De raps & pilles par coqs & par lybiques

Grand est par terre, par mer infinies voilles,

Seure Italie sera chassant Celtiques.

The impotent Prince angry, complaints and quarrels,

Rape and pillage, by cocks and Africans:

Great it is by land, by sea infinite sails,

Italy alone will be chasing Celtic.

The first two lines are probably about revolutionary unrest in France and the raids of Libyan pirates.

The third line about execution of Louis XVI in 1793. After this England expelled the French ambassador and blocked the French coast using its fleet.

In Italy there was a war between France and Austria in that year for control of the peninsula.

Probable decoding of number 4.4. 400-4=396. 6+1=7. By swapping these numbers we will get 793 – the year of execution.

Quatrain 5.37 The trial of Louis XVI

Trois cens seront d'vn vouloir & accord,

Que pour venir au bout de leur attainte:

Vingt mois apres tous & records,

Leur Roy trahir simulant haine fainte.