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 ~Sicilian Nizaram~ shall see himself in great honours_; that is, the
_Sicilian Nizarim_, for _Nizaram_, is the Annagramme of _Mazarin_, letter
for letter, who was born in _Sicily_, shall see himself in great honours,
as he did; for he was then in his greatest splendor.
_But after that he shall fall into the dirt of a Civil war_; As every one
knows he did, having put in Prison the Prince of _Condé_, the Prince of
_Conty_, and the Duke of _Congueiulle_, can any thing be more plain, and
yet when I read this forty years ago, I took it to be ridiculous.
XLIII.
French.
_Lutece_ en _Mars_, Senateurs en credit,
Par une nuict _Gaule_ sera troublée,
Du grand _Cræsus_ l’Horoscope predit,
Par _Saturnus_, sa puissance exillée.
English.
_Lutetia_ in _Mars_, Senators shall be in credit.
In a night _France_ shall be troubled,
The Horoscope of the great _Cræsus_ foretelleth,
That by _Saturn_ his power shall be put down.
ANNOT.
_Lutetia_ in Latine is the City of _Paris_, after the death of _Henry_
IV. the Parliament of _Paris_ began to prick up their ears, and to go
about to call the great ones to account, amongst whom was the Marquess
d’_Ancre_, favourite of the Queen Regent, that had gathered great
riches, and therefore is called here _Cræsus_, our Author saith, that
his power shall be put down by _Saturnus_, which must here be understood
mistically, which proved true, for by the Kings command, then _Lewis_
XIII. he was shot with three Pistols in the _Louvre_.
XLIV.
French.
Deux de poison saisis nouveaux Venus
Dans la cuisine du grand Prince verser,
Par le souillard tous deux au fait cogneus,
Prins qui cuidoit de mort l’aisné vexer.
English.
Two newly come being provided with poison,
To pour in the Kitchin of the great Prince,
By the Cooks Boy the fact shall be known,
And he taken, that thought by death to vex the elder.
ANNOT.
This came to pass in the time of _Henry_ IV. who was poisoned at _Melan_,
by two unknown men, who were discovered by the Cooks Boy in the doing of
it, and were both taken, the History is at large in _Peter Matthew_ his
Historiographer, which I could not insert here for the satisfaction of
the Reader; because I could not get the Book, the Reader may satisfie
himself upon the place.
Other Stanzas, taken out of twelve, under the seventh Century, out of
which eight have been rejected, because they were found in the foregoing
Centuries.
LXXIII.
French.
Renfort de Sieges manubis & maniples,
Changez le sacre & passe sur le pronsne,
Prins & captifs n’arreste les prez triples,
Plus par fonds mis elevé, mis au Trosne.
English.
Recruit of Sieges, spoils and prizes,
_Corpus Christi_ day shall be changed, and the pronsne slighted,
They shall be taken and made Prisoners, do not stay in the threefold
Field,
Moreover, one put in the bottom shall be raised to the Throne.
LXXX.
French.
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