XXIX.

French.

La liberté ne sera recouvrée, L’Occupera noir, fier, vilain inique; Quand la matiere du Pont sera ouvrée, D’_Hister_, _Venise_ faschée la Republique.

English.

The liberty shall not be recovered, It shall be occupied, by a black, fierce, and wicked villain; When the work of the _Hister_-Bridge shall be ended, The _Venetian_ Common-wealth shall be vexed.

ANNOT.

This Stanza is divided into two parts, the first of which is comprehended in the two first Verses, _viz._ that the liberty of some politick body (he nameth not which) shall not be recovered, but shall be seized upon, by a black, fierce, and wicked villain.

The second part is contained in the two last Verses, wherein he saith, that the Common-wealth of _Venice_ shall be in trouble, when the Bridge made over the River _Hister_ shall be finished.