Le Loup & l’Ours se donront defiance.
English.
The great Mastif being driven from the City,
Shall be angry at the strange Alliance,
After he shall have hunted the Hart in the Fields,
The Wolf, and the Bear shall defie one another.
ANNOT.
By the strange Alliance is meant that which Cromwel had with France, to the prejudice of his Majesty of England, who is here meant by the Mastif, a Creature, for which England hath been famous.
By the Wolf and the Bear are meant the French King and the Switzers, or those of Savoy.