustrez de laide _Greigne_, Sang nagera, captif ne me croiras. English. _French_ Fleet do not come near unto _Corsica_, Much less to _Sardinia_, thou shalt repent of it, All of you shall die frustrate of the help _Greigne_, Blood shall swim, being Captive thou shalt not believe me. ANNOT. The Baron of _la Garde_ coming from _Rome_, where he had carryed the Cardinals of _Tournon_ and _Lorrain_, received order to go into _Corsica_, to relieve with ammunition the two Towns, that the _French_ kept still in possession in that Island, _Glasse_ and St. _Boniface_, which after the general peace made at _Cambray_, _anno_ 1559. were restored to the Common-wealth of _Genoa_. When he was coming near the Island, there arose such a storm, that they were constrained to go as near land as they could, _viz._ in St. _Florents_, till the storm was over. At the same time, by reason of the said storm, eleven Ships loaded with six thousand _Spaniards_, going for _Italy_, took shelter in the same place, a good way off from the said Baron.