XV.

French.

Un peu devant Monarque trucidé, _Castor_, _Pollux_, en nef astre crinite, L’Airain public, par Terre & Mer vuidé, _Pisa_, _Ast_, _Ferrare_, _Turin_ Terre interdite.

English.

A little before a Monarch be killed _Castor_, and _Pollux_ shall appear, and a Comet in the Ship; The publick brass, by Land and Sea shall be emptyed, _Pisa_, _Ast_, _Ferrare_, _Turin_, Countreys forbidden.

ANNOT.

The meaning of this is, that a little before a Monarck be killed, _Castor_ and _Pollux_ two Meteores so called, as also a Comet in that constellation of the Heavens, called _the ship of Argos_, and _the Publick Brass_, that is, the Canons by Land and Sea shall be emptied, and these Towns of _Italy_, viz. _Pisa_, _Ast_, _Ferrare_, _Turin_, shall be excommunicated by the _Pope_.