XXVIII.

French.

La Tour de _Bouk_ craindra fuste Barbare, Un temps, long temps apres Barque _Hesperique_, Bestial, gens meubles tous deux feront grand tare, _Taurus_ & _Libra_, quelle mortelle pique?

English.

The Tower of _Bouk_ shall be in fear of a Barbarian Fleet, For a while, and long after afraid of _Spanish_ shipping, Flocks, peoples, goods both shall receive great damage, _Taurus_ and _Libra_, O what a deadly feud.

ANNOT.

The Tower of _Bouk_ is a strong place seated by the _Rhosne_, where it entereth into the Mediterranean Sea; it is said here that it shall be in fear of a Barbarian Fleet, and after that of a _Spanish_ one, and that both the _Spaniard_ and the _French_ shall have great losses in Cattle, People and Goods, and this shall happen when the Sun shall be in the Signs of _Taurus_ and _Libra_.