LXXIII.

French.

_France_ a cinq parts par neglect assaillie, _Tunis_, _Argier_, esmeus par _Persiens_, _Leon_, _Seville_, _Barcelonne_ faillie, N’aura la chasse par les _Venetiens_.

English.

_France_ by a neglect shall be assaulted on five sides, _Tunis_, _Argier_ shall be moved by the _Persians_, _Leon_, _Sevil_, _Barcelone_ shall be missed, And not be pursued by the _Venetians_.

ANNOT.

This Stanza is concerning as many Countreys, as there are Verses: the first is _France_, which by neglect and carelesness of her in Inhabitants, _shall be assaulted on five several sides_. The second is concerning _Tunis_ and _Argier_, Cities of _Barbary_, _which shall be stirred and moved_ (I suppose) to rebel. The third regardeth _Leon_, _Sevil_, _Barselona_, Cities in _Spain_, and the fourth the _Venetians_.