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
_Libra_ is one of the twelve signs of the _Zodiack_, which is favourable
to _Spain_, so that the meaning of this is, that _Libra shall see ~Spain~
to Reign_.
And besides that, _to have the Monarchy of Heaven and Earth_; that is, to
have the command of the Pope, and of the best part of _Europe_. So that
no _Asian_ or _Turkish_ forces shall receive damage by the Christians,
till seven Popes of the _Spanish_ faction have Reigned successively, and
one after another.
LI.
French.
Un Duc cupide son ennemy poursuivre,
Dans entrera empeschant la Phalange,
Hastez a pied si pres viendront poursuivre,
Que la journée conflite aupres du _Gange_.
English.
A Duke being earnest in the pursute of his enemy
Shall come in, hindering the Phalange,
Hastened on foot shall follow them so close,
That the day of the Battle shall be near _Ganges_.
ANNOT.
A _Phalange_, in Latine _Phalanx_, is a Squadron of Souldiers, which word
was anciently proper only to the _Macedonians_. _Ganges_ is a River in
_India_.
LII.
French.
En Cité obsesse aux murs hommes & femmes,
Ennemis hors, le chef prest a soy rendre,
Vent sera fort encontre les gens darmes,
Chassez seront par chaux, poussiere & cendre.
English.
In a besieged City, men and women being upon the walls,
The enemies without, the Governour ready to surrender,
The Wind shall be strong against the Souldiers,
They shall be driven away by lime, dust, and ashes.
ANNOT.
This is a peculiar and remarkable accident, wherein the besiegers of
a City shall be driven away from their enterprise, by Lime, Dust, and
Ashes, scattered and dispersed against them by a mighty wind.
LIII.
French.
Les fugitifs & bannis revoqués,
Peres & Fils garnissant les hauts puits,
Le cruel pere & les tiens suffoquez,
Son Fils plus pire submergé dans le puits.
English.
The runnaways and banished men being recalled,
Fathers and Sons garnishing the high wells,
The cruel father and his retinue shall be suffocated,
His Son being worse, shall be drowned in the Well.
ANNOT.
The words are plain, out of which every one may make his own sense.
LIV.
French.
Du nom qui on ne fut au Roy _Gaulois_,
Jamais ne fut un Foudre si craintif,
Tremblant l’_Italie_, l’_Espagne_, & les _Anglois_,
De femmes estrangeres grandement attentif.
English.
Of the name that a _French_ King never was,
There was never a Lightning so much feared,
_Italy_ shall tremble, _Spain_ and the _English_,
He shall be much taken with women strangers.
ANNOT.
This foretelleth that when a _French_ King shall have a name that never
any of his Predecessors had, he shall be so much feared as that _Italy_,
_Spain_, and _England_ shall tremble, and that besides he shall be much
given to women.
LV.
French.
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