XXIV.

French.

A Cité nevue pensif pour condamner, Loisel de proie au ciel se vient offrir, Apres Victoire a Captifs pardonner _Cremone_ & _Mantoue_ grands maux auront souffert.

English.

In the new City for to condemn a Prisoner, The Bird of pray shall offer himself to Heaven, After the Victory, the Prisoners shall be forgiven, After _Cremona_ and _Mantua_ have suffered many troubles.

ANNOT.

This name of new City is appropriated to several ones in every Countrey. The _French_ have many _Villeneufuas_, the Germans many _Newstads_, the _Italians_ and _Spaniards_ many _Villanovas_, so that it is hard to guess which of them the Author meaneth. The missing of this dore makes the rest of the Prophecie so obscure, that I had rather leave it to the liberty of the Reader, than to pretend a true explication of it. I shall only say, that _Cremona_ and _Mantua_ are two famous Towns in _Italy_, which are here threatned.