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LXXXI.

French.

Pont on fera promptement de nacelles, Passer l’Armée du grand Prince _Belgique_, Dans profondres, & non loing de _Bruxelles_, Outrepassez detrenchez sept a picque.

English.

A Bridge of Boats shall suddenly be made, To pass over the Army of the great _Belgick_ Prince, In deep places, and not far from _Bruxelles_, Being gone over, there shall be seven cut with a Pike.

ANNOT.

This is concerning the Siege of _Antwerp_ by the Prince of _Parma_, Governour of the _Low-Countreys_ for the King of _Spain_, who having besieged, caused a Bridge of Boats to be made upon the River _Scheld_, to hinder the succours of the _Hollanders_, who by that means were constrained to surrender it.