The Guards deceived in thinking to resist.
ANNOT.
By the two first Verses, he meaneth without doubt the City of Paris, for it is watered by those two Rivers the Seine and Marne, that joyn together at the head of it, but how this City should become unhabited is the great question, and chiefly by the means here alledged, viz. of the English signified by the Thames, and other Martial people, the Guards deceived in thinking to repulse the enemy.
XLIV.
French.
De nuict par Nantes l’Iris apparoistra,
Des Arcs Marins susciteront la pluye:
Arabique Goulfre grand classe parfondra,
Un Monstre en Saxe naistre d’Ours & Truye.