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
The fained and seducing holiness,
Accompanied with a fluent tongue,
Shall cause the old City, and too hasty _Parma_,
_Florence_ and _Sienna_ to be more desert.
ANNOT.
I know not what he means by the old City, unless it be _Rome_, by reason
of its antiquity.
XLIX.
French.
De la partie de _Mammer_ grand Pontife,
Subjuguera les confins du _Danube_,
Chasser les croix, par fer raffe ne riffe,
Captifs, Or, bagues, plus de cent mille Rubles.
English.
From the party of _Mammer_ high Priest,
They shall subdue the borders of _Danubius_,
They shall expel crosses, by Sword topse-turvy,
Slaves, Gold, Jewels, more than 100000. Rubles.
ANNOT.
Some parties of the Popes side, shall subdue those bordering upon
_Danubius_, and drive away the Priests, turn all things topse-turvy, make
slaves, and take a booty above the value of 100000. Rubles. A Ruble is a
piece of Gold of the great _Mogul_, worth two or three pound sterling.
L.
French.
Dedans le puis seront trouvez les os,
Se l’inceste commis par la Marastre,
L’estat changé, en fera bruit des os,
Et aura _Mars_ ascendant pour son astre.
English.
In the Well shall be found the bones,
Incest shall be committed by the Stepmother,
The case being altered, there shall be great stir about the bones,
And she shall have _Mars_ for her ascending Planet.
ANNOT.
It is the strange wickedness of a woman, that shall incestuously be got
with Child by her Son in Law, and when she is delivered, shall kill her
Child, and throw him into a Well; a while after the water beginning to
corrupt, a search shall be made of the cause, and then the Childs Bones
shall be found, which shall cause a great stir, and for to know this
wicked woman, he saith, that the Planet of _Mars_ shall be the ascendant
in her Horoscope.
LI.
French.
Peuple assemble voir nouveau spectacle,
Princes & Roys par plusieurs assistans,
Piliers faillir, murs, mais comme miracle,
Le Roy fauve & trente des instans.
English.
People assembled to see a new show,
Princes and Kings, with many assistants,
Pillars shall fail, walls also, but as a miracle,
The King saved, and thirty of the standers by.
ANNOT.
The words of this prediction are plain and easie, and signifie no more
than what often happeneth, and may happen yet, _viz._ that where a
concourse of people shall be to see a new show, the Pillars and walls of
the Building shall fall, and people perish by the ruine, (as if it were
by a Miracle) the King and thirty of the spectators shall be preserved.
LII.
French.
En lieu du grand qui sera condamné,
De prison hors, son amy en sa place,
L’espoir _Troyen_ en six mois joinct, mort né,
Le _Sol_ a l’_Vurne_ seront prins fleuves en glace.
English.
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