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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.

    _Flora_ fuis, fuis le plus proche _Romain_,
    Au _Fesulan_ sera conflict donné,
    Sang espandu les plus grands pris en main,
    Temple ne Sexe ne sera pardonné.

    English.

    _Flora_ fly, fly from the next _Roman_,
    In the _Fesulan_ shall be the fight,
    Blood shall be spilt, the greatest shall be taken,
    Temple nor Sex shall be spared.

ANNOT.

_Fesulan_ is a Countrey in _Italy_. _Flora_ is the Goddess of Flowers,
the rest is easie.


IX.

    French.

    Dame en l’absence de son grand Capitaine,
    Sera priée d’amour du Viceroy,
    Feinte promesse & malheureuse estreine,
    Entre les mains du grand Prince _Barroy_.

    English.

    A Lady in the absence of her great Captain,
    Shall be intreated of love by the Viceroy,
    A fained promise, and unhappy new years gift,
    In the hand of the great Prince of _Bar_.

ANNOT.

_Bar_ is a principality joyning to _Lorrain_, which _Henry_ IV. King of
_France_ gave for a Portion to his Sister _Catharine_, when she married
the Duke of _Lorrains_ Son. The rest is plain.


X.

    French.

    Par le grand Prince limitrophe du _Mans_,
    Preux & vaillant chef de grand exercite,
    Par Mer & Terre de _Galois_ & _Normans_,
    Cap passer _Barcelonne_ pillé l’Isle.

    English.

    The great Prince dwelling near the _Mans_,
    Stout and valiant, General of a great Army,
    Of _Welchmen_ and _Normans_ by Sea and Land,
    Shall pass the Cape _Barcelone_, and plunder the Island.

ANNOT.

_Mans_ is a City in _France_, chief of the Province called _le Main_. The
rest is plain.


XI.

    French.

    L’Enfant Roial contemnera la Mere,
    Oeil, pieds blessez, rude inobeissant,
    Nouvelle a Dame estrange & bien amere,
    Seront tuez des siens plus de cinq cens.

    English.

    The Royal Child shall despise his Mother,
    Eye, feet wounded, rude disobedient,
    News to a Lady very strange and bitter,
    There shall be killed of hers above five hundred.

ANNOT.

This was fulfilled about the year 1615. when _Lewis_ XIII. King of
_France_, being then about 15 years of age, by the perswasion of some
Grandees about him, made War against his own Mother _Mary_ of _Medicis_,
then Regent of the Kingdom, whereupon was fought between them the Battle
_du pont de say_, where above five hundred on the Queens side were slain,
whereupon it was a good Jest of the Prince of _Guimena_, who being
required by the Queen _Anna_ of _Austria_, to lay his hand upon her side;
and to feel her Child (now _Lewis_ XIV.) stirring, after he had felt; now
I know, said he, he is a true Son of _Bourbon_; for he beginneth to kick
his Mother.


XII.

    French.

    Le grand puisnay fera fin de la guerre,
    En deux lieux assemble les excusez,
    _Cahors_, _Moissac_, iront loing de la serre,
    _Rufec_, _Lectoure_, les _Agenois_ rasez.

    English.

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