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
To the bottom of the great Arch _Malüe_,
By a Captain that is a Prisoner, the friend shall be anticipated,
One shall be born of a Lady with a hoary face and forehead,
Then by craft shall a Duke be put to death.
ANNOT.
The meaning of the first is unknown to me: I leave it to the Reader.
The sense of the last is as obvious to the meanest capacity, as the two
precedent are obscure.
X.
French.
Un chef _Celtique_ dans le conflict blessé,
Aupres de Cave, voiant, siens mort abattre,
De sang & playes & d’ennemis pressé,
Est se couru par incogneus de quattre.
English.
A General of _Flanders_ wounded in Battle,
Near a Cellar, seeing death to overthrow his people,
Being much oppressed with blood, wounds and enemies,
Is succoured by four unknown.
ANNOT.
This needeth no further interpretation, than that it seemeth to be near
its event.
XI.
French.
Mer par solaires seure passera
Ceux de _Venus_ tiendront toute l’_Afrique_,
Leur Regne plus _Saturne_ n’occupera,
Et changera la part _Asiatique_.
English.
By solaries she shall pass secure,
Those of _Venus_ shall hold all _Africa_,
_Saturn_ shall hold their Kingdom no longer,
And shall change the _Asiatick_ part.
ANNOT.
This is so obscure in words and sense, that I can judge no more than that
it signifies a great change in _Africa_ and _Asia_, which I suppose is
already come to pass by _Taffaletta_.
XII.
French.
Au pres du lac _Leman_ sera conduite,
Par garse estrange Cite voulant trahir,
Avant son meurtre a _Ausbourg_ la grand suite,
Et ceux du _Rhin_ la viendront envahir.
English.
Near the _Leman_ Lake shall be a Plot,
By a strange Whore to betray a City,
Before she be kill’d her great retinue will come to _Ausbourg_,
And those of the _Rhine_ shall come to invade her.
ANNOT.
We have said often before, that the _Leman_ Lake is that of _Geneva_. The
rest is so manifest, that it needs no interpretation.
XIII.
French.
Par grand fureur le Roy _Romain Belgique_,
Veexer voudra par phalange _Barbare_,
Furent grinssant chassera gent _Lybique_,
Depuis _Pannons_ jusque _Hercules_ la bare.
English.
Through great anger the _Roman Belgick_ King,
Shall come to vex with _Barbarian_ Troops,
Gnashing with fury, he shall draw away the _Lybian_ people,
From the _Pannons_ as far as _Hercules_.
ANNOT.
By the _Roman Belgick_ King, is understood _Philip_ the second King of
_Spain_; because he was made King in _Flanders_, by his father _Charles_
V.
The second Verse signifieth the diverse Nations that his Army was
composed of.
In the third, by the _Lybian_ people are understood the _Jews_, which he
drove away from _Spain_ into _Africa_.
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