C. French. Le boutefeu par son feu attrapé, Du feu du Ciel a _Tartas_ & _Comminge_, _Foix_, _Aux_, _Mazere_, haut vieillard escapé, Par ceux de _Hess_, de _Saxe_ & de _Turinge_. English. The incendiary shall be overtaken by his own fire, Heavenly fire shall fall at _Tartas_ and _Cominge_, _Foix_, _Auch_, _Mazerre_, a tall old man shall escape, By the means of those of _Hessia_, _Saxony_, and _Turinge_. ANNOT. _Tartas_, _Cominge_, _Foix_, _Auch_, _Mazere_ are Towns in _France_. _Hessia_, _Saxony_, and _Turinge_ are Provinces of _Germany_. THE PROPHECIES OF Michael Nostradamus. _CENTURY_ VI. I. French. Autour des Monts _Pyrenees_ grand amas, De gent estrange secourir Roy nouveau, Pres de _Garonne_ du grand Temple du _Mas_, Un _Romain_ Chef le craindra dedans l’Eau. English. About the _Pyrenean_ Mountains there shall be a great gathering Of strange Nations to succour a new King; Near _Garonne_ and the great Temple of _Mas_, A _Roman_ Captain shall fear him in the Water. ANNOT. The _Pyrenean_ Mountains are those that part _Spain_ from _France_; _Garonne_ is the River that runneth at _Bourdeaux_, it seemeth then, that upon that River a _Roman_ Captain shall stand in much fear of the new King before mentioned. II. French. En la cinq cens octante plus & moins, On attendra le siecle bien estrange, En l’an sept cens & trois (cieux en tesmoins), Regnes plusieurs un a cinq feront change. English. In the year five hundred fourscore more or less, There shall be a strange Age, In the year seven hundred and three (witness Heaven), Many Kingdoms, one to five shall be changed. ANNOT. What strange age it was in the year 1580. every one may satisfie himself by History. As for the year 1703. our Author saith there will be great wonders, chiefly there shall many changes be in Kingdoms, insomuch, that one shall be divided into five. III. French. Fleuve qu’esproune le nouveau nay _Celtique_, Sera en grande de l’Empire discorde: Le jeune Prince par gent Ecclesiastique, Le Sceptre osté Corone de concorde. English. The River that makes tryal of the new born _Celtick_, Shall be at great variance with the Empire, The young Prince shall be an Ecclesiastical person, And have his Scepter taken off, and the Crown of concord. ANNOT. This River is the River of _Rhyne_, because the ancient _French_ when they had a King newly born, they used to put him upon a Target, to make him swim upon that River, to try whether by his swimming he was lawfully begotten or no; the meaning therefore is, that this new born _Celtique_ or _French_ King shall be at variance with the Empire, and that in his young years the Clergy shall take his Scepter and Crown from him. IV. French.