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...it is now Naples) built there, giving it its name. He therefore calls Paul IV, a Neapolitan, the Siren. While he held the Pontifical reins, the world was disturbed, and the loss of Spain is spoken of. Whether because of his own long-standing personal grudge against the Spanish name, or by the advice of some of his relatives, he undertook a grave war with Philip, the Catholic King. He heavily afflicted those of Philip's faction so that he might take possession of the Kingdom of Naples. During this opportunity, his relatives committed many unworthy acts. Abusing that good fortune with excessive license, they brought ruin upon their leaders and were led into a miserable state of death; their goods were lost, and their friends and ministers were most wretchedly harassed.

XV.

After a long vacancy of the Papacy, the Roman Pontiff Gregory XIV was elected. At that time, the force of a grain shortage infested all of Italy as if flying through it, leaving it prostrate and struck down, and we were struggling in the highest crisis of necessity. He, however, with the most intense care and without rest, raised up his people. He pulled them out of hardship, providing for them with what abundance he could. He provided extensively for the safety of the Parisians; he gave money and auxiliary soldiers to the army of the League the Catholic League. He extinguished heavy taxes and distributed the offices of the Roman court without greed. He ordered the usual alms in the City Rome to be distributed anew and generously.

XVI.

The Lily is the emblem of the city of Florence, the name of which city signifies "blooming" or "flower." Therefore, by such a sign of either the lily or flowers, Clement VIII, born of Florentine parents, is indicated.

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EXPLANATIONS

OF THE WHEEL.

FIRST.

Julius III opened the door of the holy Jubilee in the year 1550, which according to custom stayed open for one year and was then closed again. After this, he lived for not many years, and Marcellus II was created as his successor. He is called the Stag here, being of the Cervini, nobles of Montepulciano; therefore, the prediction mentions the mountain. Because of the sins of men, it says that he will soon depart, since he did not live as Pope except for twenty-two days.

II.

Cardinal Montalto, who was Sixtus V, carried a rampant Lion in his coat of arms. Just as courageous as that beast, he pursued heretics and began to restrain the insolence of murderers and men of ill repute in such a manner that he made his state very secure in every part. Previously it had been badly managed and outraged with every kind of crime. He had a crested star in the same coat of arms, under which name it is said it "will be eclipsed," meaning he will suffer many troubles. These occurred during his Pontificate in France, in Poland, and especially in Rome with the flooding of the Tiber and the famine, which caused almost the final ruin. Indeed, I have seen letters from when he was a young man, which he signed not as Felice Peretti, but as "Crinito" Crested. And why then, under the star, shall he not be hinted at?

III.

The Cardinals can truly be called Doves, for being the leaders of the Church, which is also called a Dove by Solomon.