Ou au milieu viemdra poser son Sceptre.

The great Empire will soon be exchanged

for a small place, which soon will begin to grow.

A small place of tiny area

in the middle of which he will come to lay down his sceptre.

After the abdication on April 6, 1814 in favor of his son, Napoleon received the possession of the island of Elba under the Fonteblo's treaty. He went there on April 20, 1814, was declared emperor of the island. In his small empire, he carried out a series of reforms.

As predicted in the 2nd line, he soon fled on March 20, 1815 and again seized power in France for 100 days.

Quatrain 10.16 Louis XVIII

Heureux au regne de France heureux de vie

Ignorant sang, mort, fureur & rapine,

Par non flateurs seras mis en enuie,

Roy desrobé trop de foy en cuisine.

Happy in the realm of France, happy in life,

Ignorant of blood, death, fury and plunder:

For a flattering name he will be envied,