XCIII.

French.

Un Serpent veu proche du lict Royal, Sera par Dame nuict chien n’abageronts Lors nastre en _France_ un Prince tant Royal, Du Ciel venu tous les Princes verront.

English.

A Serpent shall be seen near the Royal bed, By a Lady in the night, the Dogs shall not bark, Then shall be born in _France_ a Prince so Royal, Come from Heaven all the Princes shall see it.

ANNOT.

This seemeth to be an allusion to the Birth of _Alexander_ the great; for it is said, that when his mother _Olympia_ proved with Child of him, there was seen in her Bed, and about her Bed a great Serpent, which was the presage of his future greatness: therefore our Author also will have, that when such a Prodigie shall appear in _France_, that then shall be born such a Prince as he mentioneth here: the circumstances are, that this Serpent shall be seen by a Lady in the night time, and that the Dogs of the house shall not bark at him.