XCVII.

French.

L’An que _Mercure_, _Mars_, _Venus_ retrograde, Du grand Monarque la ligne ne faillit, Esleu du peuple _Lusitant_ pres de _Pactole_, Qu’en Paix & Regne viendra fort enveillir.

English.

When _Mercury_, _Mars_ and _Venus_ shall retrograde, The Line of the great Monarch shall be wanting, He shall be elected by the _Lusitanians_ near _Pactole_, And shall Reign in Peace a good while.

ANNOT.

This signifies the late change of state in _Portugal_, when they threw off the _Spanish_ yoke, and chose a King amongst themselves, _John_ the IV. Duke of _Branganza_, Father to the present Queen of _England_; for by the _Lusitanians_ are meant the _Portugals_, so called from their Countreys name _Lusitania_; _Pactoles_ is the River that runs by _Lisbonne_, otherwise called _Tagus_, in Greek χροσοροος from the Sands.