Thereafter by prayer and fasting he attained great illumination, but in all his prophecies, where he makes use of the symbolism of Nature, he uses the day for a year that is still pursued by the student of Astrology. Coming to more modern times of which we have closer record, we find in Michael Nostradamus, Physician to Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, something of the same flame that animated the ancient prophets. He carried his Astrology to a fine art, and among his predictions are many that deserve notice. The death of the King in a duel is well pourtrayed by him in a stanza— Le lion jeun le vieux surmontera En champ bellique par singulier duel, Frappe a cage d’or Deux plaies d’une, et puis un mort cruel. Henry II was killed by Montmorency on the 10th July, 1547, while engaged in a tourney at the nuptials of his sister with the Duke of Savoy. The lance of the Comte de Montmorency struck the gilded vizor of the King and penetrated to the eye. A tumour subsequently developed and the King died of it. This is in agreement with the prophecy of Morin, who in his horoscope of the King gave his death from a hurt to the head. Nostradamus is also believed to have foreshadowed the Fire of London in 1666 in the following lines— Le sang de juste à Londres fera faut Brusler par feu de vingt et trois les six. The blood of the just (spilled) in London requires that it be burned by fire in Sixty-six. This prophecy is in line with that of the famous astrologer, William Lilly, who was patronized by King Charles I, and whose works were collected by Sir Elias Ashmole. Lilly so clearly predicted the Plague and Fire in two hieroglyphics that he was subsequently arraigned before Parliament concerning his more intimate knowledge of the source whence he drew his inspiration. His statement contained in _Christian Astrology_ is that he founded his prediction on the ingress of the aphelion of Mars into the sign Virgo, which he affirmed was the ruler of the Monarchy then reigning. The Aphelion of Mars was on Jan. 1, 5_s_ 2° 23´ 19´´ 1800 From this take for 200 years motion 3° 39´ 40´´ _______________ Position for Jan. 1, A.D. 1600 4_s_ 28° 43´ 39´´ Add motion for 66 years 1° 12´ 29´´ ______________ Position for Jan. 1, A.D. 1666 4_s_ 29° 56´ 8´´