Chapter LXVIII: French

L’Armée de Mer devant Cité tiendra,
Puis partira sans faire longue allée,
Citoyens grande proye en Terre prendra,
Retourner classe reprendre grand emblée.

English.

The Fleet shall stand before the City,
Then shall go away for a little while,
And then shall take a great troop of Citizens on Land,
Fleet shall come back and recover a great deal.

ANNOT.

It seemeth here he speaketh of two Fleets, one of which shall stand a little while before a Town, and carry a great many Citizens away, but that the other Fleet shall come in the mean time, and redeem them.

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.