The two first Verses foretell what hath happened to _England_ under the Government of a Common-wealth, and how their new Magistrate _Cromwel_ made a havock of them. The third and fourth Verses, mention what great sums they exacted from those of the Kings party, and how for that cause _Swedeland_ foresook their friendship. LXII. French. La grande perte las que feront les Lettres, Avant le Circle de Latona parfait, Feu, grand Deluge, plus par ignares Sceptres, Que de long siecle ne se verra refait. English. Alas what a great loss shall learning suffer, Before the Circle of the Moon be accomplished, Fire, great flood, and more by ignorant Scepters, Then can be made good again in a long age. ANNOT. Here the Author bemoaneth the loss of one eminent person in Learning, be like of _Julius Scaliger_, who lived in his time, and was once his intimate friend, the two last Verses that great miseries, as Fire and Flood shall happen by the ignorance of Princes. LXIII. French. Les Fleaux passez, diminué le Monde, Long temps la Paix, Terres inhabitées, Seur marchera par le Ciel, Terre, Mer & Onde, Puis de nouveau les Guerres suscitées. English. The Scourges being past, the World shall be diminished, Peace for a great while, Lands inhabited, Every one safe shall go by Heaven, Land and Sea, And then the Wars shall begin a fresh. ANNOT. This foretelleth a great tranquillity every where, and after that, Wars again: LXIV. French. De nuit Soleil penseront avoir veu, Quand le Pourceau demy homme on verra, Bruit, Chant, Bataille au Ciel battre apperceu, Et bestes brutes a parler on orra. English. They shall think to have seen the Sun in the night, When the Hog half a man shall be seen, Noise, Singing, Battles in Heaven shall be seen to fight, And brute beasts shall be heard to speak. ANNOT. This Stanza is full of prodigies that are to happen, and for that in the last Verse, it is no great wonder, for many brute beasts have spoken, speak now a days, and shall speak hereafter. LXV. French. Enfant sans mains, jamais veu si grand Foudre, L’Enfant Royal au jeu d’esteuf blessé, Au puy brisez, fulgures allant moudre, Trois sur les champs par le milieu troussez. English. A child without hands, so great Lightning never seen, The Royal Child wounded at Tennis, Bruised at the Well, Lightnings, going to grind, Three shall be strucken by the middle. ANNOT. The meaning of all this is, that when a child shall be born without hands, there shall be fearful Lightning; a Royal child shall be hurt at _Tennes_, and by that Lightning some shall be bruised by a Well, and in a Mill, and three in the Field shall be killed. LXVI. French.