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
The two first Verses are easily understood by those that know the
_Pyrenean_ Mountains, to be those that part _Spain_ from _France_. The
two last Verses signifie there shall be bloody Wars in those places; the
_Rhosne_ is a swift River of _France_, that passeth through the City
of _Lyons_; _Leman_ is the Lake of _Geneva_, and _Narbon_ is a City of
_Languedock_.
XCV.
French.
Le Regne a deux laissé bien peu tiendront,
Trois ans sept mois passez feront la guerre,
Les deux vestales contre rebelleront,
Victor puisnay en _Armorique_ Terre.
English.
The Kingdom being left to two, they shall keep it but a little while,
Three years and seven months being past, they shall make War,
The two Vestals shall rebel against them,
The youngest shall be Conquerour in the _Armorick_ Countrey.
ANNOT.
This signifies, that a Kingdom shall be left to two, who shall keep it
but a little while, about the space before mentioned.
By the two Vestals that shall rebel, are to be understood two Nuns, who
having Interest in the state by their nearness of blood, shall challenge
a title in the Kingdom. The last Verse signifies, that the youngest that
contended for the Kingdom, shall overcome the eldest, in the Province of
_Gascony_.
XCVI.
French.
La sœur aisnée de l’Isle _Britannique_,
Quinze ans devant le frere aura naissance,
Par son promis moyenant verifique,
Succedera au Regne de Balance.
English.
The eldest Sister of the _Brittain_ Island,
Shall be born fifteen years before her Brother,
By what is promised her, and help of the truth,
She shall succeed in the Kingdom of _Libra_.
ANNOT.
This signifies, that the Princess born so long after her Brother, shall
be married to a King of _France_, which is understood here by the Kingdom
of _Libra_; therefore the last King _Lewis_ the XIII. was called _the
Just_, because born under the Sign of _Libra_.
XCVII.
French.
L’An que _Mercure_, _Mars_, _Venus_ retrograde,
Du grand Monarque la ligne ne faillit,
Esleu du peuple _Lusitant_ pres de _Pactole_,
Qu’en Paix & Regne viendra fort enveillir.
English.
When _Mercury_, _Mars_ and _Venus_ shall retrograde,
The Line of the great Monarch shall be wanting,
He shall be elected by the _Lusitanians_ near _Pactole_,
And shall Reign in Peace a good while.
ANNOT.
This signifies the late change of state in _Portugal_, when they threw
off the _Spanish_ yoke, and chose a King amongst themselves, _John_ the
IV. Duke of _Branganza_, Father to the present Queen of _England_;
for by the _Lusitanians_ are meant the _Portugals_, so called from
their Countreys name _Lusitania_; _Pactoles_ is the River that runs by
_Lisbonne_, otherwise called _Tagus_, in Greek χροσοροος from the Sands.
XCVIII.
French.
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