This third position of the Celestial bodies foretelleth the death of the great Turk, who should be murdered in his own Chamber, as happened to Sultan Osman, who was strangled in his Chamber, by the command of Daout Bassa great Vizeir, about the year 1622. vide the Turkish History.
The rest of the Prophecy is concerning a King, who being newly joyned to the Church, (I suppose of Rome) shall bring much mischief to it, and in his time Europe shall be brought very low, and in a manner confined to a corner of the North, which hath relation to the foregoing 49. Stanza, which see in its place.
LIII.
French.
Las, qu’on verra grand peuple tourmenté,
Et la Loy Sainte en totale ruine,
Par autres Loix toute la Chrestienté,
Quand d’Or, d’Argent trouve nouvelle Mine.
English.
Alas, how a great people shall be tormented,