And _Ferdinand_, having a Troop of faire men, Shall leave the flower to follow the _Macedonian_, At his great need his way shall fail him, And he shall go against the _Myrmidon_. ANNOT. This Prophecy ought to be understood of an Emperour of _Germany_, whose name shall be _Ferdinand_, who being accompanied with many _Germans_, that for the most part are faire haired people shall come and War against _Græcia_, which is expressed here by the names of _Macedon_ and _Myrmidon_, the first of which is a Countrey, and the last a Nation, both in _Græcia_. XXXVI. French. Un grand Roy prins entre les mains d’un jeune, Non loin de Palques confusion, coup cultre: Perpet. cattif temps que foudre en la Hune, Trois Freres lors se blesseront & meurtre. English. A great King taken in the hands of a young one, Not far from Easter, confusion, stroke of a knife, Shall commit, pittiful time, the fire at the top of the Mast, Three Brothers then shall wound one another, and murder done. ANNOT. This Prophecy was fulfilled in the year 1560. when _Antony_ of _Bourbon_ King of _Navarre_, and his Brother _Lewis_ of _Bourbon_ Prince of _Condé_, coming to King _Francis_ II. at _Orleans_, upon the 29. of _October_, the Prince of _Condé_ was put in prison, and the King of _Navarre_ arrested. The Lord _Andrew Fauyn_ in his History of _Navarre_, saith, that the opinion of the Councel was, that the Prince of _Condé_ should be beheaded, for having been the chief of the conspiracy at _Amboise_, and the King of _Navarre_ should be stabbed in the Kings Chamber by the King himself, assisted by others for that purpose. The Lady of _Montpensier_ gave notice of it to the King of _Navarre_, who being sent for by the King, charged expresly _Cattin_ his waiting man and an old servant of his Father take a care and preserve his bloody shirt after his death till his son came to Age, to revenge it upon the murderers. God be thanked this came not to pass, for the King having called him, and going about to provoke him with foul words, he answered so meekly and humbly, that the Kings anger was appeased, where upon the Duke of _Guise_ going out of the room said, _O what a cowardly Prince is this_. These things are expressed in the first and second Verse, when he saith that a great King should be put in Prison by a young one, because _Antony_ of _Bourbon_, though he was not a great King in Lands, yet he was a great one in courage and prudence. And it was _not far from Easter_, sith it was but five months before, _viz._ from the beginning of _November_, to the sixth of _April_ 1591 which was Easterday; the Author putteth in this circumstance, because the next Easter after, the King of _Navarre_ was made General of _France_ under the Queen Regent.