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French.

Quand ceux d’_Hainault_, de _Gand_, & de _Bruxelles_, Verront a _Langres_ le Siege devant mis, Derrier leur flancs seront guerres cruelles, La playe antique sera pis qu’Ennemis.

English.

When these of _Hainault_, of _Gand_, and of _Bruxelles_, Shall see the Siege laid before _Langres_, Behind their sides shall be cruel Wars, The old wound shall be worse then Enemies.

ANNOT.

_Hainault_ is a Province of the Low-Countries, and _Gand_ the chief Town in _Flanders_, and _Bruxelles_ the chief Town of the Dukedome of _Brabant_.

_Langres_ is a City in _France_, in the Province of _Champagne_, which is called the Maiden Town; because it was never besieged. The rest is easie.