A Stade cometh from the Greek word σταδιον, ἀπὸ τῆς στασεος, because _Hercules_ did overrun so much ground at one breath; but what space of ground the Author meaneth by seven Stades, is unknown to me. The rest of the Prophecy may very well be appropriated to the last fearful eruption of Mount _Ætna_, which sunk so many Towns and Buildings, and the relation of which is so handsomly and truly made by the most honourable the Earl of _Winchelsey_, who was an eye witness to it, in his return from his Embassy at _Constantinople_. LXX. French. Pluye, Faim, Guerre en _Perse_ non cessée, La foy trop grande trahira le Monarque; Par la finie en _Gaule_ commencée, Secret augure pour a un estre parque. English. The Rain, Famine, War, in _Persia_ being not ceased, Too great credulity shall betray the Monarque; Being ended there it shall begin in _France_, A secret Omen to one that he shall die. ANNOT. The meaning of the two first Verses, is, that while the Rain, Famine, and War shall be in _Persia_, a Monarque shall be betrayed by his credulity. The third Verse signifieth that this Rain, Famine and War being ended in _Persia_, it shall begin in _France_. And the fourth Verse, that this shall be an Omen to a great Person of his approaching death. LXXI. French. La Tour Marine troisfois prise & reprise, Par _Espagnols_, _Barbares_, _Ligurins_, _Marseille_ & _Aix_, _Arles_ par ceux de _Pise_, Vast, feu, fer, pille, _Avignon_ des _Thurins_. English. The Sea-tower three times taken and retaken, By _Spaniards_, _Barbarians_, and _Ligurians_, _Marseilles_ and _Aix_, _Arles_ by those of _Pisa_, Wast, fire, Iron, plunder, _Avignon_ of _Thurins_. ANNOT. It is hard to guess what this Sea Tower is, which was taken and retaken three times; first by the _Spaniards_, next by the _Barbarians_, and then by the _Ligurians_, that is, either the _Genoeses_, or those of _Ligorne_, unless he meaneth the _Pignon de Velez_ in _Africa_, first taken by _Charles_ the V. upon the _Barbarians_, then retaken again by them, taken again by the _Spaniards_, by the help of the _Genoeses_. In the third Verse _Marseille_, _Aix_, and _Arles_, are threatned by those of _Pisa_, that is the _Florentines_, of being ruinated by Fire and Sword, and to be plundered, as also _Avignon_ by those of _Piemont_. LXXII. French. Du tout _Marseille_ des habitans changee, Course & poursuite jusques pres de _Lion_, _Narbon_, _Tholoze_ par _Bourdeaux_ outragée, Tuez, Captifs presque d’un Milion. English. _Marseille_ shall wholly change her Inhabitants These shall run and be pursued as far as _Lion_, _Narbon_, _Tholoze_ shall wrong _Bourdeaux_, There shall be killed and taken prisoner almost a Milion. ANNOT.