Decoding of number 3.43. If 3 to consider as 300, then 300-43=257. Turn 2 over in 5, 1 put in front and get 1557 – the year of Alba's victories in Italy.

Quatrain 9.78 French princess

La dame Grecque de beaute laydique,

Heureuse faicte de proces innumerable,

Hors translatee au regne Hispanique,

Captiue prinse mourir mort miserable.

A lady with the Greek beauty of Laida,

Pleases countless fans:

(She) moved to the Spanish kingdom,

Captured die a miserable death.

Elizabeth Valois, French princess, was married to the king of Spain Philip II in 1559. She was so beautiful that the courtiers were afraid to look at her so as not to cause the jealousy of the king. She was unhappy in marriage and died very early at 23 in 1568.

Decoding of number 9.78. If 9 to consider as 900, then 900-78 = 822. Flip 22 in 55, 8 + 1 = 9, in the opposite order will be 559 – the year of the wedding.

Quatrain 3.20 Uprising of Moriscos