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
Vers Aquilon grands efforts par hommasse,
Presque l’_Europe_, l’Univers vexer,
Les deux Eclipses mettra en telle chassé,
Et aux _Pannons_ vie & mort renforcer.
English.
Towards the North great endeavours by a manly woman,
To trouble _Europe_, and almost all the world,
She shall put to flight the two Eclipses,
And shall re-inforce life and death to the _Pannons_.
ANNOT.
By the _Pannons_ is meant the _Hungarians_. The rest is easie.
XVI.
French.
Au lieu que _Hieson_ fit sa nef fabriquer,
Si grand Deluge sera & si subite,
Qu’on n’aura lieu ne Terre sattaquer,
L’onde monter _Fesulan Olympique_.
English.
In the place where _Jason_ caused his Ship to be built,
So great a Flood shall be, and so sudden,
That there shall be neither place nor Land to save themselves,
The Waves shall climb upon the _Olympick Fesulan_.
ANNOT.
_Jason_ was Son to King _Æson_, who built a Ship called _Argos_, in which
he went to _Colchos_, to Conquer the Golden Fleece.
_Fesulan_ here is to be understood of some high and eminent place, which
therefore he calleth _Olympick_, from _Olympus_ a high Mountain in
_Grecia_. The place where _Jason_ builded his Ship.
XVII.
French.
Les bien aisez subit seront desmis,
Le monde mis par les trois freres en trouble,
Cité Marine saisiront ennemis,
Faim, feu, sang, peste, & de tous maux le double.
English.
Those that were at ease shall be put down,
The world shall be put in trouble by three Brothers,
The Maritine City shall be seized by its enemies,
Hunger, fire, blood, plague, and the double of all evils.
ANNOT.
It is not easie to tell what them three Brothers have been, or shall be,
nor that Maritine or Sea City, therefore we leave it to the liberty of
every ones judgement, the words being plain enough.
XVIII.
French.
De _Flore_ issue de sa mort sera cause,
Un temps devant par jeusne & vieille bueyre,
Car les trois lis luy feront telle pause,
Par son fruit sauve comme chair crüe mueyre.
English.
Issued from _Flora_ shall be the cause of her own death,
One time before, through fasting and old drink,
For the three Lillies shall make her such a pause,
Saved by her fruit, as raw flesh dead.
ANNOT.
This is one of those, wherein the Author would not be understood, and may
be did not understand himself.
XVIX.
French.
A soustenir la grand cappe troublée,
Pour l’esclaireir les rouges marcheront,
De mort famille sera presqu’accablée,
Les rouges rouges, le rouge assommeront.
English.
To maintain up the great troubled Cloak,
The red ones shall march for to clear it,
A family shall be almost crushed to death,
The red, the red, shall knock down the red one.
ANNOT.
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