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
By the two first Verses, he meaneth without doubt the City of _Paris_,
for it is watered by those two Rivers the _Seine_ and _Marne_, that joyn
together at the head of it, but how this City should become unhabited is
the great question, and chiefly by the means here alledged, _viz._ of
the _English_ signified by the _Thames_, and other Martial people, _the
Guards deceived in thinking to repulse_ the enemy.
XLIV.
French.
De nuict par _Nantes_ l’Iris apparoistra,
Des Arcs Marins susciteront la pluye:
_Arabique_ Goulfre grand classe parfondra,
Un Monstre en _Saxe_ naistre d’Ours & Truye.
English.
By night in _Nantes_ the Rain-bow shall appear,
Sea Rain-bows shall cause Rain;
The _Arabian_ Gulf shall drownd a great Fleet,
A Monster shall be in _Saxony_ from a Bear and a Sow.
ANNOT.
_Nantes_ is a City in _France_, _Iris_ is the Rainbow, _Saxony_ is a
Province in _Germany_; the rest is plain.
XLV.
French.
Le Governeur du Regne bien scavent,
Ne consentir voulant au faict Royal:
Medite classe par le contraire vent,
Le remettra a son plus desloyal.
English.
The Governour of the Kingdom being learned,
Shall not consent to the Kings will:
He shall intend to set out a Fleet by a contrary Wind,
Which he shall put into the hands of the most disloyal.
ANNOT.
This signifies that the Governour or Vice-Roy of a Kingdom shall refuse
to consent to his Kings Deeds; the rest needeth no interpretation.
XLVI.
French.
Unjuste sera en exil Anvoyé,
Par pestilance aux confins de non seggle,
Response au rouge le fera desvoye,
Roy retirant a la Rane & a l’Aigle.
English.
A just person shall be banished,
By plague to the Borders of Non seggle,
The answer to the red one shall make him deviate,
Retiring himself to the Frog and the Eagle.
ANNOT.
I cannot find what he meaneth by _Non-seggle_; by the Eagle he meaneth
the Emperour, and by the Frog the King of _France_, for before he took
the Flower de Luce, the _French_ bore three Frogs.
XLVII.
French.
Entre deux Monts les deux grands Assemblez,
De laisseront leur simulte secrete,
_Bruxelle_ & _Dolle_ par _Langres_ accablez,
Pour a _Maline_ executer leur peste.
English.
Between two Mountains the two great ones shall meet,
They shall forsake their secret enmity,
_Brusselle_ and _Dolle_ shall be crushed by _Langres_,
To put their plague in Execution at _Maline_.
ANNOT.
_Brussel_ is a Town of _Brabant_, and so is _Maline_; _Dolle_ is one of
_Burgundy_; and _Langres_ another of _France_.
XLVIII.
French.
La saincteté trop faincte & seductive,
Accompagne d’une langue diserte,
La Cité vieille, & _Parme_ trop nastive,
_Florence_ & _Sienne_ rendront plus desertes.
English.
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