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
Fleuve _Celtique_ changera de Rivage,
Plus ne tiendra la Cité d’_Agripine_,
Tout transmué horsmis le viel Language,
_Saturn_, _Leo_, _Mars_, _Cancer_ en rapine.
English.
The River of the Low-Countreys shall change her Shoare,
It shall touch no more the City of _Agrippina_,
All shall be transformed, except the old Language,
_Saturn_, _Leo_, _Mars_, _Cancer_ in _Rapine_.
ANNOT.
This is a strange prediction, if it should prove true, that the _Rhine_
should change its course, and should touch no more the City of _Colen_,
which is here called _Agrippina_; because its name in Latine is _Colonia
Agrippina_, being a Colony of the _Romans_, built by _M. Agrippa_, son
in Law to _Augustus_; others say by _Agrippina_, Mother to the Emperour
_Nero_.
The last Verse signifieth no more than an unfortunate position and Aspect
of the two Planets, _Saturn_ and _Mars_, and of the two Signs, _Leo_ and
_Cancer_.
V.
French.
Si grand famine par une pestifere,
Par pluye longue le long du Pole _Artique_.
_Samarobryn_ cent lieux de l’Hemisphere,
Vivront sans loy exempt de politique.
English.
So great a famine with a plague,
Through a long Rain shall come along the _Artick_ Pole,
_Samarobryn_ a hundred Leagues from the Hemisphere,
Shall live without Law, exempt from pollicy.
ANNOT.
The two last Verses foretel a great Plague and Famine that shall come
from the North, by the means of the long Rain.
_Samarobryn_ he calls a people, that shall be a hundred Leagues from our
Hemisphere, and shall live without Law and Policy.
VI.
French.
Apparoistra vers le septentrion,
Non loing de _Cancer_ l’estoille cheveluë,
_Suze_, _Sienne_, _Boëce_, _Eretrion_,
Mourra de _Rome_ grand, la nuict disperuë.
English.
Towards the North shall appear,
Not far from _Cancer_ a blazing Star,
_Suza_, _Sienna_, _Boëce_, _Eretrion_,
There shall die at _Rome_ a great man, the night being past.
ANNOT.
Here he foretelleth the apparition of a Commet that shall be vertical to
the Cities here named, and not far from the Sign of _Cancer_, at which
time a great person shall die at _Rome_, about the dawning of the day.
VII.
French.
_Norvege_ & _Dace_, & l’Isle _Britannique_,
Par les unes freres seront vexées,
Le chef _Romain_ issu du sang _Gallique_,
Et les copies aux forests repousées.
English.
_Norvegia_, and _Dacia_, and the _Brittish_ Island,
Shall be vexed by the Brothers united.
The _Roman_ Captain issued from _French_ blood,
His Forces shall be beaten back to the Forrest.
ANNOT.
The difficulty lyes in the word _Brothers_, which I suppose to be the
United Provinces. The rest is plain.
VIII.
French.
Ceux qui estoient en regne pour scavoir,
Au Royal change deviendront a pauvris,
Uns exilez sans appuy, Or navoir,
Lettréz & lettres ne seront a grand pris.
English.
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