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XIX.

French.

Devant _Rouan_ d’_Insubres_ mis le Siege, Par Terre & Mer enfermez les passages, D’_Hainaut_, de _Flandres_ de _Gand_ & ceux de _Liege_, Par leurs levées raviront les Rivages.

English.

Before _Rouan_ a Siege shall be laid by the _Insubrians_. By Sea and Land the passages shall be shut up, Those of _Hainaut_, _Flanders_, _Ghent_, and _Liege_, With their Troops shall plunder the Sea-shore.

ANNOT.

This is still concerning the Duke of _Parma_’s Army, when he came into _France_ against _Henry_ the IV. in favour of the League, for his Army wherewith he Besieged _Rouen_, was compounded of all those Nations; the greatest part of which were _Italians_, called here _Insubrians_, from the Latin word _Insubria_, which signifieth the Countreys of _Savoy_ and _Piemont_.