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LXV.

French.

Quand le Sepulchre du grand _Romain_ trouvé, Le jour apres sera esleu Pontife, Du Senat gueres il ne sera prouvé, Empoisonné, son sang au Sacre _Scyphe_.

English.

When the Sepulcher of the great _Roman_ shall be found, The next day after a Pope shall be elected, Who shall not be much approved by the Senate, Poisoned, his blood in the Sacred _Scyphe_.

ANNOT.

This seemeth to foretel the finding out of the Sepulcher of some famous _Roman_, and that the next day after a _Pope_ shall be Elected, who being not well approved of by the Conclave, shall be poisoned in the Chalice, which is the Communion Cup that the Roman Catholicks use at _Mass_, signified here by the Latine word _Scyphus_.