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
_Rennes_ is the chief Town of little _Britanny_; the second Verse being
made of barbarous words, is impossible to be understood. The third
and fourth Verse signifieth, that when a black Monk in that Town of
_Varennes_ shall put on a gray sute, he shall be elected Captain, and
cause a great tempest or broils by fire and blood.
XXI.
French.
Au Temple hault de _Blois_ sacre _Salonne_,
Nuict Pont de _Loire_, Prelat, Roy pernicant,
Cuiseur victoire aux marests de la _Lone_,
D’ou Prelature de blancs abormeant?
English.
At the high Temple of _Blois_ sacred _Salonne_,
In the night the Bridge of _Loire_, Prelat, King mischievous,
A smarting Victory in the Marsh of _Lone_,
Whence Prelature of white ones shall be abortive.
ANNOT.
There is a mistake in the first Verse, for instead of _Salonne_, it must
be written _Soulaire_, which is a _Priory_ and Church at the top of
_Blois_, all the rest signifieth that in one night these shall happen,
_viz._ that the Bridge, the Prelat, and a pernicious King with a smart
victory shall perish, whence the Prelature, that is the place of Command
upon the white ones, _viz._ Canons and Prebends in their Surplices, shall
be void and empty.
XXII.
French.
Roy & sa Cour au lieu de la _langue halbe_,
Dedans le Temple vis a vis du Palais,
Dans le Jardin Duc de _Montor_ & d’_Albe_,
_Albe_ & _Mantor_, poignard, langue, en Palais.
English.
King and his Court in the place of _langue halbe_,
Within the Church over against the _Pallace_,
In the Garden Duke of _Montor_ and _Albe_,
_Albe_ and _Mantor_, dagger, tongue and Pallate.
ANNOT.
This Stanza is very obscure, for, first no body can tell what he meaneth
by _langue halbe_, which is the foundation of all the rest of the sense;
Secondly, what this Duke of _Montor_ and _Mantor_ should be, which has
been unknown in the Histories hitherto; and thirdly, what construction
and sense can be made of these disjunctives: _Albe_, _Mantor_, _Dagger_,
_Tongue_, _Palate_. Therefore i’le leave it free to every bodies opinion
to make his construction.
XXIII.
French.
Puisnay jouant au fresch dessous la tonne,
Le haut du toit du milieu sur la teste,
Le Pere Roy au Temple Saint _Solonne_,
Sacrifiant sacrera sum de feste.
English.
The youngest Son playing under the tun,
The top of the House shall fall upon his head,
The King his Father in the Temple of Saint _Soulaine_,
Sacrificing shall make festival smoak.
ANNOT.
By this is meant, that the youngest Son of a King, shall be knocked in
the head, while he is a playing under a tun; his Father being at the same
time in the Temple of Saint _Soulaine_ at Mass.
XXIV.
French.
Sur le Palais au Rocher des Fenestres,
Seront ravis les deux petits Roiaux,
Passer _Aurelle_, _Lutece_, _Denis_ cloistres,
_Nonnain_, _Mollods_ avaler verts noiaux.
English.
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