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LXXII.

French.

Armée _Celtique_ en _Italie_ vexée, De toutes partes conflit & grande perte, _Romains_ fuis O _Gaule_ repoulsée, Pres du _Thesin_, _Rubicon_ pugne incerte.

English.

The _French_ Army shall be vexed in _Italy_, On all sides fighting, and great loss, The _Romans_ run away, and thou _France_ repulsed, Near the _Thesin_, by _Rubicon_ the fight shall be doubtful.

ANNOT.

A _French_ Army shall be distressed, if not destroyed in _Italy_. The _Romans_, that is, those under the Pope, that shall take their part, shall be put to flight, and this battle shall be fought by the River _Thesin_. Another shall be fought by the River _Rubicon_, whose event shall be doubtful, that is to say, it shall hardly be known who got the victory.