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
Translatera en la grand _Germanie_,
_Brabant_ & _Flanders_, _Gand_, _Bruges_ & _Bologne_,
La trefue fainte le grand Duc d’_Armenie_,
Assailera _Vienne_ & la _Coloigne_.
English.
He shall translate into the great _Germany_,
_Brabant_, _Flanders_, _Gand_, _Bruges_, and _Bullen_,
The truce fained, the great Duke of _Armenia_,
Shall assault _Vienna_ and _Colen_.
ANNOT.
It is concerning an Emperour that shall add all those Countreys to the
Empire of _Germany_.
XCV.
French.
Nautique rame invitera les umbres,
Du grand Empire lors viendra conciter,
La mer _Ægee_ des lignes des Encombres,
Empeschant londe _Tirrhene_ de fletter.
English.
The Sea Oare shall invite the shades,
Of the great Empire, then shall it come to stir,
The _Ægean_ Sea, with lines of Encumbers,
Hindering the _Tirrhene_ Sea to roll.
ANNOT.
This is either Mistical or Metaphorical, or I understand it not.
XCVI.
French.
Sur le milieu du grand monde la Rose,
Pour nouveaux faits sang public espandu,
A dire uray on aura bouche close,
Lors au besoing viendra tard lattendu.
English.
The Rose shall be in the middle of the great world,
Blood shall be publickly spilt for new deeds;
To say the truth, every one shall stop his mouth,
Then at the time of need shall come long looked for.
ANNOT.
The words are plain, out of which every one may make what construction he
pleaseth.
XCVII.
French.
Le na difforme par horreur suffoqué,
Dans la Cité du grand Roy habitable,
L’edit severy des captifs revoqué,
Gresle & Tonnerre, _Condon_ inestimable.
English.
The deformed born shall through horror be suffocated,
In the habitable City of the great King,
The severe Proclamation against banished shall be recalled,
Hail and Thunder shall do inestimable harm at _Condon_.
ANNOT.
_Condon_ is a Town in _France_; the rest is plain.
XCVIII.
French.
A quarante huit degré Climacterique,
A fin de _Cancer_ si grande secheresse,
Poisson en Mer, Fleuve, Lac cuit hectique,
_Bearn_, _Bigorre_, par feu Ciel en detresse.
English.
At the Climacterical degree of eight and fourty,
At the end of _Cancer_, shall be such a drougth,
That Fish in the Sea, River, and Lake shall be boiled to a consumption,
_Bearn_ and _Bigorre_ by Heavenly fire shall be in distress.
ANNOT.
_Bearn_ and _Bigorre_ are two Provinces of _France_; the rest is plain.
XCIX.
French.
_Milan_, _Ferrare_, _Turin_ & _Aquilee_,
_Capne_, _Brundis_ vexez par gent _Celtique_,
Par le Lion & Phalange _Aquilee_,
Quand _Rome_ aura le chef vieux _Britannique_.
English.
_Milan_, _Ferrara_, _Turin_, and _Aquileia_,
_Capne_, _Brundis_, shall be vexed by the _French_,
By the Lion and troop of _Aquileia_,
When _Rome_ shall have an old _Brittanick_ Head.
ANNOT.
The Cities here mentioned are all in _Italy_.
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