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

A great Army led by a young man,

Shall yield it self in the hands of the enemies,

But the old man born at the sign of the halfe-Hog,

Shall cause Chalon and Mascon to be friends.

ANNOT.

The two first Verses are plain; as for the third Verse, I could not find who that Old man should be, that shall be born at the sign of the half-Hog.

Chalon and Mascon are two Cities in France, the first in Champagne, the last in Burgundy.

LXX.

French.

La grand Bretagne comprise d’Angleterre,