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.

Le fait luysant de neuf vieux eslevé,

Seront si grands par Midy Aquilon,

De sa sœur propre grandes alles levé,

Fuyant meurdry au buisson d’Ambellon.

English.

The bright actions of new old exalted,

Shall be so great through the South and North,

By his own Sister great forces shall be raised,

Running away he shall be murdered near the bush of Ambellon.

ANNOT.

The question here is, whether this neuf vieux in French or new old in English be the proper name of a man, or be a Metaphor, to express a young man of an ancient Family, when the Reader hath satisfied himself upon that, the rest is easie enough.