Prognostication for the Year 1495

truly, his Regnum Kingdom is known to be affected by such a constellation that while enemies will attack him, [he will be] in the part sustaining the attack: because the great part would not sustain or wait for the attack: in which some enemies will be carried away with power and will be received. Those damages of wars with difficulties and great labors will be brought about by treasons: for he will have certain fraudulent enemies in his house. But those damages will be dire, strong, and calamitous with the destruction of places and cities: which will also have remission. His kingdom also will be trodden as if divided by two peoples or contrary nations. And although I pass over the goal of the things of this year, I say that there will be greater and harsher sieges of armies and cities in said places finally, and the conflicts and battles themselves. Although some strong things [will happen] unless all things be slaughtered beforehand through the things conquered above: to which the portents of the heavens are near. Truly, the rest of the great and better things which pertain to his majesty and his kingdom are had under the chapter regarding wars, whence it would be superfluous to repeat what has been said.

¶ Luduicusmaria Ludovico Sforza of Mediolani Milan, a most powerful duke, will labor at deep and ingenious and new machinations with a heavy spirit. With great curiosity, he will handle how to know and foresee all things. He will afflict certain rivals with grave straits, and having obtained certain strong vows, he will easily handle many industrious things, and not a few will be obedient and compliant to him. But he will fear the enmity of a great prince, fallen or constituted afterwards, from various parts. Also, being constituted in grave cares, his mind will be strongly agitated by the involution and suspects on account of princes, and often, by thinking and turning [them over], he will be saddened, from which he will be angry because certain princes or powerful ones will have a hostile spirit against him. And he will feel certain dangers according to his wish toward the end after the present with a whirlwind. However, those things which are contrary to safety and the body, he will suffer danger with heedfulness in waters. Since I consider him most diligent, I do not describe, nor will I repeat those things explained in the generals.

¶ Hercules Ercole I d'Este, the generous duke of Ferrarie Ferrara, will stand with the increase of fortune or honor in himself, and he will be observed by certain princes, with whom there will be a league. They also, trusting much in him, will believe in him: and they will have him in an honored name with glorious and feared value in wars: where he will be observed by many people. And although enemies might arrange and labor against him in the present, they will not be masters of their vows. But he himself after the present will sometimes fear and be saddened when he will see certain vows not being fulfilled or they will not proceed...