English.

Four years he shall keep the Papal seat pretty well,

Then shall succeed one of a libidinous life,

Ravenna, Pisa, shall take Verona’s part,

To raise up the Popes Cross to Life.

ANNOT.

This Prediction seemeth to have not only a relation to the foregoing, but also a connexion; for the Author still handleth the matter of the Popedome, and saith, that after that Pope shall have Reigned four years, there shall succeed one that shall be notorious for debauchedness and lechery, and that those Towns he mentioneth here (which are all in Italy) shall take the Popes part.

XXVII.

French.