Tout à l'entour de la grande cité,

Seront soldats logez par champs & ville,

Donner l'assaut Paris, Rome incité,

Sur le pont lors sera faite grand pille.

All around the great city

Soldiers will be lodged throughout the fields and towns:

To give the assault Paris, Rome incited,

Then upon the bridge great pillage will be carried.

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 Napoleon III was captured. In France a new revolution began. The Prussian army blocked Paris. Famine started in the city because of a lack of supply. After bombing Paris was surrendered.

The 4th line. In May 1871 a peace treaty (bridge) was concluded according to which France had to pay 5 billion francs and give Alsace and Lorraine to Prussia.

Linkage with other quatrains: 10.30

Decoding of the number 5.30. If 5 flip in 2 then 2000-30=1970. 9-1=8 then we will get 1870 – the year of capture.

Quatrain 7.34 Paris Commune

En grand regret sera la gent Gauloise,