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.Nostradamus
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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.
Nostradamus
Astrology -- Early works to 1800; Prophecies -- Early works to 1800
This must be put among _Insolubilia de Alliaco_.
XLI.
French.
Bossu sera esleu par le Conseil,
Plus hideux Monstre en Terre napperceu,
Le coup volant luy crevera un œil,
Le traistre au Roy pour fidele receu.
English.
Crook-back shall be chosen by the Councel,
A more hideous Monster I never saw upon Earth.
The flying blow shall put out one of his eyes,
The Traitor to the King, shall be admited as faithful.
ANNOT.
This needs no explication.
XLII.
French.
L’Enfant naistra a deux dents en la gorge,
Purres en _Tuscie_ par pluie tomberont,
peu d’ans apres ne sera Bled ny Orge,
pour saouler ceux qui de faim failleront.
English.
A Child shall be born with two Teeth in his mouth.
It shall rain stones in _Tuscany_,
A few years after there shall be neither Wheat nor Barley
To feed those that shall faint for hunger.
ANNOT.
Those two Prodigies mentioned in the two first Verses, do presage a great
Famine that shall ensue a few years after.
XLIII.
French.
Gens d’alentour du _Tar_, _Lot_, & _Garonne_,
Gardez les Monts _Apennins_ de passer,
Vostre tombeou pres de _Rome_ & d’_Ancone_,
Le noir poil crespe fera Trophée dresser.
English.
People that live about the _Tar_, _Lot_, and _Garonne_,
Take heed to go over the _Apennine_ Mountains,
Your Grave is near _Rome_ and _Ancona_,
The black frisled hair shall dress a Trophy of you.
ANNOT.
The _Tar_, the _Lot_, and the _Garone_, are three Rivers of _Gascony_,
the Inhabitants of which are forewarned not to go over the _Apennine_
Mountains, or else they shall meet with their Graves near _Rome_ and
_Ancona_. This hath relation to the 38 Stanza, and to the interpretation
thereof, therefore _vide_.
XLIV.
French.
Quand l’Animal a l’Homme domestique,
Apres grands peines & sauts viendra parler,
Le foudre a vierge sera si malefique,
De Terre prinse & suspendue en l’Air.
English.
When the Beast familiar to Mankind,
After great labour, and leaping shall come to speak,
The Lightning shall be so hurtful to a Virgin,
That she shall be taken from the Earth, and suspended in the Air.
ANNOT.
It is a Dog that shall come howling and leaping to his Mistresses
friends; because she was killed and suspended in the Air by the Lightning.
XLV.
French.
Les cinq estranges entrez dedans le Temple,
Leur sang viendra la Terre prophaner,
Aux _Thoulousain_ sera bien dur exemple,
D’un qui viendra ses loix exterminer.
English.
The five strangers having come into the Church,
The blood shall prophane the ground,
It shall be a hard example to those of _Thoulouse_,
Concerning one that came to break their Laws.
ANNOT.
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