IX.

French.

Jusques au fond la grand Arche _Maluë_, Par chef Captif l’amy anticipé, Naistra de Dame front, face cheveluë, Lors par astuce Duc a mort attrapé

English.

To the bottom of the great Arch _Malüe_, By a Captain that is a Prisoner, the friend shall be anticipated, One shall be born of a Lady with a hoary face and forehead, Then by craft shall a Duke be put to death.

ANNOT.

The meaning of the first is unknown to me: I leave it to the Reader.

The sense of the last is as obvious to the meanest capacity, as the two precedent are obscure.