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
The greatest Sail out of the Port of _Zara_,
Near _Bizance_ shall make his undertaking,
There shall be no loss of foes or friends,
The third shall make a great pillage upon the two.
ANNOT.
By _Zara_ I suppose that the _Venetians_ are meant, who have a very
strong Town of that name, situated in _Dalmatia_. _Bizance_ is
_Constantinople_, as we have said before; now whether this Prophecy was
fulfilled when the _Venetians_ took the Island of _Tenedos_, some 20
years ago, which is not far from _Constantinople_, or whether it is to
come, I dare not assert.
LXXXIV.
French.
_Paterne_ aura de la _Sicile_ crie,
Tous les aprests du Gouphre de _Trieste_,
Qui s’entendra jusques a la _Trinacrie_,
De tant de voiles, fuy, fuy, l’horrible peste.
English.
_Paterne_ shall have out of _Sicily_ a cry,
All the preparations of the Gulph of _Trieste_,
That shall be heard as far as _Trinacry_,
Of so many Sails, fly, fly, the horrid plague.
ANNOT.
It hath been impossible for me to make any sense of this, and therefore
I believe that it is falsely printed, and that instead of _Paterne_, it
should be _Palerme_, which is the chief Town in _Sicily_. _Trinacry_ is
_Sicily_ it self, so called, _quod tria habeat, άκρα seu promontoria_.
LXXXV.
French.
Entre _Bayonne_ & a Sainct _Jean de Lux_,
Sera posé de _Mars_ la promottoire,
Aux _Hanix_ d’Aquilon, _Nanar_ hostera _Lux_,
Puis suffoque au lit sans adjoutoire.
English.
Between _Bayonne_ and Saint _John de Lux_,
Shall be put down the promoting of _Mars_,
From the _Hunix_ of the North, _Nanar_ shall take away _Lux_,
Then shall be suffocated in his bed without help.
ANNOT.
_Bayonne_ is a Town in _France_, upon the frontiers of _Spain_, and Saint
_John de Lux_ is the utmost frontiere of _France_, that way, (that being
supposed) he saith, that about Saint _John de Lux_, the promoting of the
war shall be set down; that is, that peace shall be made, as it was about
seven or eight years ago between _France_ and _Spain_, and the Marriage
concluded between the King and the _Infanta_. The two last Verses are
nonsensical, and only set down to make up the rhime.
LXXXVI.
French.
Par _Arnani_, _Tholose_, & _Villefranque_,
Bande infinie par le Mont _Adrian_,
Passe Riviere, hutin par pont la planque,
_Bayonne_ entrer tous _Bichoro_ criant.
English.
By _Arnani_, _Tholose_, and _Villefranche_,
An infinite deal of people by the _Aprian_,
Cross Rivers, noise upon the Bridge and plank,
Come all into _Bayonne_ crying _Bichoro_.
ANNOT.
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