XXXII.

French.

Le grand sepulchre du peuple _Aquitanique_, S’aprochera aupres de la _Toscane_, Quand _Mars_ sera pres du coin _Germanique_, Et au terroir de la gent _Mantuane_.

English.

The great grave of the _Aquitanick_ people, Shall come near _Tuscany_, When _Mars_ shall be in the _German_ corner, And in the Territory of the _Mantuan_ people.

ANNOT.

The Lord of _Thou_ saith in his History, that the Cardinal _Caraffa_ got by the King of _France_’s permission, out of _Corsica_, several Troops of _Gascons_, and brought some with them, to the number of about 2000 which were quartered about _Rome_. Many of them were among the Troops of the Duke of _Guise_, being allured thither by the reputation of their Countreyman Captain _Monluc_.

The Author foretelleth, that they shall find their Graves near _Tuscany_, because the Territory of _Rome_ joyneth to that Province.

Then in the 3 and 4 Verse he specifieth the time by two marks; one is, _when ~Mars~ shall be near the German corner_; the other, _when he shall be in the Territory of the Mantuan people_, and the War was then in that Territory; for the Duke of _Ferrara_ to shew he would not stand still, sent his son _Alphonso d’Este_ to make incursions there, and to take some places.

Moreover the War was then near the _German corner_, which is _Lorrain_, when _Henry_ II. besieged _Thionville_ in the year 1558. _Paradin_ sheweth, that _Mars_ was in the _German corner_ two years before, sith about the end of the year 1555; the Duke of _Nevers_ by an extraordinary endeavour in the middle of the Winter, did relieve _Mariembourg_: and the following years the _French_ Garrisons kept the fields to avoid surprises. And in the year 1557. when the Duke of _Guise_ fought in _Italy_, the Duke of _Savoy_ brought his Army against _Mariembourg_; so it proved true that _Mars_, _viz._ the War was in the _German corner_; for that Town is in the borders of _Germany_, and was in that corner till the taking of _Thionville_.