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
A Fox shall be elected that said nothing,
Making a publick Saint, living with Barley bread,
Shall tyrannise after upon a sudden,
And put his foot upon the Throat of the greatest.
ANNOT.
This Prophecy seemeth to regard particularly the Pope, who having played
the Hypocrite before his Election, eating nothing but Barley bread, that
he might be reputed a Spaint, shall after his Election shall tyrannise
upon a sudden, and trample upon the Throat of the greatest Monarchs, as
they have done formerly, and would do yet if they could.
XLII.
French.
Par avarice, par force & violence,
Viendra vexer les siens chefs d’_Orleans_,
Prez Saint _Memire_ assaut & resistance,
Mort dans sa Tente, diront quil dort leans.
English.
By avarice, by force and violence,
Shall come to vex his own chief of _Orleans_,
Near Saint _Memire_ assault and resistance,
Dead in his Tent, they’l say he sleepeth there.
ANNOT.
The construction of this must be thus made. The Chiefs of _Orleans_,
(which is a famous Town in _France_) shall come to vex their own (I
suppose) Citizens. And near that place called Saint _Memire_, shall be a
fight, where one of those chief ones shall be killed, or die in his Tent,
and shall be denyed under pretence of being asleep.
XLIII.
French.
Par le decide de deux choses Bastars,
Nepveu du sang occupera le Regne,
Dedans _Lectoure_ seront les coups de dards,
Nepveu par peur pleira l’Enseigne.
English.
By the decision of two things, Bastards,
Nephew of the Blood shall occupy the Kingdom,
Within _Lectoure_ shall be strokes of Darts,
Nephew through fear shall fold up his Ensign.
ANNOT.
I think that instead of decision it should be division, and then the
sense is easily made up, thus; that through the division of two Bastards,
the Nephew of the Blood shall occupy the Kingdom, which Nephew afterwards
in a fight at _Lectoure_, (which is a strong Town in _Gascony_) shall be
put to the worst, and compelled to fold up his Ensigns.
XLIV.
French.
Le procrée naturel d’_Ogmion_,
De sept a neuf du chemin destourner,
A Roy de longue & amy au my hom,
Doit a _Navarre_ fort de _Pau_ prosterner.
English.
The natural begotten of _Ogmyon_,
From seven to nine shall put out of the way,
To King of long, and friend to the half man,
Ought to _Navarre_ prostrate the fort of _Pau_.
ANNOT.
A man needeth a good pair of Spectacles to see through all this, what I
understand in it is that this Bastard of _Ogmyon_, by whom he meaneth the
King of _France_, ought to submit the Fort of _Pau_ to _Navarre_, and
good reason too; for _Navarre_ is the Kingdom, and _Pau_ only the chief
Town of one Province of it, called _Bearn_.
XLV.
French.
La main escharpe & la jambe bandée,
_Louis_ puisné de _Palais_ partira,
Au mot du guet la mort sera tardée,
Puis dans le Temple a Pasques seignera.
English.
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