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
Here is _Demorritus_’s Well where the truth may be, but I cannot find it.
LIII.
French.
La Loy du _Sol_, & _Venus_ contendans,
Appropriant l’Esprit de Prephetie:
Ne l’un ne l’autre ne seront entendus,
Par _Sol_ tiendra la Loy du grand _Messie_.
English.
The Law of the _Sun_ and _Venus_ contending,
Appropriating the spirit of Prophecy,
Neither one nor the other shall be heard,
By _Sol_ the Law of the great _Messias_ shall subsist.
ANNOT.
This is of the same obscurity with the foregoing one.
LIV.
French.
Du pont _Euxine_, & la grand _Tartarie_,
Un Roy sera qui viendra voir la _Gaule_,
Transpercera _Alane_ & l’_Armenie_,
Et dans Bisance Lairra sanglante _Gaule_.
English.
From the _Euxin_ Sea, and great _Tartaria_,
A King shall come to see _France_,
He shall go through _Alanea_ and _Armenia_,
And shall leave a bloody rod in _Constantinople_.
ANNOT.
This is so plain, that it needeth no interpretation.
LV.
French.
De la felice _Arabie_ contrade,
Maistra puissant de la loy Mahometique,
Vexer l’_Espagne_, conquestre la _Grenade_,
Et plus par Mera la gent _Ligustique_.
English.
Out of the Countrey of _Arabia_ the happy,
Shall be born a powerful man of the Mahometan Law,
Who shall vex _Spain_ and conquer _Grenada_,
And by Sea shall come to the _Ligurian_ Nation.
ANNOT.
The _Ligurian_ Nation are those of _Genoa_.
LVI.
French.
Par le traspas du tres-vieillard Pontife,
Sera esleu _Romain_ de bon aage,
Qui sera dit que le siege debiffe,
Et long tiendra & de picquant courage.
English.
By the death of the very old high-Priest,
Shall be a _Roman_ elected of good age,
Of whom it shall be said, that he dishonoureth the Seat,
And shall live long, and be of a fierce courage.
ANNOT.
The sense and the words are plain.
LVII.
French.
Istra du Mont _Gaulsier_ & _Aventine_,
Qui par le trou advertira l’Armée,
Entre deux Rocs sera prins le butin,
De _Sext._ _Mansol_ faillir la renommée.
English.
One shall go out of the Mountains _Gaulsier_ and _Aventine_,
Who through a hole shall give notice to the Army,
Between two Rocks the booty shall be taken,
Of _Sext._ _Mansol_ shall loose his renown.
ANNOT.
The Mountains of _Gaulsier_ and _Aventine_ are two of the seven Mountains
of _Rome_, out of which, it seems, one shall go out to give notice to
the Army without, and the Booty of the _Pope_, called _Sextus_, shall be
taken.
But what he meaneth by _Mansol_, I am ignorant.
LVIII.
French.
De l’Aqueduct d’_Uticense_, _Gardoing_,
Par le Forest & Mont inaccessible,
Emmy du pont sera taché ou poing,
La chef _Nemans_ qui tant sera terrible.
English.
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