Par tyrannie Bize & Luc ruiner,
Puis les Barbares sans Vin feront Vendanges.
English.
The Duke shall endeavour to exterminate his own,
And shall send away the strongest of them into remote places,
He shall also ruinate Bize and Luc,
The Barbarians shall make Vintage without Wine.
ANNOT.
There is a great fault in the impression of the French Copy in this Stanza, which maketh the sense altogether inexplicable, it must then in stead of Bize and Luc, be written Pise and Lucques, which are two Towns in Italy, near the Duke of Florence’s Dominions; one of these Towns, viz. Pisa he hath taken already, and from a Common-Wealth made it subject to himself; the other though several times attempted by him, hath preserved its liberty to this day. The last Verse signifieth, that after this is come to pass, the Barbarians, that is, the Florentins shall make Vintage without Wine; that is, shall plunder and spoil at their pleasure.