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.