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
Le Pere & fils seront meurtris ensemble,
Le Prefecteur dedans son Pavillon,
La Mere a _Tours_ du fils ventre aura enfle,
Cache verdure de fueilles papillon.
English.
The Father and Son shall be murdered together,
The Governour shall be so in his Tent,
At _Tours_ the Mother shall be got with child by her son,
Hide the greenness with leaves Butter-flye.
ANNOT.
There is nothing hard here but the last Verse, whereby it is signified,
that after such an incest of the Mother with the Son in the City of
_Tours_ (which is a Town in _France_) the fruit of it shall be secretly
buryed, and green Turfs laid upon the place, and Leaves upon them, to
take away the knowledge of it.
LXXVI.
French.
Plus _Macelin_ que Roy en _Angleterre_,
Lieu obscur ne par force aura l’Empire,
Lasche, sans foy, sans loy, seignera Terre,
Son temps s’aproche si presque je souspire.
English.
More _Macelin_ then King in _England_,
Born in obscure place, by force shall reign,
Of loose disposition, without faith, without Law, the ground shall
bleed,
His time is drawing so near that I sigh for it.
ANNOT.
_Macelin_, is a Butcher or cruel man, from the Latine word _Macellum_,
which signifieth the Shambles, it is without contradiction that by this
Prophecy is plain concerning the late tyrant _Cromwel_, and his unlawful
Government.
LXXVII.
French.
L’Antechrist bien tost trois annichilez,
Vingt & sept ans durera sa guerre,
Les Heretiques morts; captifs exilez,
Sang corps humain eau rougie, gresler Terre.
English.
By Antichrist three shall shortly be brought to nothing,
His War shall last seven and twenty years,
The Hereticks dead, Prisoners banished,
Blood, humane body, water made red, Earth hailed.
ANNOT.
What he meaneth here by Antichrist is not easie to determine, for he
cannot mean the Pope, himself being a Papist, nor the great Antichrist,
whose Reign, according to the Scripture, shall last but three years and
a half, it is more likely then that this Stanza hath coherence with the
precedent, and that by it he meaneth _Henry_ the VIII. who for the space
of about 27 years before he dyed, did handle something roughly the Clergy
and Clergy-men.
LXXVIII.
French.
Un _Bragamas_ avec la langue torte,
Viendra des dieux rompre le Sanctuaire,
Aux Heretiques il ouvrira la porte,
En suscitant l’Eglise Militaire.
English.
A _Bragamas_ with his crooked Tongue,
Shall come and break the Gods Sanctuary,
He shall open the Gates unto Hereticks,
By raising the Militant Church.
ANNOT.
_Bragamas_ is the same thing that we call now _Bragadocio_. By the Gods
Sanctuary, he meaneth the Temples of the _Romish_ Religion, who are
reputed Sanctuaries, and are full of Images, which they worship as Gods,
praying and offering Incense to them.
LXXIX.
French.
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