Wednesday, June 22, 2011

I Q71-I Q75

I Q71

La tour marine trois fois prise & reprise,
Par Hespagnols, Barbares, Ligurins:
Marseille & Aix, Arles par ceux de Pise,
Vast, feu, fer, pillé Auignon des Thurins.

*****

The marine tower three times seized and recaptured,
By Spaniards, barbarians and Ligurians:
Marseilles and Aix, Arles by those of Pisa,
Devastation, fire, steel, Avignon pillaged by the Turinese.

I Q72

De tout Marseille des habitans changee,
Course & poursuitte iusqu'au pres de Lyon,
Nalbon, Tholoze par Bourdeaux outragee,
Tuez captifs presque d'vn million.

*****

The inhabitants of Marseilles completely changed,
Fleeing and pursued as far as Lyons,
Narbonne, Toulouse outraged by Bordeaux,
Killed captives are almost a million.

I Q73

France à cinq pars par neglect assaillie,
Tunys, Argel esmeuz par Persiens:
Leon, Seuille, Barcelonne faillie,
N'aura la classe par les Venitiens.

*****

France on five fronts assaulted due to negligence,
Tunis, Algeria stirred up by the Persians:
Leon, Seville and Barcelona having yielded,
They will not have the fleet from the Venetians.

I Q74

Apres seiourné vogueront en Epire,
Le grand secours viendra vers Antioche:
Le noir poil crespe tendra fort à l'Empire,
Barbe d'aerain se roustira en broche.

*****

After resting they will go rowing to Epirus,
The great relief coming from around Antioch:
The black curly haired one will strive hard for the Empire,
Brazen Barbarossa will be roasted on a spit.

I Q75

Le tyran Sienne occupera Sauonne,
Le fort gaigné tiendra classe marine:
Les deux armees par la marque d'Anconne,
Par effrayeur le chef s'en examine.

*****

The tyrant of Siena will occupy Savona,
The fort won will restrain the marine fleet:
The two armies by the standard of Ancona,
Because of fear the chief examines himself.


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