The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were. / A work full of curiosity and learning. Translated and commented by Theophilus de Garencieres, Doctor in Physick Colleg. Lond.

by Nostradamus

LXIX.

French.

Aupres du jeune se vieux Ange baiser,

Et le viendra surmonter a la fin,

Dix ans esgaux aux plus vieux rabaisser,

De trois deux l’un huitiesme Seraphin.

English.

Near the young one the old Angel shall bowe,

And shall at last overcome him,

Ten years equal, to make the old one stoop,

Of three, two, one, the eighth a Seraphin.

ANNOT.

This is the description of a grand Cheat, when an old man called here Angel, shall stoop before a young one, whom he shall overcome at last, after they have been ten years equal. The last Verse is Mistical, for there is four numbers, three, two, one, which make six; and eight, which he calleth Seraphin, whether by allusion to that Quire of Angels, which some call the eight, or whether to the Order of St. Francis, who calleth it self Seraphical, is not easie to determine.