XXX.
French.
Au Port de Puola & de St. Nicolas,
Perir Normande au Gouffre Phanatique,
Cap de Bizance rues crier Helas!
Secours de Gaddes & du grand Philippique.
English.
At the Harbour of Puola and of St. Nicolas,
A Norman Ship shall perish in the Phanatick Gulf,
At the Cape of Byzantium the streets shall cry Alas!
Succours from Cadis and from the great Philippe.
ANNOT.
Puola is for Paulo here, and by it is understood the port of Malta, which being Besieged by the Turks, Philip the II. King of Spain, sent an Army to relieve it, which made those of Byzantium (which is Constantinople) cry alas, &c.