VIII.

French.

Combien de fois prinse Cité Solaire, Seras, changeant les Loix barbares & vaines, Ton mal s’approche, plus seras tributaire, Le grand _Adrie_ recouvrira tes veines.

English.

How often taken O solar City, Shalt thou be? changing the barbarian and vain Laws, Thy evil growth nigh, thou shalt be more tributary, The great _Adria_ shall recover thy veins.

ANNOT.

It is hard to judge what he meaneth by the Solar City that shall be so often taken.

As by _Adria_, it is certain he meaneth _Venice_, that was so called anciently, because of its scituation in the _Adriatick_ Sea.