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 only foretelleth a great Famine and Inundation in _France_,
signified here by the _Flower de Luce_.
XXI.
French.
Le changement sera fort difficile,
Cité Province au change gain fera,
Cœur haut, prudent mis, chassé l’Inhabile,
Mer, Terre, Peuple, son estat changera.
English.
The change shall be very hard,
The City and Countrey shall gain by the change,
A high prudent heart shall be put in, the unworthy expelled,
Sea, Land, People shall change its condition.
ANNOT.
This needeth no Interpretation.
XXII.
French.
La grand Copie qui sera dechassée,
Dans un moment fera besoing au Roy,
La Foy promise de loing sera faucée,
Nud se verra en piteux defarroy.
English.
The great Army that shall be rejected,
In a moment shall be wanted by the King.
The faith promised a far off shall be broken,
So that he shall be left naked in a pitiful case.
ANNOT.
This is plain.
XXIII.
French.
La Legion dans la Marine classe,
_Calcine Magnes_, Souphre & Poix bruslera,
Le long repos de l’asseurée place,
_Port Selin_ chercher, feu les consumera.
English.
The Legion in the Maritine Fleet,
_Calcineth Magnes_, shall burn Brimstone and Pitch,
The long rest of the secure place,
They shall seek _Port Selyn_, but fire shall consume them.
ANNOT.
Here we must observe four things, the first is, that _Calais_ is called
by the Author, _The long rest of the secure place_. Because then _viz._
in the year 1555. it was yet in the power of the King of _England_, and
had been quietly before, for the space of 287. years, that is, from the
year 1347. till the year 1555. and was so still, till the year 1557. when
the Duke of _Guise_ took it, whence we gather that it was a secure place
that had enjoyed so long a rest.
The second is, that those of _Diepe_ did watch for the _Spaniards_, in
the passage between _Dover_ and _Calais_, therefore the Author saith,
_They shall seek Port Selyn_, _Selyn_ Port or Harbour is always taken by
the Author for an Harbour in the _Ocean_.
The third is, that the great fight between the _French_ and the
_Spaniards_ was by fire, so that most part of the Ships on each side were
burnt, and the _Spanish_ and _French_ Souldiers did cast themselves into
the Sea, to save their lives in their enemies Ships, where they were
slain.
The fourth is, that those of _Diepe_ being extraordinary skilful in
Sea-fights had made great quantity of artificial fires, to cast into the
_Spanish_ Ships, but the Ships grapling one with another, they were burnt
on both sides.
Upon those four circumstances the two first Verses say, that _the Legion
in the Fleet Calcineth magnes_, that is Loadstone burnt, and shall _burn
Pitch and Brimstone_, to make Artificial fires.
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