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
A new Sect of Philosophers shall rise,
Despising Death, Gold, Honours and Riches,
They shall be near the Mountains of _Germany_,
They shall have abundance of others to support and follow them.
ANNOT.
This is properly said of the Anabaptists in _Germany_, in the time of
_John de Leyden_, and now of the Quakers in _England_, and elsewhere.
LXVIII.
French.
Peuple sans Chef d’_Espagne_ & d’_Italie_,
Morts, profligez dedans le _Cheronese_,
Leur dict trahy par legere folie,
Le sang nager per tout a la traverse.
English.
A people of _Spain_ and _Italy_ without a Head,
Shall die, being overcome in the _Cheronese_,
Their saying shall be betrayed by a light folly,
The blood shall swim all over at random.
ANNOT.
_Cheronese_ is a Land or ground unmanured; the rest is plain.
LXIX.
French.
Grand exercite conduit par jouvenceau,
Se viendra rendre aux mains des ennemis,
Mais le vieillard nay au demy pourceau,
Fera _Chalon_ & _Mascon_ estre amis.
English.
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_,
Viendra par eaux si haut a inondre,
La Ligue nevue d’_Ausone_ fera gerre,
Que contre eux ils se viendront bander.
English.
Great _Britany_ comprehended in _England_,
Shall suffer so great an Inundation by Waters,
The new League of _Ausone_ shall make Wars,
So that they shall stand against them.
ANNOT.
This Prophecie is divided in two parts. The first two Verses foretel a
great Innundation, that was to happen in _England_.
The last two speak of a league and insurrection, that shall be at
_Bordeaux_, which is here called _Ausone_, from a famous Latine Poet,
named _Ausonius_, who was born in that City.
As to the first part, after much seeking and enquiry: I found the truth
of it in a Latine book, called _Rerum in Gallia, Belgia, Hispania,
Anglia, &c. gestarum anno 1607. Tomi septimi Liber secundus conscriptus a
~Nicolao Gotardo~ Artus Dantiscano_, where the History is related thus.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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