By three the Empire subrogate Exancle,
He shall put him to death, reading neither Card nor Packet.
ANNOT.
The Author hath purposely obscured this Prophecie in the third Verse, to take away the Knowledge of it from the Reader; because the parties concerned were then alive, viz. Philip II. King of Spain, who caused his only son Don Carlo to be strangled in his bed, for suspicion of being too familiar with his wife Elizabeth of France, and Daughter to Henry II. The last Verse saith, that he was so implacable, that he would read neither Card nor Packet, that is, no requests.
XL.
French.
La tourbe fausse dissimilant folie,
Fera Bizance un changement de loix,
Istra d’Ægypt qui veus que l’on deslie,