Secondly, He maintaineth, that after the Apostles and Canonical Prophets, he is the first of all in three things, in his certainty and infallibility, in the generality and in the quantity. As to the first, he doth not doubt but the Abbot _Joachim_ ought to give him place; for though he hath foretold some things that have come to pass, he hath written a hundred others which are meer fopperies. Thirdly, He maintaineth that the Emperour _Leo_ in his prophetical Tables is far below him; for he doth only aim at those things which regard the Eastern Empire, as _Theophrastus Paracelsus_ hath done for the Western. Concerning the quantity of things, he maintaineth, that none of the others can dispute it with him; for _Nostradamus_ hath made above a thousand stanza’s (if we had them all) each of which containeth two or three prophetical Truths, some of which regard the East, others the West, others some private Kingdoms and States others private and particular things, and all with Truth and certainty. CHAP. XIII. _What these Stanza’s Prophecie of._ The Author in his Epistle to King _Henry_ the II. saith, that he treateth of things which were to happen in many Cities and Towns of _Europe_, and of a part of _Asia_ and _Africa_. And to say Truth, I have found nothing in them concerning the East or West, _Jappan_ or _China_. He treateth chiefly of _France_ as of his Native Kingdom, and of his own Countrey _Provence_, and that which is next to it, viz. _Piemont_. He speaketh amply of the Popes, and of _Italy_, _Turky_ and _England_: As for the Empire _Spain_, and _Suedeland_, he doth moderately speak of them. Concerning _Æthiopia_ and _Africa_ there is some nine or ten Stanza’s. In all those places he foretelleth many things, not only general for every State, but also particular and individual for several persons. He also foretelleth many supernatural prodigies in the Heavens, the Air, the Sea, and the Land. He hath inserted among his Prophecies four Horoscopes, the first of the Grandfather of the Lord l’_Ainier_ in the Province of _Anjou_; the second of one called _Urnel Vausile_; the third of one _Cosme du Jardin_; and the fourth of one, whom he nameth not, but describeth him by his stature. CHAP. XIV. _Since what time these Prophecies began._ It is certain that they began in _January_ 1555. because he dedicated the first seven Centuries to his Son _Cæsar_ the first day of _March_ in the said year, and consequently they were made before that time, and we cannot allow less than two Months to an Author for the making of 700. Stanza’s: Nevertheless for a greater manifestation of his prophetical Spirit, I have not found any of his Prophecies that did come to pass before the first of _March_ 1555.