Now this accident being so rare, and without parallel, our Author thought fit to foretel it, and to cover it in abscure tearms, that he might not appear ridiculous in so admirable an event. When therefore he saith, _That which shall live and shall have no Sense_, he meaneth this λιθοπαίδιον or child petrified, which had a Life while it was in the Mothers belly, being tied to it by the several Vessels and connexions, known to Anatomists, and yet was senseless in that it was petrified. When in the second verse he saith, _The Iron shall destroy the art of it_, he meaneth that it should be spoiled by the rasour, in the two last verses he saith, that the Towns of _Autun_, _Chalons_, _Langres_, and _Sens_ the Town in which this did happen should that same year suffer much damage by Hail and Ice, which did come to pass, as many persons may justify in that Countrey, that are alive to this day. XXIII. French. Au mois troisiesme se levant le Soleil, Sanglier, Leopard, aux champs _Mars_ pour combatre, Leopard lassé au Ciel esttend son œil, Un Aigle autour du Soleil voit sesbatre. English. In the third month at the rising of the Sun, The Boar and Leopard in _Marth_ camp to fight; The Leopard weary, lift his eyes to Haven, And seeth an Eagle playing about the Sun. ANNOT. This signifieth a particular accident, _viz._ that in the third Month, which is that of _March_, at the rising of the _Sun_, the _Boar_ and the _Leopard_, that is, two persons of quality hidden under these names, shall go into the fields to fight a Duel. The _Leopard_ one of them being weary, shall lift up his eyes to Heaven, calling upon God, and thereupon shall see an _Eagle_ playing about the _Sun_, that is, shall get the Victory, of which the _Eagle_ is the Emblem. XXIV. French. A Cité nevue pensif pour condamner, Loisel de proie au ciel se vient offrir, Apres Victoire a Captifs pardonner _Cremone_ & _Mantoue_ grands maux auront souffert. English. In the new City for to condemn a Prisoner, The Bird of pray shall offer himself to Heaven, After the Victory, the Prisoners shall be forgiven, After _Cremona_ and _Mantua_ have suffered many troubles. ANNOT. This name of new City is appropriated to several ones in every Countrey. The _French_ have many _Villeneufuas_, the Germans many _Newstads_, the _Italians_ and _Spaniards_ many _Villanovas_, so that it is hard to guess which of them the Author meaneth. The missing of this dore makes the rest of the Prophecie so obscure, that I had rather leave it to the liberty of the Reader, than to pretend a true explication of it. I shall only say, that _Cremona_ and _Mantua_ are two famous Towns in _Italy_, which are here threatned. XXV. French. Perdu, trouvé, caché de si long siecle Sera Pasteur demy-Dieu honoré, Ains que la Lune acheve son grand Siecle, Par autre vents sera deshonoré. English.