I conceive there is some things omitted, and corrupted by the Press in this Stanza, which rendreth it so difficult, therefore I had rather leave it to the decision of the impartial Reader, than venture my opinion upon it. LVII. French. Par grand discord la trombe tremblera, Accord rompu, dressant la teste au Ciel, Bouche sanglante dans le sang nagera, Au Sol la face ointe le loit & Miel. English. By great discord, the Trumpet shall sound, Agreement broken, lifting the head to Heaven, A bloody mouth shall swim in blood, The face turned to the Sun anointed with Milk and Honey. ANNOT. The words and sence are plain, and I cannot believe that there is any great mystery hidden under these words. LVIII. French. Trenché le ventre, naistra avec deux testes, & quattre bras, quel qu’ans entiers vivra, Jour qu’Aquilare celebrera ses festes, _Fossan_, _Thurin_, chef _Ferrare_ fuiera. English. Slit in the belly, shall be born with two heads, And four Arms, it shall live some years, The day that _Aquilare_ shall celebrate his Festivals, _Fossan_, _Thurin_, chief _Ferrare_ shall run away. ANNOT. In the first Verse the Author speaketh of a Monster that had two heads, and four Arms, and the Belly slit, that is to say, it was a female. His Son _Cæsar_ in his History of _Provence_, saith, that in the Town of _Senan_ in _Provence_, a Child was born with two heads, and that it was foretold by some that were skilful in Astronomy, by which words I guess he spake of his Father, sith the Astrologers cannot foretel the birth of a particular Monster, and therefore _Nostradamus_ only was able to do it in those days. He saith in the same place, that it was born in _February_ 1554. and was brought to _Salon_ to be shewed to his Father, and thence was carried to _Claudius_ Earl of _Savoy_ Governour of _Provence_, who commonly had his residence at _Salon_. He maketh no mention if he had four Arms, nor what Sex it was of, it may be that being in swadling cloths, nobody took notice of the Arms or Sex. The Author Prophecieth that it should live some years, it may be two or three, and that is was preserved to see, whether in time it should have the use of its Senses, of the Tongue, and understanding of its two Heads, to see whether there were two Souls, or onely one, and to say the Truth. I think that in such an accident both Heads ought to be Baptized, that in case there should be two Souls, both should partake of the blood of Christ, for their Eternal Salvation. I do not find in the same History how long it lived, it being a thing not much material to History. In the third Verse he marketh, _The day that _Aquilare_ shall celebrate his Festivals_; and in the fourth he saith that _Fossan, Thurin, chief Ferrare shall run away_.