This is concerning some eminent person, who having shewed no great valour in a Battle, shall nevertheless in a Banquet be so bold as to stab a person of quality, that was proud.
This accident must happen somewhere about Venice, because he saith that Adria, which is taken for Venice shall look on.
LVI.
French.
Que Peste & Glaive n’a sceu definer,
Mort dans les pluies, sommet du Ciel frappé,
L’Abbé mourra quand verra ruiner,
Ceux du Naufrage, l’Escueil voulant graper.
English.
He whom neither Plague, nor Sword could destroy,