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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

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Astrology -- Early works to 1800; Prophecies -- Early works to 1800

French.

    Apres de _France_ la victoire Navale,
    Les _Barchinons_, _Salinons_, les _Phocens_,
    Lierre d’or, l’Enclume serré dans balle,
    Ceux de _Toulon_ au fraud seront consents.

    English.

    After the Naval victory of the _French_,
    Upon those of _Tunis_, _Sally_, and the _Phocens_,
    A golden Juy the Anvil shut up in a pack,
    Those of _Toulon_ to the fraud shall consent.

ANNOT.

This foretelleth a Naval victory to the _French_ against the _Turks_, by
the means of a Granado, called _Anvil_, that shall be shut up in a Barrel
by a plot, to which those of _Toulon_ shall be privy.


IV.

    French.

    Le Duc de _Langres_ assiegé dedans _Dole_,
    Accompagné d’_Authun_ & _Lionnois_,
    _Geneve_, _Auspourg_, ceux de la _Mirandole_,
    Passer les Monts contre les _Anconois_.

    English.

    The Duke of _Langres_ shall be besieged in _Dole_,
    Being in company with those of _Autun_ and _Lion_,
    _Geneva_, _Auspourg_, those of _Mirandola_,
    Shall go over the Mountains against those of _Ancona_.

ANNOT.

_Langres_ is a City in _France_, whose Bishop is a Duke and a Peer of
the Kingdom; _Dole_ is a City in _Burgundy_, so is _Autun_ and _Lion_,
_Geneva_ is a City by _Savoy_, _Auspourg_, another in _Germany_,
_Mirandola_ is a Countrey in Italy, so is _Ancona_.


V.

    French.

    Vin sur la Table en sera respandu,
    Le tiers naura celle quil pretendoit,
    Deux fois du noir de _Parme_ descendu,
    _Perouse_ & _Pise_ fera ce quil cuidoit.

    English.

    Wine shall be spilt upon the Table,
    By reason that a third man shall not have her whom he intended,
    Twice the black one descended from _Parma_,
    Shall do to _Perusa_ and _Pisa_ what he intended.

ANNOT.

_Perusa_, _Pisa_, and _Parma_, are three Cities in _Italy_.


VI.

    French.

    _Naples_, _Palerme_, & toute la _Sicile_,
    Par main _Barbare_ sera inhabitée,
    _Corsique_, _Salerne_ & de _Sardaigne_ l’Isle,
    Faim, peste, guerre, fin de maux intemptée.

    English.

    _Naples_, _Palermo_, and all _Sicily_,
    By barbarous hands shall be depopulated,
    _Corsica_, _Salerno_, and the Island of _Sardinia_,
    In them shall be famine, plague, war, and endless evils.

ANNOT.

_Naples_ is a City in _Italy_, _Palermo_ is a City in the Island of
_Sicily_. _Corsica_, an Island in the _Mediterranean Sea_, belonging to
the _Genoese_; _Salerno_ is a Town in _Italy_; _Sardinia_ an Island in
the _Mediterranean_. The Reader may easily make an interpretation of the
rest.


VII.

    French.

    Sur le combat des grands chevaux legers,
    On criera le grand croissant confond,
    De nuit tuer Moutons, Brebis, Bergers,
    Abysmes rouges dans le fossé profond.

    English.

    At the fight of the great light Horsmen,
    They shall cry out, confound the great half Moon,
    By night they shall kill Sheep, Ewes, and Shepherds,
    Red pits shall be in the deep ditch.

ANNOT.

By the great half Moon, is understood the _Turk_.


VIII.

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