ANNOT.
This maketh me remember the miserable condition of many Kingdoms, before the west-Indies were discovered; for in Spain Lead was stamped for Money, and so in France in the time of King Dagobert, and it seemeth by this Stanza, that the like is to come again, by reason of a long and tedious War.
XXVI.
French.
Fustes Galées autour de sept Navires,
Sera livrée une mortelle guerre,
Chef de Madrid recevra coups de vires,
Deux eschapées & cinq menez a Terre.
English.
Fly-boats and Galleys round about seven Ships,