XXXI.

French.

Tant d’ans les guerres, en _Gaule_ dureront, Outre la course du _Castulon_ Monarque, Victoire incerte trois grands couroneront, Aigle, Coq, Lune, Lion Soleil en marque.

English.

So many years the Wars shall last in _France_, Beyond the course of the _Castulon_ Monarque, An uncertain Victory three great ones shall Crown, The Eagle, the Cock, the Moon, the Lion having the Sun in its mark.

ANNOT.

That is, the Wars shall last so long in _France_ after the death of one King of _Spain_, till three great ones shall challenge an uncertain Victory, these three great ones are the Emperour designed by the Aigle, the King of _France_ by the Cock, and the _Turk_ by the Moon, and this shall happen when the Sun is in the sign of the Lion. I suppose that came to pass in the time of _Charles_ the V. _Henry_ the II. and _Soliman_. For the _Turk_ had no great odds upon the Emperour, nor he upon the King of _France_.