XXIII.

French.

Au mois troisiesme se levant le Soleil, Sanglier, Leopard, aux champs _Mars_ pour combatre, Leopard lassé au Ciel esttend son œil, Un Aigle autour du Soleil voit sesbatre.

English.

In the third month at the rising of the Sun, The Boar and Leopard in _Marth_ camp to fight; The Leopard weary, lift his eyes to Haven, And seeth an Eagle playing about the Sun.

ANNOT.

This signifieth a particular accident, _viz._ that in the third Month, which is that of _March_, at the rising of the _Sun_, the _Boar_ and the _Leopard_, that is, two persons of quality hidden under these names, shall go into the fields to fight a Duel. The _Leopard_ one of them being weary, shall lift up his eyes to Heaven, calling upon God, and thereupon shall see an _Eagle_ playing about the _Sun_, that is, shall get the Victory, of which the _Eagle_ is the Emblem.