IV.

French.

Le gros Mastin de Cité dechassé, Sera fasché de l’estrange Alliance, Apres aux Champs avoir le Cerf chassé, Le Loup & l’Ours se donront defiance.

English.

The great Mastif being driven from the City, Shall be angry at the strange Alliance, After he shall have hunted the Hart in the Fields, The Wolf, and the Bear shall defie one another.

ANNOT.

By the strange Alliance is meant that which _Cromwel_ had with _France_, to the prejudice of his Majesty of _England_, who is here meant by the Mastif, a Creature, for which _England_ hath been famous.

By the Wolf and the Bear are meant the _French_ King and the _Switzers_, or those of _Savoy_.