LXIV.

French.

Le Chef de _Perse_ remplira grand _Olchade_, Classe trireme contre gent _Mahometique_, De _Parthe_ & _Mede_ & piller les _Cyclades_, Repos long temps au grand Port _Jonique_.

English.

The Head of _Persia_ shall fill a great _Olchade_, A Fleet of Galleys against the _Mahometan_ Nation, From _Parthia_ and _Media_ they shall come to plunder the _Cyclades_, A long rest shall be on the _Jonique_ Port.

ANNOT.

I could not find what he meaneth by _Olchade_. The second Verse is plain.

_Parthia_ and _Media_ are two Kingdoms depending from that of _Persia_. The Islands of _Cyclades_ are in the _Ægean_ Sea, and are so called because they are like a Garment about the City of _Delos_, for κυκλας in Greek signifieth a round garment of a woman.

The _Jonique_ Sea is that Sea in _Grecia_, which is about _Athens_ and _Corinth_, &c.