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
English.
The great _Arabian_ shall proceed a great way,
He shall be betrayed by the _Bisantines_,
The ancient _Rhodes_ shall come to meet him,
And a greater evil by a South wind from _Hungary_.
ANNOT.
By _Bisantine_ is understood the great Turk, Master of _Constantinople_,
formerly called _Bysantium_.
XLVIII.
French.
Apres la grande affliction du Sceptre,
Deux ennemis par eux seront defaicts:
Classes d’_Affrique_ aux _Pannons_ viendra naistre,
Par Mer & Terre seront horribles Faicts.
English.
After the great afflictions of the Scepter,
Two enemies shall be overcome by themselves,
A Fleet of _Affrica_ shall be born to the _Hungarians_.
By Sea and Land shall be horrid facts.
ANNOT.
The words of this Stanza are plain, though the sense be something obscure.
XLIX.
French.
Nul de l’_Espagne_, mais de l’antique _France_,
Sera esleu pour le tremblant nacelle,
A l’ennemy sera faicte fiance,
Qui dans son Regne sera peste cruelle.
English.
None out of _Spain_, but of the ancient _France_,
Shall be Elected to govern the tottering Ship.
The enemy shall be trusted,
Who to his Kingdom shall be a cruel plague.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses foretell a schisme in the Church of _Rome_,
understood by a tottering Ship, and that a _French-man_ shall be Elected
Pope to remedy it.
The two last Verses are easie to be understood.
L.
French.
L’An que les Freres du Lys seront an Aage,
L’Un d’euz tiendra la grand _Romanie_:
Trembler les Monts ouvert _Latin_ passage,
_Bache_ marcher contre Fort d’_Armenie_.
English.
In the year that the Brethren of the Lillies shall be at Age,
One of them shall hold the great _Romanie_:
The Mountains shall tremble, the _Latine_ passage shall be opened,
A _Bassha_ shall march against the Fort of _Armenia_.
ANNOT.
By the Brethren of the Lillies are meant the Heirs of the Crown of
_France_; the rest is plain.
LI.
French.
La gent de _Dace_, d’_Angleterre_, & _Polone_,
Et de _Boësme_ feront nouvelle ligue,
Pour passer outre d’_Hercules_ la Colonne,
_Barcins_, _Thyrrans_ dresser cruelle brigue.
English.
The people of _Dacia_, _England_, and _Poland_,
And of _Bohemia_ shall make a new League,
To go beyond _Hercules_ Pillars,
_Barcins_ and _Thyrrens_ shall make a cruel plot.
ANNOT.
By _Barcins_ he means those of _Carthage_, which is now _Tunis_, and by
the _Thyrrens_, those that live near that Sea.
LII.
French.
Un Roy sera qui donra l’opposite,
Les exilez eslevez sur le Regne,
De sang nager la gent caste hyppolite,
Et florira long-temps sous telle enseigne.
English.
A King shall be, who shall be opponent
To the banished persons raised upon the Kingdom,
The chast _Hippolite_ Nation shall swim in blood,
And shall flourish a great while under such an Ensign.
ANNOT.
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