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
There is two Towns called _Bolloin_, one is in _Italy_, the other in
_France_, the last is that which is meant here; for Cardinal _Richelieu_
who is the man that did so high things, and the like of which was never
in _Hierarchy_ (that is in the Clergy) a little afore his death had vowed
if he recovered his health to go in Pilgrimage to _Bulloin_, where there
is a famous Temple for Miracles, (as they say) dedicated to our Lady,
which is called here the Sun, by an allusion to that passage of the
Revelation: _And there appeared a Woman cloathed with the Sun_; but the
said Cardinal was prevented by death.
LIV.
French.
Soubs la couleur du traité mariage,
Fait magnanime par grand _Chiren Selin_,
_Quintin_, _Arras_, recouvrez au voiage,
D’_Espagnols_ fait second banc _Macelin_.
English.
Under pretence of a Treaty of Marriage,
A Magnanimous act shall be done by the great _Cheiren Selin_,
_Quintin_, _Arras_ recovered in the journey,
Of _Spaniards_ shall be made a second _Macelin_ Bench.
ANNOT.
This is a Prognostication concerning a King of _France_, meant here by
the great _Cheiren Selin_, who under pretence of a Treaty of Marriage,
shall recover in his journey these two Towns Saint _Quintin_ and _Arras_,
for the Shambles are called in Latine _Macellum_. _Quod ibi mactentur
pectora quæ mercatoribus venundantur._
LV.
French.
Entre deux Fleuves se verra enserré,
Tonneaux & caques unis a passer outre,
Huit Pont rompus chef a tant enferré,
Enfans parfaits sont jugulez en coultre.
English.
Between two Rivers he shall find himself shut up,
Tuns and Barrels put together to pass over,
Eight Bridges broken, the chief at last in Prison,
Compleat children shall have their throat cut.
ANNOT.
It is an accident that hath often happened to a Commander of an Army,
to find himself either by his own oversight, or by the policy of his
enemies, shut up between two Rivers, having upon neither of them a Bridge
at his command; as it did happen once to the Prince of _Condé_, the
Grandfather of this, in the time of the Civil war for Religion, who was
forced by it to dissolve his Army, and bid every one shift for himself,
so that they almost all escaped by several small parties, some going one
way some another, at such time it is an ordinary shift to make use of
empty Vessels and Caskes to make a Bridge, as our Author doth mention
here.
LVI.
French.
La bande foible la Terre occupera,
Ceux du haut lieu feront horribles cris,
Le gros troupeau d’estre coin troublera,
Tombe pres _D. nebro_ descouvert les escrits.
English.
The weak party shall occupy the ground,
Those of the high places shall make fearful cries,
It shall trouble the great flock in the right corner,
He falleth near _D. nebro_ discovereth the writings.
ANNOT.
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