That word _a preparing_ in the first Verse, signifieth that he speaketh of a time, wherein War was a making ready, when he was a writing. The _West_, of which our Author speaketh, is not formerly the West which is _Spain_, but is the West respectively to his Countrey of _Provence_, which is _Picardy_, _Lorrain_, and the Countrey of _Mets_, in all these Places that are Westerly from _Provence_, there was great Wars in the year 1557 in _Picardy_ in the year 1558. at _Calais_ and _Thionville_, and at last from the middle of that year to the end of it, were seen two great Armies of both Kings, which threatned a horrid slaughter, had not God Almighty provided against it by the treaty of Peace of the _3d._ of _April_ 1559 the year following, which was 1559. there did happen what he foretelleth, _viz._, the Plague so strangely terrible to Young, Old, and Beasts _&c._ And in those quarters there was nothing but Fire and Blood; that is, Massacres and ruines of all sorts, then did Rule in _France_, the three Planets of _Jupiter_, _Mars_ and _Mercury_, _Jupiter_ and _Mercury_, for the peace that was then concluded, and _Mars_ for the War that was then on foot. The History of _Provence_ mentioneth, that that Pestilence was called by the Physitians, _Febris erratica_, by which within the space of five or six Months, died almost an infinite number of people. LVI. French. Camp prés de _Noudam_ pasiera _Goussanville_, Et a _Maiotes_ laissera son enseigne, Convertira en instant plus de mille, Cherchant le deux remettre en chaine & legne. English. A Camp shall by _Noudam_ go beyond _Goussanville_, And shall leave its Ensign at _Maiotes_, And shall in an instant convert above a thousand, Seeking to put the two parties in good understanding together. ANNOT. These three words of _Noudam_, _Goussanville_, and _Maiotes_ are three little inconsiderable Countrey Towns, situated near one another; the meaning then of it is, that an Army near _Noudam_, shall go through _Goussanville_, and shall in an instant convert, that is, draw to his party above a thousand of the contrary party, the business being about the procuring of a good understanding and amity between two great ones. LVII. French. Au lieu de _Drux_ un Roy reposera, Et cherchera Loy changeant d’Anatheme, Pendant le Ciel si tresfort Tonnera, Portée neufve Roy tuera soy mesme. English. In the place of _Drux_ a King shall rest himself, And shall seek Law changing Anatheme, In the mean while the Heaven shall Thunder so strongly, That a new gate shall kill the King him self. ANNOT. _Drux_ is a City in _Normandy_, near which _Henry_ the IV. got a memorable victory. It is said that in that place a King shall rest himself, and shall endeavour to change Religion, but at that time it shall Thunder and Lighten so much, that by the fall of a new gate, the King himself shall be killed. LVIII. French.