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
En ce temps la sera frustrée _Cypre_,
De son secours, de ceux de Mer _Ægée_,
Vieux trucidez mais par _Mesles_ & _Lipre_,
Seduit leur Roy, Roine plus outragée.
English.
At that time _Cyprus_ shall be frustrated
Of its succours, of those of the _Ægean_ Sea,
Old ones shall be killed, but by _Mesles_ and _Lipre_,
Their King shall be seducted, and the Queen more wronged.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses are plain, the two last have need of an _Oedipus_.
XC.
French.
Le grand _Satyre_ & _Tygre_ d’_Hircanie_,
Don presenté a ceux de l’Occean,
Un chef de Classe istra de _Carmanie_,
Qui prendra Terre au _Thyrren Phocean_.
English.
The great _Satyr_ and _Tyger_ of _Hircania_,
Shall be a gift presented to those of the Ocean,
An Admiral of a fleet shall come out of _Carmania_,
Who shall Land in the _Thyrren Phocean_.
ANNOT.
_By the great Satyr and Tyger of Hircania_, is meant, the King of
_Persia_, who is also King of _Hircania_, abounding with _Tygers_.
That King of _Persia_ shall be made a gift to those of the Ocean; that
is, shall be either drowned in it, or do some wonderful things upon it.
_Carmania_ is a Province in _Asia_, belonging to the _Turk_.
The _Thyrren Phocean_ is the City of _Marseilles_ in _France_, so called
by the Author in this Book; because it was a Colony of the _Phocenses_
in _Greece_; it is also called _Thyrren_, because it is seated upon the
_Tyrrhenean_ Sea, as _Virgil_ saith,
————_Thyrrenum navigat Æquor_.
XCI.
French.
L’Arbre qu’estoit par long temps mort seiché,
Dans une nuit viendra a reverdir,
Son Roy malade, Prince pied attaché,
Craint d’ennemis fera Voiles bondir.
English.
The Tree that had been long dead and withered,
In one night shall grow green again,
His King shall be sick, his Prince shall have his foot tied,
Being feared by his enemies, he shall make his Sails to rebound.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses are Metaphorical, and are to be understood of a
considerable person, who having been for a long time despised and under a
cloud, shall on a sudden rise again and be in repute. The two last Verses
are intelligible enough.
XCII.
French.
Le monde proche du dernier periode,
_Saturn_ encor sera tard de retour,
Translat Empire devers Nations brode,
L’œil arraché a _Narbon_ par Autour.
English.
The world being near its last period,
_Saturn_ shall come yet late to his return,
The Empire shall be translated into _brode_ Nations,
_Narbon_ shall have her eye pickt out by a Hawk.
ANNOT.
The meaning of the first and second Verses is, that the world shall be at
an end, before _Saturn_ hath performed his whole course, which (if I do
not mistake) is thought by the Astronomers to be of 36000. years.
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