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
It is very hard to say what the Author meaneth by these disjunctives
_Par._ _Car._ _Nersaf_, all what can be gathered by what follows, is,
that there shall be a great variance and strife about an Election, (I
suppose of a Pope as it useth to be) and that _Nersaf_ shall have the
good will of the people, and yet none of them shall be Elected.
As for the fourth Verse, it is to be noted first that _Ferrara_ is a
strong Town in _Italy_ belonging to the Pope, and _Colonna_ is the
name of the chief Family in _Rome_, now whether _Ferrara_ shall be a
protection to _Colonna_, or _Colonna_ to _Ferrara_, we leave it to the
Reader to judge, because the Verse hath a double sense.
LXVIII.
French.
Vieux Cardinal par le jeune deceu,
Hors de sa charge se verra desarmé,
_Arles_ ne monstres double fort apperceu,
Et l’_Aqueduct_ & le Prince embaumé.
English.
An old Cardinal shall be cheated by a young one,
And shall see himself out of his imployment,
_Arles_ do not show, a double fort perceived,
And the _Aqueduct_, and the embalmed Prince.
ANNOT.
The two first Verses are very plain, the two last not so; therefore
observe that _Arles_ is a City in _France_, in the Countrey of _Dauphine_
or _Provence_, famous for antiquity, which is forwarned here not to shew
its Fords, nor its Aqueducts, (which are buildings to convey water), nor
its embalmed Prince, which it seemeth lyeth thereabout buried. The Author
hath deprived here the Author of the reasons for why.
LXIX.
French.
Aupres du jeune se vieux Ange baiser,
Et le viendra surmonter a la fin,
Dix ans esgaux aux plus vieux rabaisser,
De trois deux l’un huitiesme _Seraphin_.
English.
Near the young one the old Angel shall bowe,
And shall at last overcome him,
Ten years equal, to make the old one stoop,
Of three, two, one, the eighth a _Seraphin_.
ANNOT.
This is the description of a grand Cheat, when an old man called here
Angel, shall stoop before a young one, whom he shall overcome at last,
after they have been ten years equal. The last Verse is Mistical, for
there is four numbers, three, two, one, which make six; and eight, which
he calleth _Seraphin_, whether by allusion to that Quire of Angels,
which some call the eight, or whether to the Order of St. _Francis_, who
calleth it self _Seraphical_, is not easie to determine.
LXX.
French.
Il entrera vilain, meschant, infame,
Tyrannisant la _Mesopotamie_,
Tous amis fait d’Adulterine Dame,
Tetre horrible noir de _Physiognomie_.
English.
He shall come in villaen, wicked, infamous,
To tyranise _Mesopotamia_,
He maketh all friends by an adulteress Lady,
Foul, horrid, black in his _Physiognomie_.
ANNOT.
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