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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

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Astrology -- Early works to 1800; Prophecies -- Early works to 1800

Un grand d’_Auxerre_ mourra bien miserable,
    Chassé de ceux qui soubs luy ont esté.
    Serré de chaines, apres d’un rude cable,
    En l’an que _Mars_, _Venus_ & _Sol_ mis en Esté.

    English.

    A great man of _Auxerre_ shall die very miserably,
    Being expelled by those that have been under him,
    Bound with Chains, and after that with a strong Cable,
    In the year that _Mars_, _Venus_, and _Sol_ shall be in a conjunction
      in the Summer.

ANNOT.

_Auxerre_ is a City of _France_, distant from _Paris_ 40. leagues to the
_Southward_.


LXXXV.

    French.

    Le Charbon blanc du noir sera chassé,
    Prisonier fait, mené au Tombereau,
    More Chameau sus pieds entrelassez,
    Lors le puisné fillera l’Aubereau.

    English.

    The white Coal shall be expelled by the black one,
    He shall be made Prisoner, carried in a Dung-cart,
    His feet twisted upon a black Camel,
    Then the youngest, shall suffer the Hobby to have more thread.

ANNOT.

The first Verse is altogether Allegorical and Metaphorical, therefore
I leave it to the judgement of every Reader. I shall only deliver my
opinion upon the whole: I take it to be some white Prince, that shall
be overcome by a black one, put in a Dungcart, after that, tied upon a
black Camel, and then the younger son of that black Prince shall give the
prisonner a little more liberty.


LXXXVI.

    French.

    L’An que _Saturne_ en eau sera conjoint,
    Avecques _Sol_ le Roy fort & puissant,
    A _Rheims_ & _Aix_ sera receu & oingt,
    Apres Conquestes meurtrira innocens.

    English.

    In the year that _Saturn_ in _Aquarius_ shall be in conjunction
    With _Sol_, the King being strong and powerful,
    Shall be received and Anointed at _Rheines_ and _Aix_,
    After Conquest he shall murder innocent persons.

ANNOT.

This Prophecy is remarkable for the things that it foretelleth, _viz._
that in the year that _Saturn_ shall be in conjunction with _Sol_ in
the Sign of _Aquarius_, a King of _France_ shall be annointed both at
_Rhemes_ and _Aix_, for _Rhemes_ is a City in _France_, where the Kings
use to be Annointed and Crowned, and _Aix_ is another in _Germany_, where
the Emperours use to be so. But the last Verse is ominous, where he
saith, that after his Conquests he shall murder innocent persons.


LXXXVII.

    French.

    Un fils de Roy tant de Langues apprins,
    A son Aisné au Regne different,
    Son Pere beau au plus grand fils comprins,
    Fera perir principal adherent.

    English.

    A son of a King having learned divers Languages,
    Shall fall out with his elder Brother for the Kingdom,
    His father in Law being more concerned with his elder son,
    Shall cause the principal adherent to perish.

ANNOT.

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