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 is a further specification of the whole ruine of _Flanders_, before
which it shall happen, saith our Author, that two shall talk together in
the Church, and one shall stabb the other with a Dagger, and then take
Horse, and fly, the dead one being buried without Pompe or Ceremony.
II.
French.
Sept conjurez au Banquet feront luire,
Centre les trois le Fer hors de Navire.
L’un les deux classes au grand fera conduire,
Quand par le mail dernier au front luy tire.
English.
Seven Conspirators at a Banquet shall make their Iron glister
Against three, out of a Ship:
One shall carry the two Fleets to the great one,
When in the Palle-malle the last shall shoot him in the forehead.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses foretell a Conspiracy of seven against three, one of
which seven shall carry both Fleets to some eminent person, at which time
he shall be shot in the forehead by the last of the seven.
III.
French.
Le Successeur de la Duché viendra,
Beaucoup plus outre que la Mer de _Toscane_,
_Gauloise_ branche la _Florence_ tiendra,
Dans son Giron d’accord nautique Rane.
English.
The Successor to the Dukedom shall come,
Far beyond the _Tuscane_ Sea,
A _French_ branch shall hold _Florence_
In its Lap, to which the Sea-frog shall agree.
ANNOT.
By the two first Verses is meant a lawful Successor to the Duke of
_Tuscany_ who shall come to recover the said Dukedom, which shall then be
in the possession of the _French_.
It is hard to guess what he means by the Sea-frog, unless it be some
considerable Prince at Sea, which shall then be in League with the
_French_.
IV.
French.
Le gros Mastin de Cité dechassé,
Sera fasché de l’estrange Alliance,
Apres aux Champs avoir le Cerf chassé,
Le Loup & l’Ours se donront defiance.
English.
The great Mastif being driven from the City,
Shall be angry at the strange Alliance,
After he shall have hunted the Hart in the Fields,
The Wolf, and the Bear shall defie one another.
ANNOT.
By the strange Alliance is meant that which _Cromwel_ had with _France_,
to the prejudice of his Majesty of _England_, who is here meant by the
Mastif, a Creature, for which _England_ hath been famous.
By the Wolf and the Bear are meant the _French_ King and the _Switzers_,
or those of _Savoy_.
V.
French.
Sous ombre faincte d’oster de servitude,
Peuple & Cité l’usurpera luy-mesme,
Pire sera par fraus de jeune pute,
Livré au Champ lisant le faux proësme.
English.
Under the fained shadow of freeing people from slavery,
He shall usurpe the people and City for himself;
He shall do worse by the deceit of a young Whore,
For he shall be betrayed in the field reading a false proem.
ANNOT.
The two first are plain, and may be referred to the foregoing Stanza
concerning _Oliver_.
The last Verses are plain, and I leave them to the judicious Reader.
VI.
French.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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